Clinical Sciences V
| Title | Κύκλος 8 (V) : ΚΛΙΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΕΣ V / Clinical Sciences V |
| Code | Κ8V |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Veterinary |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Common | No |
| Status | Inactive |
| Course ID | 200000588 |
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600061691
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
This core undergraduate course is provided to students of the 9th and 10th semesters (5th year of the undergarduate curriculum). Esentially, it includes the participation of the students in the Outpatient Section Service (OSS) of the Companion Animal Clinic (Unit of Medicine)and in the operation of the Farm Animal Clinic (CFA, Kolchiko Ladaga) of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University οf Thessaloniki, during the week days (9.00 am to 2.00 pm). In addition, they participate actively in the round the clock hospitalization service of the Companion and of the Farm Animal Clinic (Monday to Sunday) and also visit farms.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of the course, students are anticipated to be able to:
1. Take a comprehensive history, perform a meticulous physical examination and perform basic diagnostic manipulations (e.g. blood and urine sampling, lymph node aspiration)in a diseased animal.
2. Elaborate a realistic, problem-oriented differential list and pick the most relevant diagnostic examinations to establish a final diagnosis.
3. Communicate efficienly with the owners of the animals as well as with scientists of other veterinary disciplines.
4. Propose the safest and most cost-effective treatment approach and suggest preventive strategies for diseased and healthy animals.
5. Provide evidence-based information pertaining to public health considerations of diseases with zoonotic potential.
6. Approach diagnostic problems relating to all animals of a farm, carry out the necessary examinations and to take the necessary samples to investigate these problems and propose to the farmers the most sustainable ways of dealing with them.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
Course Content (Syllabus)
While joining the OSS and the CFA, the students have the oportunity to handle several clinical cases, mostly of diseased dogs,cats, sheep and goats, working on elaborating a diagnostic and therapeutic plan tailored to the animal's presenting complaint. Apart from the diseased animals, students handle healthy animals admitted for the implementation of preventive medical services (e.g. formulation of vaccination and antiparasitic strategies). A clinical case assignment to a student entails the history taking, the completion of the medial record of the animal (including the electronic archiving of the case), physical examination, implementation of the indicated diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations and evenually, the prescription and provision of specific instructions to the owners germane to the treatment and possibly the prevention of the entity affecting their animals. During the clinical case handling, the students are assisted by a veterinarian (prostgraduate trainee), under the responsibility and further assistance of at least one faculty staff member. Hospitalization service includes the formulation and implementation of a disease-epecific treatment plan and specific instructions enhancing the effective monitoring of the treatment outcome.
Keywords
Dog, Cat, Sheep, Goat, Diagnosis, Treatment
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Clinical Practice | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Total |
Student Assessment
Description
Evaluation of the students is based on the following:
1. The proper completion of a "scientific events diary". This is a properly formatted booklet dispensed to the students at the start of the 9th semester. The students are required to record the clinical cases that have been assigned to, and the diagnostic/therapeutic procedures involved into during each semester. This "activity profile" of the student is taken into acccount at the final examinations carried out at the end of the 10th semester.
2. The final practical examinations given at the end of the 10th semester. The examinations aim at evaluating: a) the competency of the students to carry out diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations as they are clarified and listed in the "first day professional skills" included in the official curriculum of the Veterinary Faculty και b) the ability of the students to make rational medical decisions in the clinical setting.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
- Written Assignment (Formative)
- Oral Exams (Formative)
- Clinical Examination of Patient (Formative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
«Saunders Εγχειρίδιο Κτηνιατρικής των Μικρών Ζώων», 3η έκδοση, Mendor editions SA, εκδόσεις Ροτόντα, 2008.
"Saunders Manual of Small Animal Practice, 3rd Edition" (translated in Greek language)
Additional bibliography for study
1. Manual of Canine and Feline Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, 2nd ed., Day M, Cohn B (Eds), BSAVA, 2012.
2. Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 4th ed., Greene E (Ed), Saunders, 2012.
Last Update
22-05-2017
