Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502445 Veterinary Medicine | OT | 5 | A |
There are no prerequisites, but it is strongly recommended that students review the concepts and diseases studied in the course " Medicina i Cirurgia d'Animals de companyia I , MiCAC-I".
The objective of the course is to provide the student with the tools to carry out reasoned clinical approaches, based on a list of problems, differential diagnoses with the correct interpretation of analytical tests followed with a diagnostic plans according to each clinical situation.
Schedule of the course:
A) 9 theoretical classes:
1h: Introduction to clinical reasoning.
1h: Fever of unknown origin.
1h: Anorexia and weight loss.
1h: Polyuria / Polydipsia.
1h: Vomiting and regurgitation.
1h: Diarrhea.
1h: Dyspnoea, cough and sneezing.
1h: Decision making in clinical emergencies.
1h: Infertility.
B) Classroom seminars. In groups of 20 students there will be 5 seminars of two hours. Students with clinical cases presented by the teacher will practice their reasoning strategies and the concepts of clinical pathology. The main objectives of the seminars are the interpretation of analytical and clinical data as a complement to the theoretical classes.
C) Parctical Classrooms (PAUL): Two two-hour seminars will be held. The objectives of the seminars will be to practice cases of arrhythmias and alterations of the acid-base equilibrium.
D) Clinical practices (PCA): they wiill carried out in groups of 5 students and will consist in 8 hours of clinical consultations at the fHCV, divided in two consequtive days. The days will be offered at the beginning of the course.
The course will use different methodologies to achive its objectives. Mainly:
1.- Discussion of clinical csases to ilustrate the most common clinical problems.
2.- Examples of clinical pathologic results and their clinical interpretation.
3.- Traditional lectures to provide basic information.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 9 | 0.36 | 2, 6, 3, 4, 5, 39, 9, 10, 50, 13, 14, 34, 21, 26, 27, 36, 42, 44, 46, 48, 45, 53, 29 |
PAUL | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 6, 3, 14, 53 |
PCA | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5, 16, 9, 10, 50, 13, 14, 15, 52, 33, 34, 32, 28, 27, 31, 30, 40, 18, 17, 36, 42, 47, 44, 46, 41, 20, 53, 29 |
SESP | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 6, 3, 4, 9, 50, 13, 14, 34, 22, 46, 43, 53 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study | 24 | 0.96 | 2, 6, 3, 39, 10, 13, 14, 15, 23, 26, 37, 47, 48, 43, 29 |
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Lectures and PAUL | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 3, 50, 13, 14, 28, 44, 45 |
PCA | 30% | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 2, 38, 6, 7, 3, 4, 5, 16, 39, 9, 10, 11, 50, 12, 13, 14, 15, 51, 52, 33, 34, 32, 49, 22, 25, 21, 24, 23, 26, 28, 27, 19, 31, 30, 40, 18, 17, 35, 36, 37, 42, 47, 44, 46, 41, 48, 45, 43, 8, 20, 53, 29 |
Seminars | 30% | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 6, 13, 14, 28, 47 |
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