Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502445 Veterinary Medicine | OB | 2 | 2 |
There have been changes in the teaching team, the person in charge of the subject is Yvonne Espada Gerlach. Yvonne.Espada@uab.cat
It is essential to have completed the first year of degree and have acquired the knowledge of Morphology I, Morphology II, Biochemistry and Animal Management and have learned how to approach animals.
It is highly recommended to be taking Pathology. It is advisable to have adequate knowledge of Physics to understand and know the physical bases of the different image techniques.
The subject of Exploratory Methods is a second course subject and therefore, it is included in the basic initial subjects of the Veterinary degree. It is essential and essential for later clinical studies. It teaches the bases to elaborate the clinical history and to carry out the handling and the subjection with security of the animals. Also teaches the general and detailed exploration of animals, the collection of samples, their processing and interpretation, the application of imaging techniques in order to obtain the necessary information to be able to issue clinical trials that will be taught in the following courses of degree. Provides the basic methodology to perform an ordered, systematic and complete necropsy of the animal.
The specific objectives are that the student knows:
The learning process of the contents of the subject is done in an integrated way when attending the theoretical classes and the practical sessions. The subject is structured in four large blocks that are distributed independently each one of them and sometimes overlapping in time.
BLOCK 1. (Direct Methods)
BLOCK 2. (Biopathology)
BLOCK 3. (Imaging diagnostics)
BLOCK 4. (Necropsies)
A combined teaching methodology will be used, with theoretical teaching as lectures and practical teaching. In this way bases will be given so the students will have to extend with the reading and consultation of the suitable bibliography. The teaching material used in the subject will be available on the Virtual Campus platforms and Moodle classrooms.
Theoretical teaching. Master classes
The lectures will be taught with schematic aids in power point so that the student can follow the explanations. The necessary and basic information will be given so that, afterwards, the knowledge and learning can be completed with the consultation of suitable texts. Each class will begin with a script and with the teaching objectives of the subject.
Theoretical teaching. Flipped class and team-based learning collaborative
The theoretical teaching of the Imaging diagnosis block taught by David Prandi and the theoretical block of Biopatology will follow the flipped class and Team-Based Learning Collaborative (TBLC) systems. The students will have teaching material available before the classroom session, and they will have to prepare it in order to be able to carry out group-learning activities led by the teacher in the classroom.
Practical teaching
The practical sessions serve to apply and determine the knowledge that the students have acquired in the theory. The student will develop the ability to observe and the skill to integrate knowledge.
During the Direct Methods and Image practices, the student has contact and works with live animals. In these practices, the student learns to perform a careful physical examination of animals of different species, knowing the appropriate approach measures to avoid injuries, as well as the technique of collecting samples of biological fluids and their analysis (Biopathology), learn to perform and interpret the different image techniques (Image) and finally learns to perform necropsies in corpses (Necropsies).
Block 1. Direct methods
The practical classes will consist, on the one hand, in exploratory sessions in the Exploration Room with three species: horse, cow and dog. Firstly, the basic handling of the different animal species will be taught, as well as theapplication of the appropriate subjection methods for their exploration. Subsequently, the exploration of the different organs and systems of each one of the species will be taught. On the other hand, a practical session of five hours during one whole morning will taught the basic handling and exploration of wild animals. The student will have to choose one of the options offered, consisting each one in a visit to a wildlife rescue centre or a field trip.
Block 2. Biopathology
The practices will take place in the laboratory. The first one will teach the operation of a clinical analysis laboratory, with special emphasis on veterinary hematology. In the second, the student will study the normal characteristics of the blood of different animal species from cytology preparations. In the third practice, the student will perform a urinalysis, and finally in the fourth, and again through cytology preparations, the student will learn the characteristics of normality of different biological fluids, as well as the alterations observable to the microscope of the most common pathologies of these liquids.
Block 3. Imaging diagnosis
In Imaging practices, ultrasound studies in teaching animals will be carried out, followed by practices at the Hospital Clínico Veterinario (HCV) with real patients who have to undergo imaging tests (ultrasound, radiography, resonance ...). In these practices, the positioning, processing of images, and interpretation with the description of the images will be learned, as well as an initial approach to differential diagnoses andcollection of samples for cytological or histopathological diagnosis.
In the seminars and also in the HCV practice, radioprotection measures will be learned. In the seminars the students will learn, through images and a model artificial horse, how to recognize the normal radiological anatomy of pet animals, horses, and exotic animals and some of the most common pathologies.
The practical teaching of the Imaging diagnostic block taught by David Prandi will follow the flipped class and Team-Based Learning Collaborative (TBLC) systems. The students will have teaching material available before the classroom session, and they will have to prepare it in order to be able to carry out group-learning activities led by the teacher in the classroom.
Block 4. Necropsies
Necropsy practices will teach the correct way to perform necropsies in different domestic species: a monogastric mammal (pig), a polygastric mammal (sheep) and a bird (chicken). In addition to learning the specific technique in each one of the species, the student will learn to evaluate the macroscopic characteristics (form, consistency, color, etc.) of the different organs and tissues of fresh corpses that, in more advanced courses, will serve as a basis to identify macroscopic lesions. Likewise, the student will also learn the sampling methodology for the different laboratory diagnoses after necropsy: histopathology, microbiology, virology and toxicology.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Biopathology Practices | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 8, 14 |
Direct Methods Practices (PCAM wild animals) | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 3, 9, 6, 11, 14, 5 |
Direct Methods Practices (PLABEsp examination with animals) | 22 | 0.88 | 1, 3, 9, 6, 11, 14, 5 |
Imaging Practices (PLAB) | 7.5 | 0.3 | 1, 7, 12, 14 |
Imaging Practices (PLABEsp ultrasonography with teaching animals) | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 7, 14 |
Imaging Practices (PLABEspc at FHCV) | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 7, 9, 12, 14 |
Imaging Practices (seminars) | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 12, 14 |
Master classes | 36 | 1.44 | 3, 7, 9, 8, 6, 11, 12, 5 |
Necropsy Practices (PLABEsp) | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 2, 10, 14 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Non-directed work and Study | 110 | 4.4 | 1, 3, 7, 12 |
The evaluation will be developed throughout the course, which will allow to monitor the teaching and learning process, encourage the continuous effort throughout the semester and verify if the competences assigned to the subject in the curriculum.
Theoretical teaching
Evaluation BLOCK 1 (Direct methods). It corresponds to 17% of the total of the final grade of the subject.
The written exams will allow to evaluate the integration of theoretical knowledge with those acquired in the practical sessions of the subject, the ability to relate concepts and analysis and, in short, to show the final maturity of the student.
A written exam will be carried out on the contents of the theoretical classes that will have to be passed to average with the other parts of the subject in order to approve it. The exam will consist of multiple choice test questions, with a single valid answer and four options.
Evaluation BLOCK 2 (Biopathology). It corresponds to 8% of the total of the final grade of the subject.
This block will be evaluated continuously during its teaching and, along with the content of Block 2 (Direct Methods).
Evaluation BLOCK 3 (Imaging). It corresponds to 25% of the total of the final grade of the subject.
The written exam will evaluate the ability to integrate the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired by the student. The exam will consist of multiple-choice test questions, choice with a single valid answer and four possible options, that will have to be passed to average with the other parts of the subject in order to approve it. This part will account for 2/3 of the overall grade for image theory.
The topics of this block, taught by David Prandi, will be evaluated continuously during its teaching and, with a theoretical exam that will account for 1/3 of the overall theoreticalgrade of the imaging exam. In case of failing any of the parts of the theory, the student will have to take the recovery of the whole theoretical block of imaging. The qualification obtained will average with the theoretical examination of the other topics of the block in proportion to the total topics of this block.
Evaluation BLOCK 4(Necropsy).
There is no theoretical examination of this block.
Practical teaching
Evaluation BLOCK 1(Direct methods). It corresponds to 20% of the total of the final qualification of the student in this subject.
There will be an individual test. Each student must proof with the real animals that has integrated and achieved the practical knowledge studied. There will be ten questions (four with the dog, three with the horse and three with the cow) that correspond to the objectives, or a part of them, of the practice index. This evaluation must be passed to average with the other parts of the subject.
Evaluation BLOCK 2 (Biopathology). It corresponds to 3% of the final grade of the subject.
A continuous evaluation will be carried out during the practices and a proof of interpretation of images, in the form of a short question writing exam, where the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired by the student will be assessed.
Evaluation BLOCK 3 (Imaging). It corresponds to 20% of the total of the final grade of the subject.
An exam on image interpretation will be done, in the form of a short question writing exam, where the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired by the student will be assessed. This exam represents 85% of the practical evaluation of 2/3 of Block 3. This evaluation must be passed to average with the other parts of the subject. A continuous assessment will be made during the practices in the FHCV, following an established template, which will account for 15% of the total practical grade. In order for this 15% to be taken into account, the student must have passed the imaging exam. Once the theoretical exam and the proof of interpretation of images have been passed separately, the continuous assessment mark (which is 15%) will be taken into account for the final qualification.
The topics of this block, taught by David Prandi, will be evaluated continuously during its teachings and, with a written exam of short questions with images, which will account for 1/3 of the 85% of the total. The qualification obtained will average with the practical examination of the other topics of the block in proportion to the total topics of this block.
Evaluation BLOCK 4 (Necropsia)
There will be an evaluation test for the understanding of the theoretical knowledge and a practical test of the technique of necropsy that corresponds to 7% of the final grade of the subject.
General rules
Each one of the theoretical and practical exams must be passed separately in order to pass the subject.
Students who do not pass one of the practical or theoretical examinations will have the opportunity to take the exam again during the period of examinations at the end of the semester.
In case of falling the whole subject but having passed some of the blocks, the qualifications of the blocks passed will be preserved only during one academic year. However, the student will have to make the inscription for the whole subject.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Continuous evaluation Block 2 (Biopathology) | 3% | 0 | 0 | 1, 8, 13, 14 |
Continuous evaluation Block 4 (Necropsy) | 7% | 0 | 0 | 2, 10, 14 |
Practical exam Block 1 (Direct methods) | 20% | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 3, 4, 9, 8, 6, 11, 13, 14, 5 |
Practical exam Block 3 (Imaging) | 20% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14 |
Written exam (Blocks 1, 2 and 3) | 50% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1, 3, 7, 9, 6, 12 |
BLOCK 1 (Direct Methods)
BLOCK 2 (Biopathology)
BLOCK 3 (Imaging)
Angosto, A. Atlas de ecografia en animales exóticos y silvestres. Círculo Rojo. 2021.
. Mensa-Díaz, G.; López, J. And Weller, R. A. A practical guide to equine radiography. 5, Publishing. 2021.
Webs
The Vet Site http://vet74.weebly.com/index.html
Kansas State University website http://www.vet.ksu.edu/depts/VMTH/radiology/
UAB Veterinary Radiology website http://minnie.uab.es/~veteri/21274/webrx/index.htm
BLOCK 4. (Necròpsies)
This course does not require a syllabus.