Activities and Methodology

Title	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed
Field trips	20	0.8	1, 13, 12, 11, 17, 9
Laboratory practices in small groups	73.5	2.94	15, 3, 2, 5, 7, 14, 13, 12, 10, 11, 16, 17, 9
Seminars for case presentation and discussion	10	0.4	1, 15, 3, 4, 6, 14, 13, 12, 16, 8, 17
Seminars in small groups	1.5	0.06	1, 3, 13
Type: Autonomous
Case resolution and written reports	45	1.8	1, 15, 3, 2, 4, 5, 7, 14, 13, 12, 10, 16, 8, 17, 9

The practices will be carried out in small groups, integrating into the normal functioning of the different diagnostic services taking advantage of the real cases that arrive. The student will make a total of 105 hours distributed in the following activities or modules:

 

MODULES OF PISA	Hours	Weight on the final grade
MODULE PARASITIC DISEASES	20	20%
MÓDULE INFECTIOUS DISEASES	20	20%
MODULE NECROPSY	25	30%
Seminars: necropsy cases	10
MODULE CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY	7,5	7.5%
BIOSECURITY  AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE	2,5	2.5%
FIELD TRIPS (10h porcine, 5h rabbits, 5h poultry farms)	20	20%
TOTAL	105	100%

 

1) MODULE OF PARASITIC DISEASES
Professor responsible for the module: Joaquim Castellà (Joaquim.Castella@uab.cat)
Other teachers: Anna Ortuño, David Ferrer

OBJECTIVES
- Know how to sample, collect and manipulate samples for diagnosis
- Know the main methods and techniques of parasitological diagnosis
- Recognize the parasites and their forms of propagation in the samples analyzed
- Interpret correctly the results of the analytics carried out
- Know how to prepare a report of results
- Learn questions related to the management of a canine and feline group.
- Recognize the external factors involved in the maintenance and transmission of parasites in a collective.

ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICES
P1: Introduction to parasitological diagnosis
P2: kennel exit and sample collection
P3: Qualitative coprology. Analysis of the samples collected. Report
Q4: Quantitative coprology.
P5: Diagnosis and recognition of parasites with histological sections
P6: Diagnosis and recognition of ectoparasites
P7: Evaluation
P8: Canine Unit Exit.

EVALUATION
Evaluation of the report related to the P2 and P3 practices (15% final note of the module)
ORAL PRACTICAL EXAM: P7 (85% final note of the module)
Absences must be justified for scheduled departures.

Students must obtain a grade of at least 5 to pass the module.

2) MODULE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Professor responsible for the module: Laila Darwich (Laila.Darwich@uab.cat)
Other teachers: Enric Mateu, Martí Cortey

OBJECTIVES
- Learn the technique of collecting samples, sending and processing them in the laboratory
- Know the most common laboratory techniques and their interpretation
- Know the main problems of infectious origin of animals and how to solve them.
ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICES
Two intensive weeks, divided one in each semester, of work in the laboratory of infectious diseases (V0-231):
Week 1: general diagnostic techniques in animal health, application in clinical cases (10h / week)
Week 2: diagnosis of a real infectious case provided by the students (10h / week)

EVALUATION
Compulsory attendance to all practices (I1-I10)
A series of aspects related to attitude, knowledge, decisive capacity and active participation of the student in class will be evaluated, as well as the oral and written presentation of the report of a real clinical case that the students have to contribute.
Students must obtain a grade of at least 5 to pass the module.

3) MODULE OF NECROPSY (PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY)
Professor responsible for the module: Mariano Domingo (Mariano.Domingo@uab.cat)
Other teachers: Alberto Marco, Jorge Martínez, Joaquim Segalés.

OBJECTIVES
- Knowledge and identification of the lesions that characterize the diseases of domestic species.
- Mastery and correct application of pathological terminology
- Ability to establish associations between the lesions and the etiological and pathogenic aspects of the diseases, as well as the clinical signs with which they manifest themselves, writing reports.
- Sampling (biopsies, necropsies, cytologies) and their manipulation and preservation.

ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICES
3.1.Necropsy module
- Performing 2 weekly modules of necropsies (25 h), 2.5 hours / day, one week by semester for each group. 
3.2.Seminars in Animal Health: necropsy cases
- Case presentation seminars (10 hours, 4 groups).
- The cases will come from the modules of necropsies preformed by the group
- In groups (2-3 students), it is necessary to prepare a necropsy case corresponding to one of the practice weeks.
- Tutorial development of the case and presentation of the data in public, in specific sessions of presentation of cases.
- Each student must participate in at least 6 case presentation sessions.

EVALUATION
Necropsy modules: compulsory attendance at two shifts of five days each (control by lists and signature).
Case presentation seminars: mandatory attendance at 6 sessions of case presentation (control by lists and signature).
Presentation of the necropsy case: the case presentation is evaluated (50%), and the case report (50%).

Students must obtain a grade of at least 5 to pass the module.

4) MODULE OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Professor responsible for the module: Gemma Castellà (Gemma.Castella@uab.cat)
Other professors: F.J. Cabañes, M.L. Abarca

OBJECTIVE
Laboratory diagnosis of the most frequent cases of Bacteriology and Mycology in the clinic of companion animals
ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICES:
Three laboratory sessions in 2 consecutive weeks (2 + 1), 7.5 h
Laboratory V0-225

EVALUATION
Continued, with compulsory attendance.
Valuation of the module (Range between 0-10).

5) BIOSECURITY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Teachers: Alberto Allepuz (Alberto.Allepuz@uab.cat)

OBJECTIVES
- Assess in situ the quality of biosecurity measures in a livestock farm.
- Prepare reports of conclusions and recommendations for improving the safety of the farm to reduce the entry of pathogens.

ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICES
Small ruminant farm of the Veterinary Faculty (1h): Students will collectinformation on the farm about existing biosecurity measures through a survey. Students may ask theteacher in charge of the practice to collect information that cannot be assessed by visual inspection of the facilities.
Seminar discussion of the surveys (1.5h): For each group of seminar will be subgroups of 4-5 people who will discuss the biosafety measures found on the farm, and then a representative of each subgroup will present the opinion of their group and will raise possible recommendations for improvement. At the end of the seminar, a report will be prepared that will describe all the recommendations for applying them to the farm.

EVALUATION
Attendance at Biosecurity / Preventive Medicine practices is compulsory.
The evaluation of the student will be based on the attendance and the report presented (range of 0 to 10 points).

6) FIELD TRIPS FOR VISITING FARMS
Responsible teachers: Enric Mateu (Enric.Mateu@uab.cat)
Associated veterinarians:
Raquel Cortés, Cristina Laza, Joan Wennberg (pigs)
Luis Canela (poultry), Francesc Xavier Mora (rabbits)

ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICES
Four compulsory visits to farms (5 hours / visit):
- 2 pig farms (groups of 5 students)
- 1 rabbit farm (groups of 5 students)
- 1 avian farm (groups of 10 students)

EVALUATION
The evaluation will be based on a rubric established for this module that will take into account, on the one hand, the attendance to all scheduled departures and the degree of participation in the activities proposed by the associate professors (50%), and on the other hand the evaluation of a questionnaire / report by group for each of the outputs (50%).

The proposed teaching methodology may experience some modifications depending on the restrictions to face-to-faceactivities enforced by health authorities.

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.