Unit VETERINARY SURGICAL SEMIOTICS

Course
Veterinary medicine
Study-unit Code
GP005425
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Enrico Bellezza
Teachers
  • Enrico Bellezza
Hours
  • 39 ore - Enrico Bellezza
CFU
3
Course Regulation
Coorte 2018
Offered
2021/22
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline cliniche veterinarie
Academic discipline
VET/09
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
animal immobilization and clinical examination of the surgical cases; interpretation of symptomatology. clinical examination of each apparatus.
(locomotor, tegumentary, genital, urinary, digestive, respiratory, visual, uditive, nervous). interpretation of instrumental examination.
PROGRAMTheoretical lessons:
Surgical case study method; Patient restraint (1 hour). Anamnesis (2 hours).Objective Examination of Individual Apparatus:
Locomotory apparatus: examination sem. Locomotor apparatus; Semiotic injections; Static and dynamic tests (3 hours).
Tissue application: evaluation of primary and secondary injuries; Cutaneous biopsies (2 hours).
Genito-urinary Apparatus: catheterization, cystocentesis instrumental exams (3 hours).Digestive Apparatus: Observation of food boiling, swallowing, and progression of the bolus (2 hours). Examination of the oral cavity, esophageal and gastric probing (2 hours);Ileus (3 hours);
Respiratory system: respiratory noise (2 hours).
Neurological examination (3 hours).
Examination of the auditory device (2 hours).
Examination of visual apparatus (2 hours).
Practical lessons:
Common practical exercises in groups (12 hours).
Clinical rotation in small groups.
Reference texts
reccomended books:
Adams, La zoppicatura nei cavalli, Ed. Sbm, Noceto, Parma; Arcelli, Leone"otiti nel cane e nel gatto", Poletto Editore, Milano 2001; Slatter"trattato di chirurgia dei piccoli animali" Ed. Sbm, Noceto, Parma
All the slides used during lectures and free lecture notes are available to
student on-line in the faculty web site
Educational objectives
D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The student must
-acquire the knowledge necessary for the recognition of the symptoms and the correct methodology that allows to reach the diagnosis of the major surgical pathologies
-acquire basic knowledge of instrumental and laboratory investigations.

D2 - APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the training the student will be able to:
- performe neurological examination and examination of auditory and ophtalmic apparatus
- performe clinical examination of locomotor apparatus (lameness)
- performe cliinical examination of the mouth and of the digestive system
-performe clinical examination of the respiratory system
-performe clinical examination of the integumentary system


D3 - MAKING JUDGMENT
At the end of the training the student will be able to:
- assess the presence of pathologies of surgical interest
- assess the symptoms of the main diseases of surgical interest.
D4 - COMMUNICATION
At the end of the training the student will be able to:
- organize, prepare and exhibit, to an audience made up of people of
equal level of preparation, a presentation on a clinical case of surgical
interest with their own evaluation supported by appropriate
arguments,
- support an adversarial process with people of equal preparation and
experts in different issues, of a regulatory, scientific, procedural and / or
technological nature,
- demonstrate language properties in both written and oral form, as well
as the ability to use terminology that is sufficiently appropriate for a
correct approach to the profession, which is also important for job
interviews.
D5 - LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the training the student will be able to:
- consult and understand scientific texts,
bibliographic updates, normative dictations, so as to employ them in
contexts not only usual for the profession, including research, but also
originals,
- manage a sufficiently broad mastery of the subject to guarantee an
acceptable basis for continuing professional updating through ongoing
lifelong learning.
Teaching methods
Theoretical activity: in the classroom on all the subjects reported in the program.
clinical training:
Guided exercises at the veterinary teaching hospital on the main topics covered by the program and on the clinical cases that have been received.
Extended program
Theoretical lessons:
Surgical case study method; Patient restraint (1 hour). Anamnesis (2 hours).Objective Examination of Individual Apparatus:
Locomotory apparatus: examination sem. Locomotor apparatus; Semiotic injections; Static and dynamic tests (3 hours).
Tissue application: evaluation of primary and secondary injuries; Cutaneous biopsies (2 hours).
Genito-urinary Apparatus: catheterization, cystocentesis instrumental exams (3 hours).Digestive Apparatus: Observation of food boiling, swallowing, and progression of the bolus (2 hours). Examination of the oral cavity, esophageal and gastric probing (2 hours);Ileus (3 hours);
Respiratory system: respiratory noise (2 hours).
Neurological examination (3 hours).
Examination of the auditory device (2 hours).
Examination of visual apparatus (2 hours).
Practical lessons:
Common practical exercises in groups (12 hours).
Clinical rotation in small groups.
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