Unit ADE - Palliative and hospice care in veterinary medicine
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- A001158
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Giorgia Della Rocca
- Teachers
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- Giorgia Della Rocca
- Hours
- 25 ore - Giorgia Della Rocca
- CFU
- 1
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2014
- Offered
- 2018/19
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline cliniche veterinarie
- Academic discipline
- VET/07
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Discussion about main principles of palliative and hospice care in companion animals, from theory to clinical cases.
- Reference texts
- Textbook: G. della Rocca, M.B. Conti. Terapie palliative e cure di fine vita in medicina veterinaria. Poletto editore, 2018.Pdf available on "Unistudium" platform.
- Educational objectives
- The main objective of the course is to provide students with the necessary knowledge for future application of correct palliative and hospice care protocols in various illness that may affect dogs and cats.
- Prerequisites
- The knowledge of pharmacology is a prerequisite for the student who wants to follow the course with profit.
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:- Lectures on the main topic of the course.- Supervised discussions within small student's groups on the topics listed in the program.- Self-directed learning (SDL) activity: preparation and description of clinical cases based on on-line research and material provided by the teacher.
- Learning verification modality
- Multiple-choice test on course topics or brief report (eg. clinical case).
- Extended program
- Guidelines for palliative and hospice care (1 hour).Pain management in patients with chronic or terminal diseases (1 hour).Management of symptoms related to the underlying pathology and/or arising as a result of physical decay of the animal and/or treatments (1 hour).Management of nutrition and hydration (1 hour).Mobility management (1 hour).Hygiene, comfort and safety management (1 hour).Management of the social and emotional animal needs (1 hour).Quality of life evaluation (1 hour).Euthanasia and natural death (1 hour).The vet burn-out (1 hour).Clinical cases (from diagnosis to therapy): application of a palliative and hospice approach in various pathologic conditions (15 h - SDL).