Unit CLINICAL WORK IN VTH ADVANCED COURSE

Course

Veterinary medicine

Study-unit Code

85036501

Curriculum

In all curricula

Teacher

Francesco Porciello

Teachers

Francesco Porciello

Hours

25 ore - Francesco Porciello

CFU

Course Regulation

Coorte 2019

Offered

2022/23

Learning activities

Altro

Area

Altre conoscenze utili per l'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro

Academic discipline

Type of study-unit

Obbligatorio (Required)

Type of learning activities

Attività formativa monodisciplinare

Language of instruction

ITALIAN (foreign students can speak with the teacher and tutor in English)

Contents

Reference texts

Students are required to interact with the teacher who carries out regular clinical activity in OVUD and through the University's UNISTUDIUM portal where, in the space dedicated to this course, the sample text regarding the final report can be found. Students are required to download the sample report text, take it with them during the practical activities and follow the clinical cases following the guidelines contained therein. Students are required to attend the presentation lesson of the course held by the Teacher in collaboration with the course Tutor, to interface with them during the performance of the activities, if necessary, and to consult the presentation file of the course on Unistudium in case of doubts.

Educational objectives

The planned activities are essentially practical, and therefore it is expected that the students acquire practical skills on the physical exam of the sick animals, in the practical management of hospitalized animals in applying the main instrumental diagnostic tests in drug and medical therapeutic maneuvers, surgical and obstetric. In any case the "red week advanced course" only represents a small part (25 hours) of the time allotted for the teaching practice of the course of studies in veterinary medicine and is designed to allow students to experience an initial "full immersion" into reality veterinary hospital. This experience represents the continuation of the "red week basic course" in which the student was able to touch the animal sick initial approach by collecting medical history questioning the owner and doing the exam overall objective. The minimum learning objective for the "red week advanced course" is the ability to perform particular physical examinations of the individual apparatuses.

Prerequisites

The knowledge that a student must possess at the beginning of the activities planned for this course are derived from the "red week basic course" and the teachings characteristic of Internal Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics.
To draw from this teaching the maximum profit it is important that the student knows the etiology, pathology and symptoms of major diseases of small animals and horses.

Teaching methods

Direct participation, under the supervision of structured and unstructured teachers and veterinarians, for clinical activities in OVUD

Other information

To be admitted to attend the course, you must have the following certificates and requirements:
- Attendance of course on Legislative Decree 81/2008;
- To be covered with anti-tetanical vaccination and present the up-to-date certification, issued by the ASL in charge, at the Didactic Secretariat (Polo Didattico Veterinaria Medicina Veterinaria);

Learning verification modality

There is no evaluation in the form of an exam, but each student will prepare a detailed report on the activity carried out. This report must be completed on UNISTUDIUM according to the instructions contained therein in the assigned tasks section. The teacher evaluates the report and assigns a score out of thirty which has the purpose of indicating to the student the value of what is produced but does not have the value of an exam grade. The suitability of the student is assessed during the performance of the practical teaching activities and on the basis of the report presented. The registration of eligibility is carried out at the end of the teaching period. The verbalization can be carried out by the teacher only if ALL the following conditions are met:
1) Delivery on UNISTUDIUM of the attendance sheet with the signatures of the veterinary staff certifying the performance of the 3 scheduled shifts
2) Delivery to UNISTUDIUM of the report of the activities carried out, drawn up scrupulously following the scheme requested by the teacher
3) Registration on the SOL for the exam session

For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or SLD, visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa

Extended program

The course takes place within the University Veterinary Teaching Hospital facilities. Students are directly involved in clinical-diagnostic and therapeutic activities of the departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics carried out both on pets than on horses.
Activities take place in shifts defined as: a) day shift from 8:00 am to 16:00 b) evening shift from 16.00 to 24.00 c) night shift from 24.00 at 9.00
Each student, guided by tutors and professors working in OVUD, are directly involved in clinical-diagnostic and therapeutic activities that take place on the animals visiting or admitted to OVUD. The activities are different depending on the day time slot, evening or night and include visits, specialist medical scans, applying medical therapies, surgical and obstetric, emergency management in the emergency department, monitoring of the clinical condition of the hospitalized animals.

During the practical activities the student interacts with the veterinary staff of the OVUD and also discusses the theoretical aspects concerning the cases under observation.

During the clinical activities the Student must be available and then collaborate with the Veterinary staff in the compilation of the clinical cards on the SIOVUD system.

Periodically the course tutor is available personally or in webinar for explanations concerning the use of the SIOVUD system to all Students who are about to start their shifts in the immediately following period.