Unit VETERINARY SURGICAL SEMIOTICS
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- GP005425
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Antonio Di Meo
- Teachers
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- Antonio Di Meo
- Marco Pepe (Codocenza)
- Rolando Arcelli (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 13 ore - Antonio Di Meo
- 13 ore (Codocenza) - Marco Pepe
- 13 ore (Codocenza) - Rolando Arcelli
- CFU
- 3
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2022/23
- 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.