VET360 Diseases in Organ systems 2

The course contains three organ blocks:

-Diseases of the Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Urinary systems

-Diseases of the Nervous system, Eye and Endocrine organs

-Obstetrics and diseases of the Reproductive organs

Important subject areas are internal medicine, surgery, pathophysiology, pathology, pharmacology and toxicology, microbiology, immunology and clinical nutrition.

The focus will be on pathogenesis and how abnormal conditions/diseases arise, develop and manifest in the living or dead animal.

Species of which knowledge is expected are sports and companion animals including dogs, cats, horses and exotic animals and production animals such as ruminants, pigs, poultry and salmonid fish.

Teaching on mammals, birds and fish is comparative

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

After completion of the course, the students must show that they have knowledge about etiology, defense mechanisms, pathogenesis, clinical and pathological manifestations, diagnostics, treatment and important comparative aspects for a selection of conditions in the various organ systems. These conditions and the detailed level of knowledge are described in more detail in the learning objectives for the various organ blocks.

Skills

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

-Work in line with HSE requirements when handling live animals

-Use simple diagnostic tools and carry out a clinical examination of organ systems on models or live animlas

-Use basic principles for examining patients through case assignements and casuistries to make a diagnosis

-Interpret pathological changes and propose morphological diagnoses

-Discuss case assignments and case studies in groups and with a supervisor and present the work in plenary sessions

-Answer written assignments bsed on cases in a structured way

General competence

After completing the course, the student should be better able to:

-Reflect on your own learning process

-Identify your own professional strenghts and weaknesses in the subject area

-Apply and seek new knowledge independently