Companion Animal Surgery - Good Surgical Practice (GSP)
Course content
The purpose of this course is to provide the students with
theoretical and practical tools to perform rational diagnostic
work-up and clinical decision making and to extend the participants
knowledge, personal skills and competences within the discipline of
companion animal surgery. The course will provide the students with
theoretical and practical competences within the fundamentals of
companion animal surgery as it relates to first opinion
practice – in particular atraumatic tissue handling, asepsis
and sterility and the problem-oriented and evidence based
background for decision making in companion animal surgical
procedures. The course addresses the principles of and uses a set
of tools to assess the outcome of surgeries in general and to
establish, perform and develop a continuous quality-assurance
program in particular. As part of the responsibilities of the
companion animal surgeon the course emphasizes the importance of
the management of animal pain perception and individually tailored
anaesthetic and analgesic management.
Read more about the Master of Companion Animal Science.
This course is a compulsory course at the Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science. The Master is a post graduate education targeted small animal veterinarians seeking Continual Professional Development (CPD).
Having completed the course, the student must be able to:
Knowledge
• Understand the possibilities and limitations of surgical
intervention primarily in clinical companion animal situations.
• Understand importance of application of good surgical
practice (GSP) in companion animal surgery.
• Explain and discuss the key principles that are mandatory
prior to initiating and for the follow-up of surgery in companion
animal patients.
• Assess the limitations and contraindications related to
surgeries in companion animal patients.
• Define and identify key surgically relevant anatomical
structures.
Skills
• Apply the physiological response to pain and tissue trauma
in companion animals in a surgical situation.
• Interpret signs of companion animal pain and apply
appropriate pain alleviation and anaesthesia.
• Perform key surgical techniques including induction of
anaesthesia, haemostasis, advanced suture and surgical techniques
for companion animal patients.
• Perform oral presentations for both specialist and
non-specialist colleagues and clients.
• Apply evidence based information and approaches in surgical
patients including searchable medical databases such as
Medline.
Competences
• Plan, decide and evaluate a diagnostic work-up for a patient
with a complex history within companion animal surgery.
• Independently obtain, evaluate and elaborate on evidence
based new knowledge within companion animal surgery.
• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist,
dedicated companion animal and mixed practice peers and lay
persons involved in companion animal surgical patient
management.
A mixture of case-based and problem oriented lectures, e-learning, theoretical and practical exercises. Case-study work. Scientific literature.
Updated literature lists will be posted 1 month prior to course start. The participant should have theoretical knowledge updated prior to participation.
Inclusion criteria for Master's Programme in Companion Animal Clinical Science: Degree in veterinary medicine and at least two years of relevant work experience.
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Portfolio
- Type of assessment details
- The portfolio exam consists of two parts.
1) The course certificate, which supports, underpins, and focuses on the learning process (learning portfolio). All required components of the course certificate must be approved and include a) a minimum of 80% active participation, b) preparation and presentation of, and participation in problem oriented case discussions and c) An Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS).
2) A graded evaluation, which focuses on the intended learning outcomes (evaluation portfolio). The graded evaluation includes a) a written assignment: a critical mini-review and b) a procedure based on the mini-review. - Exam registration requirements
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Both, approved course certificate and a passed examination are required to pass the course. Students may attend examination without approval of course certificate.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
More than one internal examiner
- Exam period
-
Exam dates will be published on the programme homepage.
- Re-exam
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The exam form for the reexam is the same as the ordinary exam. Se dates in the examplan
Re-examination will concern the themes that have not been passed.
Criteria for exam assessment
To acheive the maximum grade of 12, the student shall be able
to:
Knowledge
• Understand the possibilities and limitations of surgical
intervention primarily in clinical companion animal situations.
• Understand importance of application of good surgical
practice (GSP) in companion animal surgery.
• Explain and discuss the key principles that are mandatory
prior to initiating and for the follow-up of surgery in companion
animal patients.
• Assess the limitations and contraindications related to
surgeries in companion animal patients.
• Define and identify key surgically relevant anatomical
structures.
Skills
• Apply the physiological response to pain and tissue trauma
in companion animals in a surgical situation.
• Interpret signs of companion animal pain and apply
appropriate pain alleviation and anaesthesia.
• Perform key surgical techniques including induction of
anaesthesia, haemostasis, advanced suture and surgical techniques
for companion animal patients.
• Perform oral presentations for both specialist and
non-specialist colleagues and clients.
• Apply evidence based information and approaches in surgical
patients including searchable medical databases such as
Medline.
Competences
• Plan, decide and evaluate a diagnostic work-up for a patient
with a complex history within companion animal surgery.
• Independently obtain, evaluate and elaborate on evidence
based new knowledge within companion animal surgery.
• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist,
dedicated companion animal and mixed practice peers and lay
persons involved in companion animal surgical patient
management.
Part time Master and Diploma courses
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 15
- Preparation
- 136
- Practical exercises
- 15
- Exam
- 40
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- SCAM13003U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Part Time Master
- Duration
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6 days full time
- Placement
- Autumn
- Price
- Schedulegroup
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This course will be offered in Autumn 2022 (and every second year)
- Capacity
- 30
- Studyboard
- Study Board for the Professionel Master´s Degree Programmes at The Faculty og Health and Medical Science
Contracting department
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Thomas Eriksen (3-7b6c79477a7c756b35727c356b72)
- James Edward Miles (4-72697571487b7d766c36737d366c73)
Teacher
James Edward Miles, Thomas Eriksen, Helle Harding Poulsen, Hanne Ellen Kortegaard and other national and international capacities within the field.
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