Summer School - Large Animals
Course content
The students will take active part in the daily work in the University Hospital of Large Animals under direction of the responsible veterinarians. The daily language in the hospital is Danish but all staff members are familiar with English and will speak English with the students. Several staff members are native English or American speaking.
The Large Animal Hospital has elective cases and emergency patients. Furthermore the Hospital has a mobile practice
It will be possible for the students to work during daytime
and/or during evening and night shifts in the hospital.
Daytime working hours: 8.00 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Evening working hours: 3.30 p.m. – 12.00 a.m.
Weekend working hours: 8.00 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Night working hours: On call at the Hospital
Clinical training can be within the following rotations (at least
one full week for each rotation):
- Large Animal Hospital (medicine and surgery)
- Mobile practice
The students will be asked to compile a list of preferred
rotations. However the final planning will be made by the course
responsible with no guaranty of preferred rotations
Veterinarians (graduate students).
During the course, the student will get the possibility to
achieve first hand experience within one or more of the above
mentioned clinical rotations at the University Hospital of Large
Animals.
Knowledge:
- Describe common medical and surgical diseases in large animal
general practice
- Describe the problem based clinical examination and
interpretation methodolgy when diagnosing a patient in large animal
clinical practice
Skills:
- Apply the problembased medical investigatory system to the large
animal patient
- Perform a full clinical investigation of a companion animal
patient
- Determine and justify diagnostic and treatment plans as well as
prognosis for a specific patient.
- Choose, justify and interpretate relevant paraclinical- and
clinical tests
- Take and in pratice process diagnostic samples
Competencies:
- Identify, evaluate and interpretate elements of a clinical case
to be able to compile and implement diagnostic and- therapeutic
plans.
- Use professional communication by implementing correct medical
terminology
Practical clinical training
Relevant literature within large animal practice
The students have to be on their last year of veterinary study.
Students must bring stethoscope, thermometer, scissors, appropriate disinfectable footwear such as rubber boots, blue scrubs, lab coat and note block/pencil.
For exchange students: sign up for nomination through your home university. For Danish students: sign up via KUnet and find the registration form for ”sommerklinik” under ”blanketter”.
- ECTS
- 6 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Continuous assessment, .
- Type of assessment details
- The student will be evaluated during the rotations.
One week - Exam registration requirements
-
The student must attend each of the rotations for a minimum of 80%
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
-
During the course
- Re-exam
-
None
Criteria for exam assessment
To achieve the grade passed, the student shall (in an adequate level) be able to:
Knowledge:
- Describe common medical and surgical diseases in large animal
general practice
- Describe the problem based clinical examination and
interpretation methodology when diagnosing
a patient in large animal clinical
practice
- Identify causes of frequently occurring medical, surgical and
production-related diseases in large animals
Skills:
- Prepare proper records and keep continuous records in a
satisfactory manner understandable to colleagues and the public
- Perform a full clinical investigation of a companion animal and
production animal patient
- Determine and justify diagnostic and treatment plans as well as
prognosis for a specific patient.
- Choose, justify and interpretate relevant paraclinical- and
clinical tests
- Take and in practice process diagnostic samples
- Work effectively in teams
Competencies:
- Identify, evaluate and interpretate elements of a clinical case
to be able to compile and implement diagnostic and- therapeutic
plans.
- Use professional communication by implementing correct medical
terminology
- Handling and restraint of animals correctly and safely, and could instruct others therein
- Participate in emergency work and perform basic first aid
- Taking, storing and handling specimens, perform standard laboratory tests and interpret the results of the various laboratory tests
- Apply the principles for aseptic surgery
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Practical exercises
- 165
- English
- 165
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- SVEK13035U
- ECTS
- 6 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
-
4 weeks in the period from the end of June until the end of August.
- Placement
- Summer
- Schedulegroup
-
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- Capacity
- 5 students per week with a maximum of 20 indvidual students during the course months (july and august).
- Studyboard
- The Study Board for Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
Contracting department
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinator
- Gabriel Cuevas Ramos (15-6b6566766d697032673276657173774477797268326f7932686f)
Teacher
Clinicians at University Hospital of Large Animal
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