Companion Animal Surgery - Good Surgical Practice
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.
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).
Read more about the Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science.
Having completed the course, 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 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, in-vivo haemostasis management, 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 specialists,
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 searching.
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
- 2 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Other
- Type of assessment details
- The ongoing test consists of three parts:
a) a minimum of 80% active participation,
b) preparation and presentation of, and participation in problem-oriented case discussions.
c) a critical mini-review and a procedure based on the mini-review.
To pass the course, students must have passed both Exam 1 and Exam 2. However, students may attend Exam 2 without having passed Exam 1. - Aid
- All aids allowed except Generative AI
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
More than one internal examiner.
- Exam period
-
For information about the exact exam dates, please visit the exam schedule.
- Re-exam
-
For information about the exact exam dates, please visit the exam schedule.
Criteria for exam assessment
To achieve the grade passed, the student shall be able to:
Knowledge
• Understand the possibilities and limitations of surgical
intervention primarily in clinical companion animal situations.
• Understand the importance of the application of good
surgical practice 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 patients 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 specialists,
dedicated companion animal, and mixed practice peers, and lay
persons involved in companion animal surgical patient
management.
- ECTS
- 5,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Practical exam under invigilationPractical written examination under invigilation
- Type of assessment details
- The practical and written assignment includes two parts:
a) An Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS),
b) A multiple choice exam.
To pass the course, students must have passed both Exam 1 and Exam 2. However, students may attend Exam 2 without having passed Exam 1. - Examination prerequisites
-
Students may attend this examination without approval of Exam 1 (SCAM25019E Ongoing Test).
- Aid
- No aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
More than one internal examiner.
- Exam period
-
For information about the exact exam dates, please visit the exam schedule.
- Re-exam
-
For information about the exact exam dates, please visit the exam schedule.
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 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.
• Apply evidence-based information and approaches in surgical
patients.
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 practice peers involved in
companion animal surgical patient management.
Part time Master and Diploma courses
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 20
- Preparation
- 95
- Practical exercises
- 15
- Exam
- 80
- English
- 210
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- SCAM25019U
- ECTS
- See exam description
- Programme level
- Part Time Master
- Duration
-
6 days full time.
- Placement
- Autumn
- Price
- Schedulegroup
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This course will be offered in the Autumn semester (even-numbered years). For more information about the exact course dates please visit the webpage.
- 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 (3-7869764477797268326f7932686f)
- James Edward Miles (4-6f66726e45787a736933707a336970)
Teacher
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