SURGICAL SEMEIOTICS
cod. 01749

Academic year 2019/20
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor
- Marina MARTANO
Academic discipline
Clinica chirurgica veterinaria (VET/09)
Field
Discipline cliniche veterinarie
Type of training activity
Characterising
44 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

Students should learn the notions needed to perform a general and organ-specific examination of the animal, finding all the differential diagnoses and deciding diagnostic tests to perform and appropriate therapy to undertake. They should be able to make connections with other disciplines (anatomy, physiology, internal medicine, diagnostic imaging), in order to reach the final diagnosis. They should be able to use appropriate scientific language to communicate with colleagues without misunderstandings, and they should know the indications and how to perform the main small animal soft tissue surgeries, as well as potential complications encountered.
In the practical part of the course students will acquire confidence with the surgical/sterile environment, the will perform simple soft tissue surgical procedures and they will learn how to approach small and large animals safely.

Prerequisites

Anatomy, physiology, surgical pathology, diagnostic imaging

Course unit content

Semiotics and clinics of the following systems of companion animals: digestive, respiratory, urinary, integumentary, circulatory, endocrine; with special attention to more common diseases diagnosed in practice. Main diseases of the digestive and muskulo-skeletal system of horses.

Full programme

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Bibliography

- Fossum T.W. Small animal surgery, 5 ed. Mosby Editore.
- Johnston S.A. e Tobias K.M. Veterinary surgery. Small animals, 2 ed. Elsevier

Teaching methods

frontal lecture/practical session

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination : students will be asked to demonstrate that they have reached a good level of knowledge and understanding. Students must be able to apply their knowledge and comprehension capacities, showing a professional approach to their work. They should have adequate skills in discussion of their ideas and in problems' solving. Students must be able to discuss and collect data, in order to develop their own independent judgements.

Other information

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