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Organisation of Veterinary Services II

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Prior knowledge

Vete5014, Organisation of Veterinary Services I

Course abstract

Students are got acquainted with Latvian and European Union veterinary legislation. Gets perception of organisation of veterinary official controls, organisation of veterinary practices, the veterinarian's role in society and local and international cooperation. In Ethics sub-program acquires ethical behaviour guiding principles, action in veterinary professional work in various situations and scope.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

Sub-programme Organisation of Veterinary Services II:
Knowledge - insight in the legislation related to the veterinary field and its application; elements of the official control; the rights, obligations, responsibilities of veterinary practitioners – 2 tests.
Skills to find and apply the corresponding Latvian or European Union legislative norms according to the performed veterinary activity – practicals.
Competence to know and to apply in a right way the veterinary legislation in force doing veterinary practise; working in the competent authority and performing official duties - Clinical and epidemiological case analysis.
Sub-programme Ethic:
Knowledge – comprehension of the fundamental principles of ethics, related legislation and its application - case analysis.
Skills to find and apply code of ethics according to the situation – case analysis.
Competence to be able to analyse specific ethical cases - Clinical and epidemiological case analysis.

Course Content(Calendar)

Sub-programme Organisation of Veterinary Services II (20h):
1.The international organizations associated with veterinary medicine. 2 h
2. Latvian Association of Veterinarians, it functions. 2 h
3.The veterinary certificate, rights to practice. 2 h
4.Test. Business type. Registration for veterinary practices. 2 h
5.Companion/farm animal veterinary practices. 2 h
6. National veterinary and food supervision, its tasks. 2 h
7.Animal trade (veterinary certificates, certification process). 2 h
8. Agricultural Data Centre 1 h. Veterinarian work in animal shelter. 1 h
9. Administrative responsibility of the veterinarians. 2 h
10.Test. Defense of Clinical and epidemiological Case analysis. 2 h

Sub-programme Ethic (20h):
1. Introduction. Insight into the concepts: ethics, morality, deontology. Fundamental principles of medical ethics. European Veterinary Code of Conduct 2 h
2. Code of Ethics: independence and impartiality, honesty and integrity, professional confidentiality, competence and professionalism 2 h
3. Code of Ethics: Veterinarians and the veterinary profession 2 h
4. Code of Ethics: Veterinarians and animals 2 h
5. Code of Ethics: Veterinarians and clients 2 h
6. Code of Ethics: Veterinarians and the veterinary team 2 h
7. Code of Ethics: Veterinarians and medicines 2 h
8. Code of Ethics: Veterinarians and society, Veterinarians and the environment 2 h
9. Code of Ethics: Veterinarians and Competent Authorities 2 h
10. Latvian Association of Veterinarians Professional Ethics Commission 2 h

Requirements for awarding credit points

Two successfully completed tests, defended Clinical and epidemiological Case analysis and successfully passed exam.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

The Clinical and Epidemiological Case Analysis (CECA) work is developed on a topic provided by the teaching staff. The work must be developed according to the methodological guidelines approved by the LBTU FVM Methodological commission. The following chapters must be included in the work: title page; contents; introduction; case analysis, developed using legislative acts, action plans of the responsible institutions, code of ethics and other resources; conclusions, references. The work must be submitted electronically on the e-study platform. After submitting the work and, if necessary, after making corrections, the defence of the work is organized on the date set by the teaching staff. The student gives an illustrated presentation orally, the length of the presentation should last 5 – 7 minutes. The presentation must contain the most important information about the case, the student must answer questions, justifying the provided information.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The tests, the exam and the CECA work are evaluated according to the 10-point scale study result evaluation criteria specified in the LBTU Study Regulations.
The CECA is evaluated as an average grade from the grade of the evaluation of the written work and the grade of the evaluation of the presentation.
To successfully pass the tests, at least 70% of the questions must be answered correctly in each test.
Students are admitted to the exam only after they have successfully defended their CECA work and successfully passed two tests.
The grade of the exam is calculated as the arithmetic average of the grade of the CECA and grade of the written exam with decimals rounded towards the written exam grade.

Compulsory reading

1.Viljamss J. R. Medicīnas ētikas rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Latvijas ārstu biedrība, 2009. 135 lpp.
2. Latvijas veterinārārstu ētikas kodekss. Pieejams: https://lvb.lv/userfiles/files/Latvijas_veterin%C4%81r%C4%81rstu_%C4%93tikas_kodekss%281%29.pdf
3. Latvijas Republikas tiesību akti. Pieejams: https://likumi.lv
4. EUR-Lex. Eiropas Savienības tiesību akti. Pieejams: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=lv

Further reading

1.Mullan S., Fawcett A., Sean Wensley S. Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases. 1st edition. UK: 5m Publishing, 2017. 552 p.

2.Rollin B.E. An Introduction to Veterinary Medical Ethics: Theory And Cases. 2nd ed. Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2006. 352 p. N

Periodicals and other sources

1. LR Zemkopības ministrija. Pieejams: https://www.zm.gov.lv/
2. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Pieejams: http://www.oie.int/
3. Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests. LR Zemkopības ministrijas nozares portāls. Pieejams: http://www.pvd.gov.lv/#jump
4. https://www.ur.gov.lv/lv/ 5.https://lvb.lv/

Notes

Compulsory course of study programme Veterinary medicine.