Course code VeteP025
Credit points 24
Clinical Rotation III
Total Hours in Course648
Independent study hours648
Date of course confirmation02.03.2016
Responsible UnitClinical Institute
Course developer
Armands Vekšins
Dr. med. vet.
Prior knowledge
Vete3026, Special Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine II
Vete4018, Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics II
Vete4019, Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics III
Vete4022, Large Animal Surgery II
Vete4024, Small Animal Surgery II
Vete4045, Epidemiology
Vete4049, Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases II
Vete4097, Farm Animal Reproduction II
Vete4099, Small Animal Internal Medicine II
Vete4100, Animal Postmortem Necropsies
Vete4101, Radiology II
Vete4105, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology I
Vete4108, Infectious Diseases II
Vete4113, Surgery Techniques and Topographical Anatomy II
Vete4114, Anesthesiology and Emergency
Vete6038, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology II
Vete6039, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology III
Vete6040, Internal Medicine, Herd Health III
VeteP022, Clinical Rotation I
VeteP024, Clinical Rotation II
Course abstract
Intramural practice. During rotations, students shadow physicians at teaching hospital and farms, have access to patients, and gain valuable hands-on experience.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
Knowledges: of laboratorial tests and diagnostic imaging, most common diseases etiology, pathogenesis and treatment. Assessment – tests in practice all blocks.
Skills: to do clinical and diagnostic imaging examinations, set diagnosis, treatment and recommendations. Assessment – evaluating practical work.
Competence: select correct diagnostic tests and treatment, herd health evaluation. Assessment – tests in practice all blocks and evaluating a practical work.
Course Content(Calendar)
1. Small animal internal medicine. Three weeks. Theoretical lessons, practical works, test, clinical case analysis.
2. Small animal surgery. Three weeks. Theoretical lessons, practical works, test, clinical case analysis.
3. Equine medicine. Three weeks. Theoretical lessons, practical works, test, clinical case analysis.
4. Large animal medicine. Three weeks. Theoretical lessons, practical works, test, clinical case analysis.
5. Mobile clinic. Three weeks. Theoretical lessons, practical works, test, clinical case analysis.
6. Patological examination. Three weeks. Theoretical lessons, practical works, test, case analysis.
7. Clinical rotation practice final work. Two weeks.
Requirements for awarding credit points
Pass all requirements in all clinical rotation practice blocks and defended final work.
Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work
During a practice students must write a final work (Clinical rotation practice thesis).
Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes
Study course tests and final work are evaluated in accordance with the criteria of the 10 point system scale indicated in the LLU Study Regulations.
To get a final grade of Clinical rotation practice student must pass all tests and final work (Clinical rotation practice thesis). Final grade consists of average mark of all practice rotation blocks and final work mark (50% of final grade).
Compulsory reading
1. Nelson R.W., Couto Guillermo C. Small Animal Internal Medicine. Canada: Elsevier, 2014. 1473 p. 2. Anjou M., Penninck D., Atlas of Small animal ultrasonography. Singapore: Blackwele Publishing, 2008. 511 p. 3. Brūvers Z. Mājdzīvnieku anatomija: mācību grāmata. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2007. 783 lpp. 4. Dirksen G, Grunder H.-D., Grunert E., Stober M, Mack R., Clinical Examination of Cattle. Berlin, 1979. 453 p. 5. Ettinger J.S., Feldman E.C. Textbook of veterinary internal medicine. Vol 1. Canada: Saunders Elsevier 2010. 1983 p.
Further reading
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Periodicals and other sources
LLU Fundamentālās bibliotēkas datu bāzes.
Notes
Compulsory course of study program Veterinary medicine in 12th semester.