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| Unit name |
Basic Clinical Science |
| Unit code |
VETS30006 |
| Credit points |
0 |
| Level of study |
H/6
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Kostas Papasouliotis |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Completed BVSc 2 |
| Co-requisites |
All other units in BVSc 3 |
| School/department |
Bristol Veterinary School |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit includes the following elements: Anaesthesia, Clinical Pathology, Research Training in Veterinary Science, Pathophysiology & Introduction to clinical practice
Aims:
To provide:
- A link between pre-clinical studies of normal body structure and function encountered in years 1 and 2, and the subjects which make up clinical veterinary medicine encountered in years 4 and 5;
- A firm grounding in pathophysiology, clinical pathology (haematology, clinical biochemistry, diagnostic cytology) to which clinical knowledge can be added;
- A theoretical grounding in the clinical subject of anaesthesia in preparation for the clinically based lectures in 4th year and rotations in year 5;
- An understanding of the important aspects of the research process.
To introduce:
- The concept of applying fundamental information to a clinical problem;
- The fundamentals of clinical problem solving and clinical practice.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the unit students will be able to:
- Utilise their knowledge of pre-clinical subjects in the diagnosis and management of problems encountered in clinical settings;
- Explain the results obtained from diagnostic tests in terms of their implications for physiological function;
- Explain the use of treatments encountered in clinical cases in terms of their restoration of homeostatic mechanisms;
- Perform a range of basic clinical skills;
- Evaluate published research in an informed manner and draw sound conclusions.
Teaching Information
- Lectures
- Practical classes
- Seminars
Assessment Information
Oral presentation of group anaesthesia Directed Self Education(DSE) project - 10%
Research training element Directed Self Education (DSE) (written report) - 10%
Enit of unit: 2.5 hour written exam - 60%
Multiple Choice Question type exam - 20%
Practical examination - must pass
Note: Students will be provided with more information about the practical examination and the DSE tasks in the unit handbook and / or by the unit organiser at the start of the academic year.
Reading and References
- Small animal Pathophysiology; J Simpson, Blackwells
- Veterinary Pathophysiology; Dunlop & Malbert, Iowa State Press
- Manual of canine and feline anaesthesia and analgesia; BSAVA
- Veterinary Anaesthesia 10th Edition; Hall, Clarke & Trim
- Experimental design for the life sciences; Ruxton GD & Colegrave N 2003 , Oxford Univ Press, Oxford.
- Asking questions in biology; Barnard C, Gilbert F & McGregor P 2001, Prentice Hall, Harlow.
- Duncan and Prasse’s Veterinary Laboratory Medicine;Clinical Pathology, 2011, Wiley-Blackwell.
