Integrated Pathology/Clinical Studies I (U02053)

? Credit Points : 30 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : VET-3-IPC1

This course covers Applied Pharmacology, Bridging Pathology and Anaesthesia and Intensive Care.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

BVMS, (Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Schedule S)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 12 hour(s) 15 minutes per week for 9 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Applied Pharmacology:
Students will be assessed on:
1 their understanding of the general features of the distribution, actions and elimination of
drugs in domestic animals,
2 their knowledge of the significant properties of the main classes of medicinal product used
in veterinary medicine and of representative drugs from them (NB an encyclopaedic
knowledge of all such products will not be expected),
3 their knowledge of the principles and main features of the legislation affecting the use of
drugs in veterinary and farm practice and their appreciation of the role of such use in the
wider context of veterinary medicine and society.
Bridging Pathology:
Students will be assessed according to their ability to :
1 Demonstrate an understanding of lesion development and differential diagnosis of lesions
at a gross and histopathological level.
2 Describe the basic procedure for post mortem examination.
3 Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of post mortem change and incidental
findings.
4 Demonstrate and understanding of pathogenesis with specific consideration of the broad
gross and histopathological features of vascular, neoplastic, immune-mediated, infectious
and congenital/ inherited disease.
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care:
1 Safe use of simple anaesthetic hardware.
2 Informed discussion of case management of simple and advanced cases.
3 Informed discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of techniques and drugs.
4 Recognition of poor, unsafe veterinary anaesthetic practice.
5 Recognition of risks associated with drugs and equipment used in veterinary anaesthetic
practise.

Assessment Information

There will be a two hour end of module examination at the end of the course. The examination will comprise two sections (A and B) with each section contributing 50% of the marks. Section A will comprise a choice of one from two pharmacology questions and one from two pathology/anaesthesia questions, while Section B will consist of 40 compulsory multiple choice questions.