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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies : Veterinary Sciences

Postgraduate Course: Basic Sciences in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (VESC11085)

Course Outline
SchoolRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course will provide students with knowledge of physiological and pharmacological mechanisms associated with anaesthesia and analgesia and how common drugs act.
Course description Knowledge and understanding of the relationships between veterinary anaesthesia, analgesia, physiology and pharmacology;
Demonstrate an awareness of the role of anaesthesia and analgesia in animal welfare and management
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Course Start Date 03/08/2020
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 196 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Formal summative written assessment will constitute 50% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 50% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. To be able to use appropriate terminology correctly
  2. To be able to describe common mechanisms of drug action and any additional and side effects of common drugs and to be able to discuss interactions of anaesthetic and analgesic drugs
  3. To be able to describe the basic physiology of pain
  4. To develop reasons for drug selection dependent on the clinical situation
  5. To be able to describe how physiological changes related to age and other non-disease related animal differences affect anaesthesia
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsAnaesthesia,analgesia,physiology,pharmacology,veterinary
Contacts
Course organiserDr Gudrun Schoeffmann
Tel: (0131 6)51 7478
Email: Gudrun.Schoeffmann@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Stephen Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: stephen.mitchell@ed.ac.uk
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