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

Postgraduate Course: Interventions in Wild Animal Health (VESC11042)

Course Outline
SchoolRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe Interventions Module will provide practical knowledge to complement the theoretical understanding gained from other modules of the Conservation Medicine Cert/Dip MVetSci course. Interventions are required to resolve human-wildlife conflict, to carry out effective metapopulation management through translocation, to reduce the risk from disease in reintroduction and translocation programmes, to carry out investigations in disease outbreaks in free-living wildlife and the role of disease in the decline of species. Tuition will be carried out in the field to develop skills in human-wildlife conflict management, disease risk analysis and translocation techniques, disease outbreak investigation and monitoring of the health of declining species.
Course description The Interventions Module will provide practical knowledge to complement the theoretical understanding gained from other modules of the Conservation Medicine Cert/Dip MVetSci course. Interventions are required to resolve human-wildlife conflict, to carry out effective metapopulation management through translocation, to reduce the risk from disease in reintroduction and translocation programmes, to carry out investigations in disease outbreaks in free-living wildlife and the role of disease in the decline of species. Tuition will be carried out in the field to develop skills in human-wildlife conflict management, disease risk analysis and translocation techniques, disease outbreak investigation and monitoring of the health of declining species.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Yes, Costs of travel to India
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVeterinary Degree
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Vet Med Semester 2
Course Start Date 13/01/2025
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) 100% in-course assessment, which will comprise two assessments each worth 50 % of the final course mark
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. To gain a critical awareness of the effects of interventions at the human wildlife interface.
  2. To develop a systematic understanding of the planning of, and field methods in, disease outbreak investigation
  3. To gain a comprehensive understanding including new insights into disease risk management in translocation programmes
  4. To gain a critical awareness of field methods to investigate the role of disease in the decline of species
  5. A comprehensive understanding of ex-situ medicine and management in the context of field interventions
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills A knowledge of epidemiology, pathogenesis, therapies and control measures relating to animal disease and the practical skills to apply that knowledge
A knowledge of pathology including an understanding of how to prevent transmission of disease between animals and man
Problem solving abilities
A good professional attitude and a high standard of professional behaviour
KeywordsInterventions,scanning surveillance,translocations,disease investigation
Contacts
Course organiserDr Neil Anderson
Tel: (0131 6)51 7421
Email: Neil.Anderson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Stavriana Manti
Tel: (0131 6)50 5310
Email: stavriana.manti@ed.ac.uk
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