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

Postgraduate Course: Ethics in anaesthesia and euthanasia (VESC11121)

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 AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryBoth in clinical and research practice, we are undertaking more complex and costly procedures. This course will include aspects of ethics in anaesthesia, for example in research, in husbandry (e.g. castration or docking in farm animals) and then lead on to the ultimate analgesic- euthanasia.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Course Start Date 20/09/2021
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assessment will be 100% coursework.

Assessment 1:
40% Reflective journal posts OR similar written course (approx. 1000 words)

Assessment 2:
60% Essay (approx. 2000 words)

Feedback Summative feedback will be provided on assessments.

Formative feedback to students via discussion boards.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. discuss ethical issues associated with clinical practice, with particular reference to veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
  2. demonstrate an awareness of the legal and ethical framework around clinical practice, experimental practice and publications.
  3. present an ethical argument in a welfare related situation with appropriate justifications
  4. demonstrate an understanding of approaches to ethical problem solving and discuss ethics and the applications of ethical thinking to clinical practice.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsAnaesthesia,ethics,welfare,suffering,euthanasia,analgesia
Contacts
Course organiserProf Richard Eddie Clutton
Tel: (0131 6)50 6220
Email: e.clutton@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Stephen Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: stephen.mitchell@ed.ac.uk
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