VET359 Diseases in Organ systems 1

The course contains three organ blocks

• Oncology and diseases of the skin, blood and immune system
• Diseases of the locomotor system
• Diseases of the digestive system

Important subject areas are

• internal medicine
• surgery
• pathophysiology
• pathology
• pharmacology and toxicology
• microbiology
• immunology
• clinical nutrition

The focus will be on pathogenesis and how abnormal conditions/diseases arise, develop and manifest in the living or dead animal.

Species of which knowledge is expected are sports and family animals including dogs, cats, horses and exotic animals, and production animals such as ruminants, pigs, poultry and salmonids.

Teaching on mammals, birds and fish is comparative.

The learning outcome consists of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

After completing the teaching, the students must show that they have knowledge in etiology, defense mechanisms, pathogenesis, clinical and pathological manifestations, diagnostics, treatment and important comparative aspects for a selection of conditions in the various organ systems. Current conditions and the detailed level of knowledge are described in more detail in the learning objectives for the various organ blocks.

Skills

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• Work in line with HSE requirements when handling live animals
• Use simple diagnostic tools and carry out a clinical examination of organ systems on models or live animals
• Use basic principles for examining patients through case assignments and casuistries to make a diagnosisInterpret pathological changes and propose morphological diagnoses
• Discuss case assignments and case studies in groups and with the teacher and present their part of the group work in plenary
• Answer written assignments associated with case assignments in a structured manner

General competence

After completing the course, the student should be better able to:

• Reflect on your own learning process
• Identify your own professional strengths and weaknesses in the subject area
• Apply and seek new knowledge independently