Class Introdução à Medicina Veterinária

Theoretical-practical curricular unit that aim the introduction to primary concepts in veterinary medicine, especially in its various areas of practice: small animals medicine, livestock medicine and equine medicine.

1. Communicating skills;
2. Animal containment and transport techniques
3. The reception of a patient (Clinical Examination, triage, ABCD concepts, Acrashplan concepts)
4. The most common breeds and their particularities
5. Preventive medicine (vaccination bulletin), basics of deworming
6. Electronic identification, passport and other means of identification
7. Hygiene Care
8. Concepts of homeostasis - fluid therapy, monitoring; Blood bank
9. Practical asepsis techniques
10. Basic concepts of anesthesia
11. The Surgical Block
12. Preparation of the surgical patient
13. General approach to wounds
14. Healing techniques
15. Various types of dressings
16. Rehabilitation Medicine
17. Palliative Medicine
18. Approach to euthanasia in veterinary medicine
19. Equine medicine
20. Medicine for livestock (cattle, sheep and goats)

Mid-term continuous evaluation

-Attendance of at least 2/3 of the lectures is mandatory and/3 of the practical/theorical-practical and laboratory lectures;

-To pass a course in continuous evaluation, the student must obtain a rating equal to or greater than 9.5, in all evaluations, which include mini-tests, individual and group works, oral presentations and methods of supervised self-learning.

-The final grade of the course is the weighted average of the theoretical and practical evaluation

Exam regime:

Attendance of at least 2/3 of the practical / theoretical-practical and laboratory classes is mandatory

It is considered approved to the curricular unit the student who obtains a final grade of at least 9.5 in the practical and theoretical components

Exception t for students with Student Worker Status and other applicable. For these cases, a supplementary assessment regime is applied f, which may include additional assignments, written and / or oral test, as defined by the teacher

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