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Course code: VVSS00134o12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Clinical internship-diseases of dogs and cats I
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 10
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 0 / 0 / 45
Lecturer: dr Marcin Jankowski
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: After completion of the clinical internship students can practically obtain history from the animal’s owner, carry out a clinical examination, diagnose individual disease units, suggest and perform additional examinations and verify diagnosis and treatment on their basis, administer drugs (per os, i.v., i.m., s.c.), evaluate progress of the disease and fill in veterinary documentation (e.g. the case history).

Competences: Completion of the course enables students to: employ methods of dealing with animals, taking history and carrying out a clinical examination of animals, collect samples for further laboratory and specialist examinations, perform basic veterinary procedures, administer drugs and correctly fill in clinical documentation.

Prerequisites: Animal Anatomy, Topographic Anatomy, Pathomorphology, Physiology, Pathophysiology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary Immunology, Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics, General Surgery and Anaesthesiology, Diagnostic Imaging.

Course content: Ethiopathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnostics and treatment of diseases in dogs and cats, laboratory blood, urine, feces and skin tests, basic veterinary procedures in dogs and cats.

Recommended literature: Hans G. Niemand i Peter F. Suter; Praktyka kliniczna: psy, 2008; Marian C. Horzinek, Vera Schmidt, Hans Lutz: Praktyka kliniczna: KOTY, 2008; R.W. Nelson, C. Guillermo Couto: Choroby wewnętrzne małych zwierząt, 2008; Rozród Psów - praca zbiorowa pod redakcją Andrzeja Dubiela, 2004; M. Żakiewicz: Chirurgia małych zwierząt, 1994; Wayne E. Wingfeld red.wyd.pol. Antoni Schollenberger: Intensywna terapia psów i kotów, 2004.

Assessment methods: Completion of the course

Comment: This subject lasts two semesters: 10th and 11th. ECTS point: semester 10th- 1 point, semester 11th- 4 points.