Histology of domestic animals II

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The course of  general histology of domestic animals aims at describing the various healthy tissues of the animal organism. These tisssues are integrated in organs ensuring the great functions of the organism.

 

General and particular connective tissues, muscular, nervous tissues, blood and lymph vessels and blood cells will be approached during Q2. Their structural, ultrastructural and functional characteristics will be approached.

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Theoretic course:

To know
The objective of the theoretic course is to teach the students the morphological and functional features of the different epithelial tissues.
To make

Starting from a pure descriptive approach the student will have to be able to establish a relationship between the examined morphology and the function of the cell, the tissue and mainly the organ being studied.

To be

The opportunity of observing virtual histological preparations on eCampus offer the possibility to the students to work in groups, exchange different point of view, acquire critical spirit, and stimulate mutual aid.

Observation

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The co-and prerequisite teaching untis are detailed in the courses program

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Organisation:

The histology practical sessions in the 2nd term are compulsory and are organised in a hybrid way. 

 

The work sessions on the scanned slides are organised remotely or face-to-face, depending on the student's choice. Specifically, the student can complete the online learning modules remotely or go to the microscopy practical workroom where he/she will be supervised by a student monitor (1 student monitor per group of students present). Attendance will not be taken, but the slide work must be validated using an online questionnaire with a mark of at least 14/20 in order to access the next session and attend the face-to-face sessions. Failure to validate an online session before the 'return session' will be considered an unexcused absence.

 

Only the sessions entitled 'Return Session + Questionnaire', 'Rehearsals' and 'Blood Smears' will be held exclusively in person.

Attendance at these sessions is compulsory.

 

Repeat students do not benefit from any exemption and must complete the required work according to the same procedures as for the first year of the UE.

 

The practical sessions are divided into 3 thematic weeks:

- Week 1: Connective and muscular tissues

- Week 2: Vascular and Nervous Tissues and Blood Cells

- Week 3: Preparation for the practical oral examination

 

Weeks 1 and 2 of the practical work are as follows

- Sessions 1 and 2:

Either distance learning or face-to-face in the microscopy room supervised by a student instructor (see above). These sessions are compulsory.

In the eCampus course area, the student has access to a learning path including histological slides digitised in Cytomine, videos explaining the subject and practical work materials.

The student must identify and annotate the tissues, cells and histological structures of interest on the digitised slides and/or create a personal image bank. The annotation layers on the digitised slides may be checked by the assistants for feedback purposes. The session will be deemed to have been completed once the formative test in the eCampus online space has been validated. Two of the skills targeted by this system are autonomy and self-assessment.

- Session 3:

Face-to-face and compulsory. This session is supervised by a Histology assistant.

The first hour and a half will be devoted to questions remaining from the work done online, and to completing the annotation of the digitised slides.

The last half hour will be devoted to an online certificate examination (see below) on the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject covered during the week of practical work.

- Session 4:

Face-to face and compulsory.

Session 4 is an active review of the material covered during the week in the form of a formative oral examination situation (identification, description, structure-function relationships, link with the theoretical material), under the supervision of Professor Antoine and his assistants. Students will be given a general assessment and feedback.

 

During week 2, a fifth session is devoted to taking blood smears. Like all the other sessions, it is compulsory.

 

Absences and supporting documents:

Any absence or lateness for the practical sessions must be justified before the start of the practical session by telephone/email sent to the assistants (see Contacts section).

A valid medical certificate, or any other official certificate, is required to justify the absence. Students may be refused the theory exam if they have two unjustified absences.

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Face-to-face course


Additional information:

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Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus


Further information:

A syllabus of the theoretic course is available at the "Office des cours".

PDF are available in the ad hoc repertoire of e-campus.

A histology atlas on CD-Rom realized on the basis of the preparations analyzed throughout the year is also available at the same office. This atlas can be easily installed on the student's personal computer or on the computers of the multimedia room.

Reference books:
Applied veterinary histology - William Banks- third edition-1993 Mosby.

Internet sites:
http://www.medvet.umontreal.ca/histologie
http://www.chups.jussieu.fr/polys/histo
http://www.udel.edu/Biology/Wags/histopage/histopage.htm

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Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam


Further information:

During terms 1 and 2:

Three certification tests are organized face-to-face on an online platform (MCQ, 'QROC', matching tests, diagrams to be captioned, etc.) during the first face-to-face practical work session of the :

• Week 2 of the first term. It concerns the theory on lining epithelia and glandular epithelia.
• Week 1 of the second term. It concerns the theory on connective  and muscular tissues.
• Week 2 of the second term. It concerns the theory on nervous tissues, blood and lymphatic vessels and blood cells.

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Professor:

Nadine Antoine : nadine.antoine@uliege.be
Contact : 04/366.40.81
 

Assistant lecturers:

Vinciane Toppets : vtoppets@uliege.be
Contact:04/366.40.85

Marine Levoz: marine.levoz@uliege.be

Benoit Vandenhove: B.Vandenhove@uliege.be

Contact:04/366.40.82