Duration
4w Clin.
Number of credits
| Veterinary surgeon | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This UE is integrated into the veterinary medicine curriculum during the 3rd block of the Master's degree:
- it follows in particular the courses in radio-anatomy and surgical anatomy, semiology, pharmacology, orthopaedics of CA and general medicine, dentistry and surgery given in block 1 of the master's degree that the student will be able to put into practice during his or her stay in the various clinics
- it also takes courses in anesthesiology, clinical biology, companion animal medicine I and II, equine medicine, and health management of monogastric production animals and ruminants, which will illustrate these courses as well as put into practice many of the concepts covered therein
- and it is given in parallel with the various clinical modules (pets, equines and production animals), internships and holiday and examination clinics, which will allow them to be completed.
It consists of carrying out 2 times 2 weeks of clinical rotations within clinics that are not part of the student's choice of clinical module.
Thus, a student who is enrolled in:
- Clinical Module for Companion Animals (VETE2093), will carry out 2 weeks of rotations in the Production Animal Clinic and 2 weeks in the Equine Clinic
- Equine Clinical Module (VETE2094), will carry out 2 weeks of rotations in the Production Animal Clinic and 2 weeks in the Companion Animal Clinic
- Production Animal Clinical Module (VETE2095), will carry out 2 weeks of rotations in the Companion Animal Clinic and 2 weeks in the Equine Clinic.
This teaching unit (UE) is given within the faculty's clinics, it will allow the student to approach the different facets of the profession of veterinary practitioner.
It will allow him to put into practice the theoretical notions seen in the block 1 and 2 master's courses relating to semiology, clinical anatomy, pharmacology, anesthesiology, physiology and medicine of different animal species in general.
It will also allow them to refamiliarize themselves with the handling and technical, zootechnical and clinical specificities of animal species that do not correspond to their choice of option.
Supervised by experienced veterinarians as well as by final year students of each option, the student will have the opportunity to participate in consultations in various disciplines (internal medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, oncology, reproduction, etc.), in the reception of emergencies, and, depending on the clinic, in surgical interventions, anesthesia, complementary examinations as well as the care of hospitalized animals.
In the production animal department, he will also possibly be involved in carrying out farm audits.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The main objective of this complementary clinical training is to strengthen the bases and achievements in each discipline within the species that are not the species of the student's choice of clinical module.
This reinforcement is made possible on the one hand by practical applications of the theoretical content (extension of the time spent in a species or a group of species and therefore of the time spent in contact with patients), and on the other hand by the stimulation in the student of a more reflective approach to his activity, in particular through more frequent contacts with supervisors.
This project pursues the objective of training general veterinarians, with the aim of a common diploma that does not close access to any further specialisation.
The organization of clinical training by species (companion animals, production animals and equines) reinforced by this Clinical Supplement in Master 3 aims to develop/consolidate the general skills validated in 2013 by the Faculty Council, namely:
(1) to make a diagnosis,
(2) make a shared decision,
(3) implement appropriate medical protocol, treatment or care,
(4) prevent animal and public health disorders,
(5) establish a professional relationship with the various stakeholders, and
(6) develop the expertise necessary for the effective practice of the profession and its constant evolution.
At the end of the weeks of additional clinical rotations, the student will be able to
- carry out general examinations of the various animal species not covered by their choice of clinical module (pets, production animals or equines, depending on the choice of clinical module) and interpret them alone and in a safe manner
- to propose and interpret the main special and complementary examinations that can be carried out in these animals
- to draw up a list of the problems presented and to deduce a hierarchical differential diagnosis
- propose and implement an appropriate treatment (i.e. according to the disease and the zootechnical, economic and/or emotional prognosis associated with it) as well as justify it.
- to carry out basic care and first emergency gestures in these animal species
- monitor animals in hospital or intensive care in equine and production animals clinics
- apply and/or criticise the (bio)safety rules inherent to each clinic
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
As these clinical activities are the culmination of all the preparatory activities for both clinical and paraclinical purposes of the curriculum, all theoretical and practical courses in the clinical and paraclinical disciplines relating to the species concerned are essential prerequisites.
In particular, the following courses:
* Semiology of companion animals/EQ and production animals (M1)
* General companion animal and equine medicine, dentistry and surgery, including EBM principles (M1)
* Pet Orthopedics (M1)
* Radio-anatomy and surgical anatomy (M1)
* Pharmacology (M1)
* Anesthesiology (M2)
* M2 Equine Clinic
* M2 Pet Clinic
* M2 Production Animal Clinic
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Clinical and practical teaching.
Confrontation with individual and herd cases: reporting and anamnesis, clinical examination, additional examinations, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, life-threatening, zootechnical and economic prognosis, treatment (including intensive care) and prevention.
The learning activities of the clinical training take place over 2 x 2 weeks.
Learning activities include:
(1) various individual clinical activities organized either within or outside the clinics of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine;
(2) clinical rounds and seminars
Specific information about each week of the clinic and the program of rounds and seminars can be found in the ROI (internal regulations) available on e-campus.
During the clinical rotations, various learning activities are organized to allow the student to acquire the clinical skills* listed in section VETE3014-1 of the Log Book's Clinical Skills Book. Each student will have to have each of these skills validated (signed by an authorized teacher) in the electronic version of the log book as they are completed. For each skill, an assessment of knowledge, interpersonal skills and know-how will be carried out by the same person.
On the other hand, as the student completes their clinical rotations, they will have the clinical cases** they have followed electronically validated in their faculty clinical case book (part 2 of the master's log book: a notebook listing the clinical cases followed by the student during their master's degree under the supervision of a faculty teacher). These clinical cases will be counted at the end of the master's degree within the framework of the UE VETE-2099-2 Transversal Professional Activities (M3).
* By validable clinical competence, we mean a Log Book competence that has been carried out correctly and autonomously under the direct supervision of a member of the clinical team (intern, assistant, resident, scientific collaborator, professor or technician). The mere fact of attending a clinical act does not therefore allow per se to validate the skills taught there.
*A validable clinical case is a clinical case in which the student has actively participated, i.e. a case for which the student has taken or inquired about the anamnesis, on which he/she has carried out a clinical examination (general and/or special examination) or an autopsy, and about which he/she has discussed with a teacher (professor, assistant, scientific or intern collaborator), for example by proposing a differential diagnosis, additional examinations or a therapeutic plan. Participating in a clinical round, performing a technical act or applying a treatment to a clinical case does not therefore make the said case validable.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
Before the 1st week of rotation in Clinical Supplement, the student must have consulted the clinic-specific information available on the eCampus VETE3014-1 course.
For the practical activities of this UE, the student must know and apply the biosecurity rules available at the following address:
Equine Clinic: https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be/equine/
Clinic and visits to ruminant farms:
https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be/ruminants/
Clinic and visit to pig farms: https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be/porcs/
Pet Clinic: https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be/animaux- compagnie/
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Continuous assessment
Further information:
The student's activity will be evaluated on theoretical knowledge, practical skills, participation in daycare, as well as interpersonal skills. Compliance with the instructions and hygiene will be particularly taken into account.
This evaluation will be done in the form of validation of clinical skills by QR code.
Within each clinic, 5 skills will have to be validated.
Thus, the student in the AC clinical module (VETE2093-1) will have to validate the 5 competencies of the clinical complement of the PA and the 5 competencies of the clinical complement of the EQs.
Students enrolled in the EQ clinical module (VETE2094-1) will have to validate the 5 competencies of the CA clinical complement and the 5 competencies of the AP clinical supplement.
And the student enrolled in the AP clinical module (VETE2095-1) will have to validate the 5 competencies of the clinical complement of the ACs and the 5 competencies of the clinical complement of the EQs.
For each clinical competence, knowledge, interpersonal skills and know-how will be noted.
If the student does not manage to have all of these 2*5 clinical skills validated, he or she may return to the clinic(s) concerned (after having informed the head of the clinic concerned and obtained his agreement) in order to obtain a sufficient mark for the validation of the missing skill(s).
All clinical skills must be validated by January 10, 2025 (for students eligible for graduation in January), by June 23, 2025 (1st session) and/or by August 29, 2025 (2nd session).
Any unjustified absence or inappropriate conduct will be sanctioned by an exclusion rating.
Any absence (even justified) will have to be made up. The practical arrangements for remedial work will be to be agreed directly with the educational manager of the clinic concerned.
Any proven breach of hygiene and biosecurity rules will be sanctioned by an exclusion rating.
Work placement(s)
Not applicable
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Information on the schedules of these clinics (rotations and schedules) is available on E-Campus.
The student must respect the dress code specific to each clinic and bring the necessary equipment (specified in the ROI of each clinic (see eCampus VETE3014)). They must also have a badge with their name and year of study as well as a coloured sticker corresponding to the clinical module chosen. This sticker will be given to him on his 1st day of clinical rotation within the faculty. He must keep this badge at all times as long as he is in the faculty clinics.
Within each clinic (if applicable), day or night on-call exchanges can only take place between students working the same weeks of clinic and for the whole of the 2 weeks and must be communicated no later than the Wednesday before the start of the clinical week at 12 noon (for equine rotations: to Marine Counhaye: M.Counhaye@uliege.be and Eléonore Benini: ebenini@uliege.be; for pet rotations: to Audrey Depas: Audrey.Depas@uliege.be; for rotations into production animals: pedagogie.dcp@uliege.be). Beyond this limit, it will no longer be possible to make exchanges.
Dans tous les cas, les étudiants de garde la nuit ne peuvent quitter les locaux de garde ou les cliniques pendant toute la durée de leur garde. Il leur est par exemple interdit de s'absenter pour aller se reposer dans leur voiture.
En clinique équine, les étudiants doivent visionner les vidéos introductives avant toute prestation clinique (accessible dans le dossier d'infos pratiques, clinique équine sur E campus, complément clinique)
Contacts
Educational managers by clinic:
Pets: Stéphanie Noël: stephanie.noel@uliege.be
Production animals: Vincent Frisée: pedagogie.dcp@uliege.be
Equines: Audrey Fraipont: audrey.fraipont@uliege.be
Secretariat by clinic:
Pets: Audrey Depas (Audrey.Depas@uliege.be)
Production animals: Vincent Frisée ( pedagogie.dcp@uliege.be)
Equines: Eléonore Benini (ebenini@uliege.be) and Marine Counhaye ( M.Counhaye@uliege.be )
EU Coordinator: Audrey Fraipont (audrey.fraipont@uliege.be)