Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Enrolment in BSc (Veterinary Biology)/DVM.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

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Develop knowledge of the basic principles of surgery including the fundamentals of aseptic technique, instrument use and tissue handling, suturing and wound healing.
2.
Develop basic technical skills required to prepare for and perform aseptic surgery including patient and surgeon preparation, gowning, gloving and draping.
3.
Develop basic technical skills required to handle surgical instruments and use these to incise and suture tissue with construction of various suture patterns.
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Develop ability to classify basic anaesthetic drugs, recall their pharmacologic behaviour and their indications in anaesthesia
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Be able to calculate drug doses appropriate for a given patient
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Be able to perform fundamental anaesthesia skills such as intubation, catheterisation, setting up breathing systems, use and interpretation of commonly used monitoring equipment
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Understand the mechanisms of pain and commonly used techniques to assess pain
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Develop their skills in the information literacy, critical thinking and problem solving
9.
Develop the habit of reading and extracting relevant information from the veterinary literature
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Develop skills of applying theoretical knowledge to clinical problems and scenarios.
11.
Further develop computer-based skills in preparation for clinical practice.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:Topics included in the unit include · Aseptic technique · Tissue handling and instrumentation · Suture material, patterns and knot tying · Basic wound healing · Pharmacology of tranquilisers, analgesic and anaesthetic drugs · Anaesthetic drug administration, effects and indications · Delivery of inhalant anaesthetics including principles of intubation and selection and use of different breathing systems · Monitoring equipment used in anaesthetised animals · Physiology of pain and pain assessment