VM0125, Veterinary propaedeutics, 18.0 Hp
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Syllabus

Finalized by: PN-VH, 2024-04-23
Valid from : Autumn semester 2025 (2025-09-01)

Level

Second cycle (A1N)

Main field of study

Veterinary Medicine

Grading Scale

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Course language

Swedish

Entry Requirements

Objectives

The course provides basic knowledge and skills to enable the student to assimilate theoretical and practical instruction in clinical sciences.

Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

• carry out various types of clinical examinations of healthy horses, dogs, cats, cattle, sheep and pigs, with a view to identifying abnormalities
• handle these species in different examination and treatment situations
• perform basic tests and treatments on these species
• perform gynaecological and andrological examinations, including udder examination and relevant tests and procedures
• work in a proper manner with regard to infection prevention and control (IPC), occupational safety and animal welfare
• explain the general principles of achieving high biosecurity in animal husbandry
• write simple certificates
• outline the most common and important diseases of dogs, cats, cattle, sheep and pigs from a clinical perspective
• describe reproductive physiology and endocrinology in healthy animals and in reproductive disorders
• describe the course of a normal parturition, and the diagnosis and management of common complications of parturition in horses, dogs, cats, cattle, sheep and pigs
• describe poultry production in Sweden, the most common and important diseases of poultry, and how these are diagnosed and prevented
• describe the instruments commonly used in surgical procedures
• describe and apply basic operating room procedures
• describe basic surgical principles
• perform simple suturing and ligation
• describe the clinical aspects of sedation, analgesia, various methods of euthanasia, plus common local anaesthetic techniques for horses, dogs, cats, cattle, sheep and pigs and the basic theory of general anaesthesia of horses, dogs, cats and pigs
• outline the appropriate methods of clinical diagnosis and interpret at a basic level the analysis results obtained
• explain how clinical pathology tests change in common physiological and pathological conditions
• outline the main sources of error in clinical pathology diagnosis and explain the mechanism behind them
• describe the basic interpretation principles of radiographs of horses, dogs and cats.

Content

The course contains theoretical elements such as lectures and seminars as well as practical exercises in the form of laboratory sessions, handling, examination and sampling methods, various forms of drug administration and operating room procedures. The exercises are performed on live animals, as well as on cadavers, models and via simulation programs in a clinical training laboratory. The course also includes exercises in gynaecological examination of horses, cattle and dogs and exercises in obstetrics, including working on artificial animals, cadavers and organs. Suturing techniques etc. are practised in the clinical training laboratory. Simple surgical exercises on live animals may also take place. Practical exercises and radiology seminars are compulsory. Some instruction may be given in English.

Examination Formats and Requirements for Passing the Course

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Responsible Department/Equivalent

Department of Clinical Sciences

Supplementary information

Included in program

• Veterinärprogrammet

Module set

Title	Credits	Code
Clinical preparatory theory	2.5	0102
Clinical preparatory exercises	2.0	0103
Propaedeutic veterinary proficiency	7.0	0104
Clinical chemistry incl general medicine	2.5	0105
Anaesthesiology	2.0	0106
Poultry diseases	1.0	0107
General surgery	1.0	0108

The Course Replaces

Delvis VM0072

Other Information

Discontinued practice

A student may receive a fail grade and be stopped from participating in the practical training with living animals if there is a tangible risk that the student, through severe incompetence, could injure animals, other persons, themselves, or valuable property if they continued to participate in the practical training. An individual action plan will be prescribed for the student and served to them in writing. The plan will be established by the department responsible for the course after consultation with a study counselor and the student concerned. This plan, which is decided by the programme director of studies, should indicate which deficiencies in knowledge and skills the student has, which kind of support the student can receive from the department, and when a control can take place that the deficiencies have been resolved. The plan will also specify how this control will be carried out. Each student has the right to a maximum of two control occasions, but no more than one per year. The student may not take part in practical training with living animals until the programme director of studies has controlled and confirmed that the student has the knowledge and skills that are required.