Additional Course Description:
This course is split into three components: Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, Anaesthesia and Surgery.

1	Use radiographic, ultrasonic and other technical equipment that can be used as a diagnostic aid, safely and in accordance with current regulations.
2	Apply the basic principles of radiographic interpretation to a radiographic study, utilising a sound underlying knowledge of the radiographic anatomy of the dog, cat and horse.
3	Be aware of the common applications, advantages and disadvantages of radiography, ultrasound, MRI, CT and nuclear medicine
4	Demonstrate the set up and use of anaesthetic equipment
5	Describe pain physiology and pathophysiology and be aware of pain management
6	Describe the drugs used in anaesthesia, discuss basic concepts in anaesthetic protocols, cardiopulmonary monitoring and fluid therapy
7	List, discuss and perform the fundamental principles of surgery
8	List and justify the best practice surgical methods employed to minimize surgical complications and optimise wound healing.

This course will be delivered in the following means:

This course will have 7-8 contact hours per week, which will consist of lectures, tutorials and/or practicals. In one week of the course, teaching of Diagnostic Radiology will include an additional 2 days of contact hours, including lectures and workshops.

A student enrolled in a 3 unit course, such as this, should expect to spend, on average, an additional 5 hours of non-contact time (eg reading and revision), for each day of teaching in the course.

This course is divided into three components: Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, Anaesthesia and Surgery. It forms the foundation for understanding these clinical disciplines, which are required in veterinary practice, regardless of species. Therefore, the principles that you will learn will be readily applicable to all species.

Practical classes are designed for hands-on experience with a range of techniques that are central to each of the three clinical disciplines. They will augment the materials delivered during lectures to provide a more contextualized practical understanding of important basic concepts. It is a requirement for this course to attend practicals in dark green scrub suits (tops and pants) covered with a white lab coat.

Student-driven integrated learning activities and tutorials will complement lecture materials to provide a clinical context for the fundamental concepts presented. This course forms an important foundation for the clinical courses delivered in DVM 2. In particular, this course will provide key skills required for the Spay/Neuter Clinic.

Attendance:
Attendance to all practicals and tutorials is mandatory.  If students attend unprepared (without pre-reading or without watching videos as outlined in the course handbook), are absent, or are late they will not be able to sign in and will count as absent.

To pass this course students must attend all practical and tutorial sessions as these activities are essential to the development and attainment of the Day 1 competencies. A minimum of 65% of attendance is required, with timely submission and approval of the Allowed Absence From Compulsory Teaching activities" form to the course coordinator(within 7 days of the missed compulsory activity). 
Failure to attend any practical or tutorial, without approval of the course or program coordinator via submission of an “Allowed Absence From Compulsory Teaching Activities” is likely to result in the student being ineligible to sit one or more future examinations or assessments and be given a zero mark for those assessments.

Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
Lectures
X-Rays: Production and equipment
Detectors & image processing
Radiation safety
Radiographic techniques
Radiographic quality
Basics of image interpretation
Ultrasound
Nuclear Medicine, CT and MRI


Practicals
Practical sessions -will focus on aspects of radiography, normal radiographic anatomy, and will introduce radiological interpretation, ultrasonography use and assessment of ultrasonography images.

Tutorials
Will be utilised to work on the team-based project, and to also cover certain topics such as radiographic geometry.

Surgery
Lectures
Preparation of the surgical team
Antiseptics and patient preparation
Instrumentation and operative technique
Sterilisation
Suture materials
Haemostasis
Stages of wound healing
Surgical principles of wound healing
Wound types & methods of closure
Bandages and drains

Practicals
· Social hand wash, surgical hand scrubbing, aseptic gowning and aseptic gloving, draping
· Surgical knot tying – instrument ties, hand ties, surgical suture patterns, tissue handling
· Instrumentation: identification and use
· Principles of bandaging

Anaesthesia
Lectures
· Introduction to anaesthesia and patient evaluation
· Airway management
· Pain
· Opioids
· Adjunctive Analgesics
· Review
· Peri-anaesthetic drugs
· Injectable anaesthetics
· Inhalant anaesthetics
· Monitoring
· Principles of perioperative fluid therapy
· Cases

Tutorials
· Clinical applications of analgesia
· Patient monitoring – case examples - videos

Practicals
· Set up, airway management, catheters and syringes
· Anaesthesia machine, vaporiser, breathing systems
· Monitoring equipment
· Drug calculations, fluid therapy set up

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	HURDLE	Learning Outcome
Quizzes	Formative & Summative	Throughout the course	15%	No	1-8
In class practical tests	Summative	Week 10 and end of semester	P/F	Yes	1-3,7
Mid-semester exam	Summative	Week 8	35%	No	1-3,7,8
End of Semester Exam	Summative	End of Semester	50%	Yes	1-8
End of Semester	Summative	Practical Exam End of Semester	P/F	Yes	1-8

HURDLE REQUIREMENTS

Assessment Item	Requirement for hurdle	Is additional assessment available if student does not meet hurdle requirement? Yes/No	Details of additional assessment, if known
In class practical tests	pass/fail	YesÂ	One additional practical assessment will be given if a minimum of 65% of attendance with approved absences was achieved
End of Semester Practical Exam	pass/fail	YesÂ	One additional practical assessment will be given if a minimum of 65% of attendance with approved absences was achieved
End of Semester Exam	50% for each discipline (anaesthesia, diagnostic imaging and surgery)	Yes	One additional exam will be given

In class practical tests (P/F): There will be practical based tests delivered that are pass or fail. These may be online, during or outside of practical classes or sessions.

Quizzes/Assignments (15%): There will be quizzes or assignments (5% of the total mark worth) for each discipline.

Mid-Semester Exam (35%): A mid-semester exam will be held to test course material delivered up to week 7. The exam will consist of multiple-choice and or short answer questions.

End of semester exam (50%): An end of semester exam will be held to test all 3 disciplines (anaesthesia, diagnostic imaging and surgery) of the course. A minimum of 50 % have to be achieved for each discipline in order to pass the exam. The exam may consist of multiple-choice style, short and long answer questions.  

End of semester practical examination exam (P/F): An end of semester practical exam will be held to test practical skills and knowledge delivered during the course. This may be conducted computer based and / or within a clinical hands-on setting.

Late Submission

If an extension is not applied for, or not granted a mark of zero will be allocated to late submitted quizzes or assessments.