VET SC 7300BRW - Equine Practice Rotation B

Roseworthy Campus - Semester 2 - 2018

The course provides students with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge within the field of equine medicine and surgery. By focussing on the basic principles of evaluating case history, assessing clinical presentations, formulating differential diagnosis lists, and applying appropriate treatment or management of common medical and surgical conditions encountered in equine practice, students will improve upon the five key day one competencies. The course will be conducted within the Equine Health and Performance Centre, with one week spent in the equine surgery unit, one within the medicine service and one in the and with one week spent in the equine surgery unit, one within the medicine service and one in the ambulatory equine unit. In addition to participating in all daily professional veterinary service activities, all students must participate in the rostered on-call emergency service after hours (weekends and evenings), case based hospital rounds and small group teaching activities.

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Course Details

Course Code	VET SC 7300BRW
Course	Equine Practice Rotation B
Coordinating Unit	School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Term	Semester 2
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	Roseworthy Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 8 hours per day for 3 weeks
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Prerequisites	Completion of Level I & II DVM program
Assumed Knowledge	VET SC 7211RW & VET SC 7221RW
Restrictions	Available to D.Veterinary Medicine students only
Assessment	Clinical case evaluations, rotation assessment matrix, exam

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Marco Lopes

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes

1 Clinical reasoning/problem solving/knowledge

2 Technical skills

3 Communication skills

4 Patient care

5 Professional behaviours

University Graduate Attributes

No information currently available.
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

Rotations cover a continuous 3 week period within the EH&PC. Within this time, students will be involved in inpatient and outpatient clinics (including ambulatory and farm visits as appropriate), facilitate with surgery, and provide primary care to hospitalised equine cases. Some out of hours and weekend work is
required within the rotation period.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

This is a lecture free course. Students will participate in a variety of activities to allow for a broad exposure to the elements of this rotation. Students will be expected to prepare daily for their activities. An average day will consist of approximately 8 hours. There will be an expectation of some out-of-hours and weekend work throughout the rotation.

Learning Activities Summary

This course is lecture free and will be delivered by licensed University clinical veterinary faculty during the course of first opinion and referral service provision to client owned horses presented to the Equine Health and Performance Centre and the Mobile Equine Veterinary Services.

Students will participate in a variety of activities to allow for a broad exposure to the elements of this rotation. All students must participate in daily clinical and teaching activities, the after-hours on-call schedule, and after-hours treatment of cases for which they have been assigned responsibility in the health centre. These activities may include clinical rounds, case review sessions, tutorials, surgery, stable visits, laboratory activities and diagnostics. A staff member will set the Equine Clinical Practice schedule on day one of the rotation.

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Hurdle	Learning Outcome
Attendance	Summative	Throughout course	0%	yes	Throughout course
Clinical reasoning/problem solving/knowledge	Summative & Formative	Throughout course	30%	1	Throughout course
Technical skills	Summative & Formative	Throughout course	25%	2	Throughout course
Communication skills	Summative & Formative	Throughout course	20%	3	Throughout course
Patient care	Summative & Formative	Throughout course	15%	4	Throughout course
Professional behaviours	Summative & Formative	Throughout course	10%	5	Throughout course

An exemption to the hurdle requirements of the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy has been approved by the Faculty of Sciences for 2018.

Assessment Related Requirements

Hurdle Requirements

Assessment Item with hurdle	% needed or requirement to meet hurdle	Is additional assessment available if student does not meet hurdle requirement? Yes or No	Details of additional assessment, if available
Attend each full day of the rotation	50%	Yes	Students that fail the attendance hurdle will not be offered an additional or replacement assessment and will be required to repeat the rotation in its entirety.
Clinical reasoning/problem solving/knowledge	50%	Yes	Additional rotation period with assessment
Technical skills	50%	Yes	Additional rotation period with assessment
Communication skills	50%	Yes	Additional rotation period with assessment
Patient care	50%	Yes	Additional rotation period with assessment
Professional behaviours	50%	Yes	Additional rotation period with assessment

Assessment Detail

Attendance: (0% of course grade). Attendance at each day of the rotation will be compulsory. Students will be able to apply for an approved absence with appropriate supporting documents, but must attend a minimum of 12 days (with approved absences) to be able to complete the rotation. Students absent without approval will automatically fail the rotation.

Failure to pass all Day One Competencies

Students who fail any Day One competencies listed in the course objectives will be given a further supplementary rotation period to improve their performance. The length, timing and content of this
supplementary period will be determined by the course organiser. Failure a second time will result in the rotation being repeated during the next academic year.

Assessments (Day One Competencies)

1.     Clinical reasoning/problem solving/knowledge
Observations on rotation, oral case presentations and exit oral test

2.     Technical skills
Observations on rotation, clinical skill practical session; exit oral test

3.     Communication skills
Observations on rotation, record keeping, oral presentations and exit oral test

4.     Patient care
Observations on rotation

5.     Professional behaviours
Observations on rotation

A criterion based rubric with text descriptors will define the Day One Competency Categories

Submission

An extension is not applied for, or not granted then a penalty for late submission will apply. A mark of zero will be allocated to late submitted assessment.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

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