Learning will be taught in a combined way, with theoretical teaching taught in the form of lectures and practical teaching. This will provide the bases that students will have to expand with reading and consulting the appropriate bibliography. This teaching will also be the basis for the student to be able to expose the clinical cases adequately throughout the module to the HCV and the seminars of clinical cases.

The teaching material used in the subject will be available on the Virtual Campus platform.

Theoretical teaching - Lectures: 

The lectures will be taught with the help of schematics in power point so that the student can follow the explanations. Due to the importance of the practical contents of this subject, the presentations will accompany, on many occasions, images and videos. The necessary and basic information will be given so that, afterwards, the knowledge and learning can be completed by consulting the appropriate texts.

Practical teaching:

The practical sessions serve to apply and determine the knowledge that the students have acquired in the theory, as well as the necessary skills to carry out the most common procedures.


A. Practices of clinical procedures (laboratory, meeting room Dep MCA and propaedeutics room). Two of the 9 practices will be taught in English.

1. Handling practices, hospital guidance and urgency

2. Protocols of action according to the type of clinical urgency

3. Nasogastric intubation in horses and audiovisual demonstration of different types of colic. (DA)

4. Rectal palpation, demonstration in a horse colic simulator. (DA)

5. Lameness and lameness horse examination videos

6. Ultrasound of the uterus and ovaries of the mare with slaughtering organs.

7. Complete examination of the mouth with \"openings\" common dental problems

8. Neurological examination in horses and videos atlasic horses

9. Ophthalmological examination and case images to discuss.

 

B. Practical in-hospital work in equine medicine, equine surgery and equine reproduction: 

Practices in the HCV will be treated directly with patients who have to perform explorations, treatments or assist in simple medical and surgical procedures. Students will develop and solve cases and discuss them with their peers. These cases will be presented to students during the rounds, and later in clinical case seminars.

The students will carry out the hospitalized practices in small groups. The proposed distribution during the 1st semestre of 2024-25 will be 18h of practical training in the veterinary hospital in the following services:

1. Equine Surgery
2. Equine Medicine
3. Equine Reproduction

 
C. Seminars of clinical cases

Students will present the most interesting cases that have been dealt with over a month in order to make a discussion. In these sessions directed by a teacher, the aim is to promote the ability to analyze, synthesise and integrate knowledge, as well as apply scientific evidence to professional practice.

Students have the option of presenting their clinical case in Spanish / Catalan or English. If they choose to present in English they can be rewarded with up to 10% increase in their grade of the case of clinical presentation.

 

D. Field to the stables of the \"Guardia Urbana\", Barcelona: 2h

At the Cuadras de la Guardia Urbana, Barcelona, near the Barcelona Zoo, horses will be checked with diseases common diseases in the field clinic (pillows, respiratory problems, etc.), and vaccination and deworming plans.

This subject will not be evaluated in a single evaluation

If the student has completed the clinical practical sessions (PCAs) and has presented a clinical case, these shall be valid until the following academic year.

A student is deemed \"unable to be evaluated\" if one the evaluation activities are not completed: (1) examination of theory, (2) evaluation of practical clinical activites, and (3) clinical case presentation.

1. Evaluation of the theory and practical sessions:

Written exam: A written multiple choice exam will be carried out that will represent 50% of the final mark of the subject. The written exam may include some written development question (short answers). A minimum score of 5 points out of 10 will be required to be able to make average with the other qualifications and to pass the subject. The written exam will allow to evaluate the integration of theoretical knowledge with those acquired in the practical sessions of the subject, the ability to relate concepts and analysis and, in short, to show the final maturity of the student. In some cases the exam may be based on short questions and answers, especially if it is the second exam (recuperation) or due to any special student needs ( medical reasons).

MISSING PRACTICAL SESSIONS WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION WILL RESULT IN 0.5 POINTS LESS IN THE FINAL GRADE.

2. Evaluation of hospital practices and clinical case seminars:

The attendance to all the practical sessions is compulsory to pass the subject.

The relevant specific and transversal competencies will be evaluated by using a simplified hospital teaching record with a minimum of 3 independent evaluations (Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction). The HCV practice mark will mean 25% of the final mark of the subject. The note of the presentation to the seminar of clinical cases will be the other 25% of the final grade of the subject.A minimum scoreof 4 points out of 10 will be required to be able to make the average with the other qualifications and pass the subject.

Main points in the clinical / hospital practice teaching assessment section:

1. Knowledge and integration of these

2. Ability to obtain anamnesis, oral communication in different situations and registers (colloquial vs. professional)

3. Ability to perform physical examination, taking samples, administering medications

4. Clinical judgment, common sense

5. Self-learning, interest in improving / learning

The sheet for control of assistance to the practical clinical HCV should be uploaded to the "virtual campus". If there are no emergencies during the afternoon shifts, an interactive emergency clinical case should be completed. MISSING PRACTICAL SESSIONS WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION WILL RESULT IN 0.5 POINTS LESS IN THE FINAL GRADE.

3. Evaluation of English:

The assessment of English computes exclusively at the level of the mark obtained in the activity carried out in this language. The bonus rate is established between \"no bonus\" - 10% bonus on the content note. As an orientation, the following general criteria are established:

- Does not receive bonus: Low or very little communicative ability in English. Your vocabulary is poor and you do not understand or understand very hardly what you want to express.

- 5% of the note on contents: reasonable communicative ability in English. It is understood what he wants to explain although he makes many mistakes and his vocabulary is limited.

- 10% of the note on contents: good communicative ability in English.

The teacher will be the one who ultimately will mark the final bonus that the student will receive (between the \"no bonus\" range - 10% on the content note)

USES OF AI:

For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information collection, text correction or preparation of slides for the presentation session of clinical cases. The student will have to clearly identify which parts have been generated by this technology, specify the AI tools being used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The non-transparency of the use of AI in this evaluable activity is considered a lack of academic honesty and may entail a partial or total penalty in the activity grade, or major sanctions in serious cases.

The commission of any irregularity in an assessment act (academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI, unless this use is expressly authorized in the teaching guide), which may lead to a significant variation in the grade, means that this act will be graded with a 0. In the event that the teaching guide provides that in order to pass the subject it is an essential requirement to have obtained a minimum grade in this assessment act or that several irregularities occur in the assessment acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject is 0. Apart from this, a disciplinary process may be initiated against the student who incurs any of these irregularities.