Learning will be taught in a combined way, with theoretical teaching given in the form of master classes and practical teaching. In this way, the bases will be provided that the students will have to expand with the reading and consultation of the appropriate bibliography. This teaching will also be the basis for students to be able to solve clinical cases in an appropriate way.

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

All teaching will be given in Catalan and/or Spanish.

Theoretical teaching. Classes.

The master classes will be taught with the help of power point diagrams so that students can follow the explanations. Due to the importance of the practical content of this subject, the presentations will often be accompanied by videos.

The necessary and basic information will be given so that, later, the knowledge and learning can be completed with the consultation of appropriate texts.

In block 2, there will be topics made by Dr. David Prandi in self-study format, such as flipped classroom, use of EdPuzzle, etc.

Practical teaching.

The practical sessions serve to apply and fix the knowledge that students have acquired in theory, also allowing them to develop the ability to observe and the ability to integrate knowledge.

General surgery and anaesthesiology practices (laboratory).

The practical classes will consist of 2-hour sessions in the laboratory and will be carried out on biological models or cadavers.

Anaesthesia: these are workshops aimed at making students aware of the basic procedures before interacting and performing them on a live animal.

Surgery: First of all, the techniques of asepsis and behaviour in the operating room (practice 1) and suturing techniques (practices 2 and 3) will be taught. Subsequently, plastic surgery (practice 4), basic surgical procedures (practice 5) andwound and bandage care (practice 6) will be carried out.

Anaesthesia (module) and OHE practices.

In the practices at the HCV, patients who have to undergo sedation or general anaesthesia will be treated directly (either to be operated on or to perform other complementary tests or procedures). In these practices you will learn the main anaesthetic techniques and the correct monitoring in the different animal species (especially dogs and cats) as well as the postoperative care to be provided to surgically treated animals.

Self-learning work.

Students will develop and solve cases, discussing them among classmates and teachers. With regard to cases of anaesthesia, the daily cases that exist during the week of the module will be discussed.

This subject does not provide for the single assessment system.

The assessment will take place throughout the academic year, which will allow the teaching and learning process to be monitored, encourage continuous effort throughout the semester and verify whether the competences assigned to the subject in the curriculum are achieved.

In order to be able to add up or obtain the final grade, it is necessary to have independently passed both the practical exam and the two theoretical exams. Likewise, attendance at internships and self-learning is mandatory. As indicated below, unjustified absence from the practices or failure to carry out self-learning implies failing the subject.

Written exams. There will be two partial written exams (one for block 1 and one for block 2). The written exams will account for 60% of the final grade of the subject (the two exams have the same weight, that is, each exam will represent 30% of the final grade). A minimum grade of 5 points out of 10 will be required in each of these exams to be able to average the other grades and pass the subject. The written exams will allow to evaluate the integration of theoretical knowledge with that acquired in the practical sessions of the subject, the ability to relate concepts and analysis and, in short, show the final maturity of the students.

Students who have not carried out any of the practices of the subject or the self-learning activities will not be able to take the theoretical exams.

Practical exam: a practical exam will be held. This exam will account for 20% of the final grade of the subject. The exam assesses the acquisition of knowledge and skills. In the exam the following grades can be obtained:

• Failed = has not reached the minimum skills. The subject will be suspended.
• 0.1- 2 points on the final grade: depending on the skills you have acquired.

Students with unjustified absences in the practices of the general surgery block will not be able to take the practical exam and will have the subject failed.

Anaesthesia practices: attendance at all practices is mandatory to pass the subject (also for repeating students without exception). Anaesthesia practices account for 10% of the final grade.

During the OHE and module practices, students will have to know and know how to do all the points explained during workshops 1 and 2 as well as the theory. Lack of knowledge of these points will imply a score of 0 in this part of the grade.

Self-study work: 10% of the final grade. Self-study work is compulsory and includes:

- Preparation of laboratory practices independently with the material deposited by the teaching staff before attending the practice. During the practice, self-learning will be valued. Those who do not carry out the indicated self-learning will not be able to attend the practice and it will be recorded as not carried out.

- The topics of block 2 (general surgery) taught by David Prandi will include COMPULSORY self-study activities. Failure to carry out these activities implies not being able to take the theoretical exam of the general surgery block.

Students who do not pass the practical exam or either of the two partial written exams will have the opportunity to make them up during the end-of-semester exam period.

Anyone who takes a partial exam and then does not take any more exams will be considered to have failed the course.

If the reason for not passing the subject is failing any of the exams (theoretical or practical), the grades of the other assessable activities will not be considered for obtaining the final grade.

Practical controls and self-study work are not recoverable and failure to complete these parts implies failing the subject.

The performance of any irregularity in the theoretical exams, in the practical exam or in the self-study activities (academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of AI), which may lead to a significant variation in the grade, means that this act will be graded with a 0. Given that in order to pass the subject it is essential to have obtained a minimum grade of 5 in the theoretical and practical exams, the final grade of this subject will be 0 (fail). Apart from this, a disciplinary process may be instituted for the student who incurs in any of these irregularities.

In the event of not passing the subject, attendance at practical sessions will not be mandatory, and the grades corresponding to the anaesthesia and self-study practices will be retained only for the following academic year, if requested by the student.

Students who have completed less than 15% of the assessable activities of the subject will be considered non-assessable.