Postgraduate Course: Basic Sciences in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (VESC11085)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will provide students with knowledge of physiological and pharmacological mechanisms associated with anaesthesia and analgesia and how common drugs act. |
| Course description |
Knowledge and understanding of the relationships between veterinary anaesthesia, analgesia, physiology and pharmacology;
Demonstrate an awareness of the role of anaesthesia and analgesia in animal welfare and management
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Veterinary degree |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formal summative written assessment will constitute 50% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 50% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- To be able to use appropriate terminology correctly
- To be able to describe common mechanisms of drug action and any additional and side effects of common drugs and to be able to discuss interactions of anaesthetic and analgesic drugs
- To be able to describe the basic physiology of pain
- To develop reasons for drug selection dependent on the clinical situation
- To be able to describe how physiological changes related to age and other non-disease related animal differences affect anaesthesia
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Anaesthesia,analgesia,physiology,pharmacology,veterinary |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Gudrun Schoeffmann
Tel: (0131 6)51 7478
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Natalie Honeyman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4317
Email: |
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