Postgraduate Course: Pastoralism and Herd Health (INAH11021)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Online Distance Learning | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course aims to promote an appreciation of nomadic herd health through understanding diseases of importance and control systems. | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Flexible | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
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 Lecture Hours 10,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 25,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
53 )
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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 60% of the student's grade. Online discussion in both a synchronous and asynchronous environment will contribute further to the final mark. In combination with the submission of electronic course assignments, these elements will provide the remaining 40% of the final mark. | 
 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - On completion of this course the candidate should understand:
 
* Pastoralist livestock management &  ownership  
* Diseases of importance in these systems 
* Disease surveillance in pastoralist regions / application and limitations of Participatory Epidemiology 
* How animal diseases are controlled in pastoralist herds / "Public and Private Goods" 
* Veterinary service delivery in pastoralist regions / role of paravets ("Community  Animal Health Workers") 
* Basics of camel health management 
     
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Ewan Macleod 
Tel: 0131 242 9379 
Email: ewan.macleod@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Lauren Sandford 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5470 
Email: Lauren.Sandford@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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