成人大片

Dr Mandi Carr and Dr Colin Trengove

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Explain the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of important diseases in the individual or a population of cattle, sheep, goats, deer and camelids.
2. Devise appropriate herd/flock health plans for cattle, sheep, goats, deer and camelids.
3. Apply the principles of population medicine and production in terms of investigation, biosecurity and communication.
4. Describe the common surgical procedures in cattle, sheep, goats, deer and camelids practice.

This course will be delivered by the following means:

3 Lectures of 1 hour each per week.
One 3-4 hour practical per week.
One day of clinic rotation per semester.

A student enrolled in a full year 6 unit course, such as this, should expect to spend, on average 24 hours per week on the studies required. This includes both the formal contact time required to the course (e.g., lectures and practicals), as well as non-contact time (e.g., reading and revision).

The learning activities will cover theoretical and practical knowledge of cattle, sheep, goats, deer and camelids medicine, surgery and production at individual animal and group level.

Any practical class or activity involving the handling of livestock (e.g. cattle, sheep, goat and camelids) will require students to wear hard-toed boots and clean overalls. Failure to wear these items will preclude the participation in that practical class. Long hair should be tied back or covered and jewellery removed. For activities involving clinical examination of animals, it is recommended that long nails be trimmed. It is also recommended that hats be worn for outdoor activities.

Due to the clinical nature of the core knowledge and skills that are being imparted during the practicals, and the fact that these sessions are interactive and include problem solving activities,  practicals within this course are considered to be compulsory.

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Hurdle Yes or No	Learning Outcome
Practical Classes	Formative	Throughout Semester 1 & 2	0%	Yes	1, 2, 3, 4
Oral clinical assignment	Formative & Summative	Week 10 Semester 1	15%	No	1, 2, 3, 4
Mid-course examination	Formative and Summative	Exam week Semester 1	30%	Yes	1, 2, 3, 4
Written clinical assignment	Formative & Summative	Week 10 Semester 2	25%	No	1, 2, 3, 4
End of course examination	Summative	Exam week Semester 2	30%	Yes	1, 2, 3, 4

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
Mid-course examination	50%	Yes	Additional examination
End of course examination	50 %	Yes	Additional examination
Practical Classes	Maximum 1 absence (within approval) per semester	No

Practical Classes (0%):
The practical classes within the second year of the DVM Program, attended by all students 12 times per semester, support the practical skills required for graduating veterinary students. Achieving competence in the ruminant health and production medical, handling and husbandry skills is very different from learning a technical skill – competence describes the ability to put together a number of skills to produce a high-level performance judged satisfactory by experts in the field. The goal of the practicals is for students to become competent in medical, handling and husbandry skills of ruminants with minimal supervision and only minor errors, taking the view that the students will develop expertise only through further practice in the final year of the course, the extra-mural studies or after they graduate. Over the year, students develop the basic medical, handling and husbandry skills and knowledge taught in the first year of the DVM Program, integrating and applying their technical skills and knowledge to working with live animals. The students learn to exercise judgement in a dynamic situation potentially life-threatening for the handler, veterinarian and/or patient, while behaving in a professional, responsible manner.

Mid-Course Examination (30%)
An examination will test the students understanding and ability to apply knowledge to real  veterinary problems in the areas of cattle, sheep, goats and camelid health and production. Both therory and practical elements of the course will be examined. The questions may include MCQ, short answer and/or short essay format. Answers to the questions will be provided to students so they can guage their progress throughout the course.

Oral Clinical Assignment (15%): 
A group of 3-5 students will be expected to describe a clinical investigation detailing the diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention of a scenario relating to cattle, sheep, goat, deer and camelid health and production. This will require literature research, a multidisciplinary evidence-based veterinary medicine approach and demonstrate independent and critical thought. The group will present their findings as an oral presentation not exceeding 20 minutes. The final mark will include 12.5% allocated by the instructor and 2.5% by peer-assessment with respect to the group work and presentation.

Written Clinical Assignment (25%): 
Each student will submit an original essay not exceeding 2,000 words (excluding tables and references) describing a clinical investigation including the diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention of a specific cattle, sheep, goat, deer or camelid health and production topic. This will require literature research, a multidisciplinary evidence-based veterinary medicine approach and demonstrate independent and critical thought.

End of Course Examination (30%)
An examination will test the students understanding and ability to apply knowledge to real veterinary problems in the areas of cattle, sheep, goat and camelid health and production. Both theory and practical elements of the course will be examined. The questions may include MCQ, short answer and/or short essay format.

If 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.