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Course name
Code
Study
Semester
Department/Clinic
Course supervisor
Faculty members
and assistants
Course content
Surgery, orthopedics and ophthalmology II
Course status
Mandatory
Integrated undergraduate and postgraduate veterinary medicine study
VIIIth (eight)
Clinic for Surgery, Orthopedics and Ophthalmology
Ass.prof. Ph.D. Boris Pirkić, ass.sup. Ass.prof. Ph.D. Dražen Vnuk
44502
Prof. Ph.D Antun Brkić, Prof. Ph.D. Josip Kos, Prof. Ph.D. Darko Capak,
Prof. Ph.D. Tomislav Babić, Prof. Ph.D. Dražen Matičić, Ass. prof. Ph.D.
Boris Pirkić, Ass. prof. Ph.D. Mario Kreszinger, Ass. prof. Ph.D. Berislav
Radišić, Ass. prof. Ph.D. Dražen Vnuk; Hrvoje Borošak, DVM, Marija
Lipar, DVM, Ph.D.Marko Stejskal, DVM, Ph.D. Ozren Smolec, DVM,
Marko Pećin, DVM, Andrija Musulin, DVM, Nika Brkljača Bottegaro,
DVM
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
General and
specific knowledge
acquired at the
course (goal)
Head and neck surgery in big animals (trepanation,
dehorning...)
Head and neck surgery in small animals
Surgical chest cavity disease
Hernia
Castration
Surgical treatment of gastrointestinal system diseases in dogs
and cats
Surgical treatment of rectum and anus diseases
Surgical treatment of urinary-sex system
Surgical treatment of abdominal cavity diseases in ruminants
Surgical colica treatment in horses
Surgical oncology
Eyelid, conjunctiva and lacrimal apparatus diseases
Cornea diseases
Middle ocular layer and lens diseases
Glaucoma
Retina, vitreous body, optic nerve, and eye orbit diseases
In the VIIIth semester students deepen knowledge and skills acquired
in the VIIth semester to improve the quality of their competences.
Upon acquiring suggested knowledge and skills, the student is able to
recognize specific head and neck diseases in small and big animals
(dehorning in cattle) and perform basic treatment. He (she) is familiar
with chest cavity diseases, essential treatment, and with the patient
stabilization and indication for reffering it to the adequate clinic. He
(she) is qualified to recognize specific types of hernia and perform
essential treatment. He (she) is acquainted with indications for
castration in various kinds of animals and methods used in castration,
as well as with postoperative complications. He (she) is able to
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recognize gastrointestinal and urinary-sex systems diseases in dogs
and cats, to stabilize patients and assess indications for reffering
them to the adequate clinic. He (she) is familiar with basic elements of
laparotomy and treatment of gastrointestinal and urinary-sex system
diseases. He (she) is able to recognize gastrointestinal system diseases
in ruminants, to stabilize patients and assess indications for reffering
them to the adequate clinic. He (she) is familiar with the essential
laparotomy in ruminants and the possibilities of gastrointestinal
system diseases treatment. He (she) can recognize abdominal cavity
diseases in horses manifested with colica, engage in team colica
treatment, stabilize the patient and asses indications for surgical
treatment and reffering the patient to the adequate clinic. The student
is familiar with the basic postulates of the surgical approach to
oncologic patients and treatment methods, and with the need for
multidisciplinary treatment modality. Upon acquiring the suggested
knowledge and skills, the student is able to recognize eye diseases in
small and big animals covered in the teaching programme, perform
basic treatment and treatment of emergency cases, as well as assess
indications for surgical treatment and reffering the patient to the
adequate clinic.
Classes
(total nubers of
hours)
75
Credits
Assigned reading
Recommended
reading
Lectures
Seminars
Training
30
0
45
5,5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Language
Croatian
http://www.vef.hr/kirurgija/pisani_materijali.html
Slatter, Douglas – Textbook of Small Animal Surgery (2003)
Jorg, A. Auer, John, A. Stick – Equine Surgery (2005)
Noordsy, J.L; Ames, N.K. – Food animal surgery (2006)
Slatter, Douglas – Fundamentals of veterinary ophthalmology
(2007)
Matičić, Ž., Capak, D. – Oftalmologija domaćih životinja;
Veterinarski fakultet u Zagrebu, Zagreb (1999)
Capak, D. – Kirurgija trbušne stijenke, želuca i crijeva u
domaćih životinja (2006)
Grabarević i suradnici – Veterinarska kirurška onkologija
(2002)
Veterinarska kirurgija i anesteziologija – ur. Dražen Matičić,
Dražen Vnuk (2010)
KNOWLEDGE TESTING
The informations about the beginning and the end of classes and the timetable with locations of the classes will be on the bulletin board and on the
Clinic's and the Veterinary Faculty's web sites. Classes are held in
Croatian language; classes in foreing languages or remote education are
not scheduled. The faculty members and assistants holding classes, the
ways of taking exams and testing criteria for the Surgery, orthopedics
and ophthalmology course II in the winter semester will be determined as
follows.
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Evaluation
elements
Presence at the
classes
Presence at the
training
Participation at
the training
Continual
knowledge
testing
Final exam
1 Presence at the classes
2 Presence at the training
3 Participation in the training
4 Continual knowledge testing
5 Final exam
During one semester of the „Surgery, orthopedics and ophthalmology“
course student must be present at 15 hours of lectures (out of 30) to get
minimal 3 credits. The maximal possible number of credits in this element
of evaluation is 6.
During a semester student must be present at 30 hours of training (out of
45) to get minimum 8 credits. The maximal possible number of credits in
this element is 12.
Active participation in the training can bring 75 credits – amounting to the
final 10 credits for this element of evaluation – if a student fulfills the
following tasks:
25 credits = keeping patient records in an orderly manner
25 credits = keeping anesthesia records in an orderly manner
25 credits = active participation in work with patients
The number of credits a student has to get in order to acquire minimal 5
final credits is 37.5. Activity of students during the training will be
continually monitored.
In one semester 3 (three) preliminary exams will be organized during the
training, each comprising eleven (11) tasks or questions. Every correctly
answered question and fulfilled task is worth 1 (one) credit. A sudent
must have 21 credits (minimun 7 in each preliminary exam to get a
favourable mark) to achieve minimal 20 credits. Within this element it is
possible to achieve maximum 32 credits. A student who does not achieve
minimal 7 credits for each preliminary exam (total 21) is allowed a
makeup test, which will include the material of the part of the training
where he (she) failed. The makeup test will be organized after the end of
the classes in that semester. The student who passes the makeup test
having answered correctly over one half of the questions/tasks can take
the final exam.
Before the final exam, students will be given the possibility to make up for
the missed training and take makeup test, in the case of excused absence.
Minimal requirements for a passing mark in the first, second, third and
forth evaluation element are added together and amount to 36 credits.
The final exam bigins with the brief analysis of the student's results in the
first four procedures of continual knowledge testing. The questions in the
final exam are put both in written and oral form. In written form, there
will be 5 questions, of which 4 must be answered correctly to enable
taking the oral part of the exam.The maximal number of credits that can
be achieved in the final exam is 40; 1 correct answer = 4 credits. However,
even if the number of credits from the first four evaluation elements
exceeds 36, the student has to demonstrate at least a satisfactory level of
knowledge at the final exam. The minimal number of credits at the final
exam is 24.
If the student is not good enough at the final exam, the teacher fixes a date
for repeated exam.
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Whether the credits from the first four elements were achieved based on
the makeup exam or not, the rules for forming the final grade are the
same. The final grade is formed according to the sum of credits achieved
from all 5 evaluation elements, as shown in the table below.
The final grade for the subject is expressed quantitatively, in numerical
credit value and the grade adequate to the credit value, from 1 to 5. Grade
1 means that the student did not master the subject, that is, that he (she)
failed the exam.
Final grade
Credits for final
grade
Credits for
following
student's work
and evaluation
during a
semester
ACTIVITY TYPE
Presence in classes
(30 hours of lectures)
CREDITS
GRADE
Up to 59
1 (F)
60 - 68
2 (E)
69 - 76
2 (D)
77 - 84
3 (C)
85 - 92
4 (B)
93 - 100
5 (A)
MINIMAL NUMBER
OF CREDITS
3
MAXIMAL NUMBER
OF CREDITS
6
(ratio 0,2)
3 : 0,2 = 15
(student must attend at
6 : 30 = 0,2
(ratio 0,2)
least 15 hours of lectures
to get minimal required 3
credits)
Presence in training
8
12
(ratio 0,2)
8 : 0,2666 = 30
(student must attend at
least 30 hours of lectures
to get minimal required 8
credits)
12 : 45 = 0,2666
(ratio 0,2666)
Activity in training
5
10
25 credits = orderly
keeping patient record
25 credits = orderly
keeping anesthesia
record
25 credits = active
participation in work
with patients
(ratio 0,13333)
5 : 0,13333 = 37,5
10 : 75 = 0,13333
(ratio 0,13333)
Student must get 37.5
credits to achieve
minimum 5 final credits
Continual
20
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knowledge testing
3 preliminary exams x
11 questions
1 question = 1 credit
3 x 11 = 33 credits
(ratio 0,9696)
20 : 0,9696 = 20,6 (21)
32 : 33 = 0,9696
(ratio 0,9696)
Student must get 21
credits from preliminary
exams (minimum 7
credits per each preliminary exam) to achieve
minimally
required 20 credits
Final exam
(Written and oral exam)
1 question = 4 credits
10 questions = 40 credits
5 question in written part
and 5 questions in oral
part
24
40
(ratio 4)
24 : 4 = 6
40 : 10 = 4
(ratio 4)
(Student must have 16
credits from the
written exam to be
admitted to the
oral exam)
TOTAL
60
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