| Unit name | Animal Systems and Professional Life 2 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | VETS30039 |
| Credit points | 0 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Miss. Gould |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
Pass in Animal Systems and Professional Life 1 |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
N/A |
| School/department | Bristol Veterinary School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This unit will use case-based learning, scaffolding lectures / seminars and practical classes to build on the foundation knowledge and understanding of the topics introduced in Animal Systems and Professional life (ASPL 1) Key professional skills namely: communication skills; professional conduct, ethics and law; business management; study, learning and critical investigation skills; and health and safety which are integral to this unit. The systems-based approach which was employed in ASPL 1 will be continued in this unit and students will cover the integrated structure and function of healthy body systems, the ways in which animals can be managed and the impact of management on their health and welfare. The pathological processes that cause disease and the ways in which diseases can be diagnosed, treated and controlled will be covered.Students further develop their knowledge and understanding of the agents of disease, the management and prevention of diseases and the implications of animal disease on food safety and human and global health. Students also develop their knowledge and understanding of key aspects of animal welfare law and its application. Diseases that impact on public health; food safety and human and global health will be highlighted. Clinical reasoning skills will continue to be developed using the case-based learning format. The unit includes the principles of anaesthesia and diagnostic techniques (including clinical pathology and imaging), actions and use of drugs in the treatment and prevention of disease, and basic practical, clinical and physical examination skills. In the second term the unit introduces systems-based clinical science teaching incorporating pathology, medicine, surgery and therapeutics across the common domestic species, and the implications for veterinary public health and food safety continue to be highlighted.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Online synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning
Case-based learning; facilitated small group activities
Scaffolding Lectures
Practical classes
Use of Virtual learning environment (Blackboard)
Students will be required to complete a portfolio. The portfolio will include a reflective learning diary, team assessments of behaviour and examples of coursework (range of formative and/or peer-marked). The portfolio will be must pass.
Students will also complete summative communication skills coursework (must pass), a research training DSE report (5%), public health coursework (5%) and microbiology coursework (5%). All coursework is must pass.
Formative Assessment.
Students will sit a formative mid-sessional examination (must complete).
End of Unit Examination.
To be eligible to sit the end of year 2 summative examinations a student must have achieved satisfactory engagement with the curriculum. Attendance at group case-based learning sessions is compulsory and 100% attendance is expected. Attendance at 80% of group case-based learning sessions, as timetabled, is the minimum that is normally required to demonstrate satisfactory engagement with that aspect of the curriculum.
Summative assessment will comprise:
Assessments will be mapped to the curriculum and will examine the intended learning outcomes.
Passing Animal Systems & Professional Life 2 is a requirement for progression into year 3 which is the 4th year of the standard 5 year BVSc programme. Clinical skills OSCEs must be passed before entry into year 3.
There will be an opportunity to re-sit the end of unit examination during the Faculty re-sit period. Marks from coursework (15%) will be carried forward to the re-sit. Students will be given an opportunity to resit any failed, must-pass, coursework in order to achieve the passmark for the coursework.
Summary of Summative Assessment in the Unit
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. VETS30039).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
