COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOUND HEALING AND AFFECTING FACTORS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VCR 5015 WOUND HEALING AND AFFECTING FACTORS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Veterinary Surgery

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KADRI KULUALP

Offered to

Veterinary Surgery

Course Objective

It is aimed to gain basic knowledge and skills about wound, wound healing and factors affecting this process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge about the types of wounds in animals.
2   Knows the stages of wound healing and the factors affecting this process.
3   Knows the complications encountered in wound healing and ways to prevent them.
4   Creates information and solution proposals on the subject.
5   Identify and use the resources that will increase professional knowledge related to the subject.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is an injury and a wound
2 Types of wounds
3 Phases of wound healing
4 Healing according to tissues
5 Environmental factors affecting wound healing
6 Systemic factors affecting wound healing
7 Chemotherapy and wound healing
8 Midterm
9 Anti-inflammatory drugs and wound healing
10 Scar tissue, methods to minimize scar tissue formation
11 Nutrition and wound
12 Diabetes and wound healing
13 Effect of vitamins and hormones on wound healing
14 Old age and wounds
15 Complications in wound healing
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fossum TW (2019). Small Animal Surgery. 5th. Edition, Elsevier, Philadelphia, USA
2. Özaydın I (2023). Veterinary General Surgery. Ankara Nobel Medical Book Houses, Ankara, Türkiye.
3. Slatter, D. (1998). Textbook of Small Animal Surgery. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture with visual content,
Case and problem-based teaching and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Case studies, problem-based solutions, homework, and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kadri.kulualp@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 10:00-12:00 between

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11
Preparation for final exam 1 11 11
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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