COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PREOPERATIVE PREPARATIONS AND POSTOPERATIVE CARE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VCR 5020 PREOPERATIVE PREPARATIONS AND POSTOPERATIVE CARE 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 teach the processes related to determining whether the patient is suitable for surgery by revealing the general health status of the patient with systemic and laboratory examinations that should be performed before the operations and to teach the postoperative period, which is the postoperative period, to evaluate and hospitalize the patient, supportive treatment, nutrition, regular wound dressing, and to teach information about the drugs and serums to be applied.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the applications to be done in the preoperative period.
2   Knows the applications to be done in the postoperative period.
3   Have knowledge about the problems and solutions that may be encountered in these processes.
4   Creates information and solution proposals on the field.
5   Identifies and uses resources that will increase professional knowledge related to the field.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Anamnesis information
2 Pre-operative physical examination
3 Examination of organs and systems
4 Diagnostic tests
5 Examination and interpretation of preoperative blood table
6 Radiographic images and evaluations
7 Pre-operative nutrition protocols
8 Midterm
9 Things to consider when waking up from anesthesia
10 Postoperative pain management
11 Postoperative medical treatment
12 Postoperative nutrition
13 Postoperative care conditions
14 Clinical case discussion-1
15 Clinical case discussion-2
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fossum TW (2019). Small Animal Surgery. 5th. Edition, Elsevier, Philedelphia, USA
2. Özaydın I (2023). Veterinary General Surgery. Ankara Nobel Medical Book Houses, Ankara, Türkiye.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visual-based lecturing,
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

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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