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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS VCR 5022 INTRODUCTION TO VETERINARY ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Veterinary Surgery

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMIH ALTAN

Offered to

Veterinary Surgery

Course Objective

It aims to provide basic knowledge and skills about materials and techniques used together with basic information in veterinary orthopedic surgery.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gain knowledge about osteosynthesis materials used in veterinary orthopedics. 2   Gain knowledge about osteosynthesis methods used in veterinary orthopedics. 3   Can select the appropriate material-method in the appropriate case. 4   Creates information and solution proposals on the subject. 5   Makes lectures/presentations and discusses at the level of expertise in professional environments related to his/her field

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 General evaluation of the trauma patient 2 Classification of Fractures 3 Planning of fracture treatment 4 Patient preparation, surgical approaches and fracture reduction 5 Surgical equipment required for osteosynthesis-1 6 Surgical equipment required for osteosynthesis-2 7 Intramedullary pins and their uses 8 Midterm 9 Cerclage wires and their use 10 Types of Orthopedic Screws and their use 11 Types of plaques and their use-1 12 Types of plaques and their use-2 13 External Fixators 14 Clinical and Radiological Examination of Fracture Healing 15 Clinical case discussion 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fossum TW (2019). Small Animal Surgery. 5th. Edition, Elsevier, Philedelphia, USA 2. Özaydın I (2023). Veteriner Genel Cerrahi. Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitap Evleri, Ankara, Türkiye. 3. Arıcan M (2020). Kedi ve Köpek Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji. 1. baskı, Anka Promosyon Matbaa, Konya, Türkiye

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Conference type course Problem/Problem Solving Problem-based teaching (PBL)

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 preparation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

semih.altan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced.

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 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 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