COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GASTRO-INTESTINAL SURGERY IN HORSES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VCR 5031 GASTRO-INTESTINAL SURGERY IN HORSES 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

To transfer the knowledge and experience about gastrointestinal diseases commonly encountered in equine medicine to doctoral students in detail.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have detailed knowledge about the anatomy of the gastrointestinal system of horses.
2   Learns the gastrointestinal system diseases of horses, knows the causes and diagnosis.
3   Knows and applies the surgery of gastrointestinal system diseases of horses.
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 Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the gastrointestinal tract
2 Diagnostic approaches to gastrointestinal system diseases and sutures used in gastrointestinal surgery and their properties
3 Oral cavity surgery
4 Esophageal surgery
5 Gastric surgery (I)
6 Gastric surgery (II)
7 Surgery of the small intestine (I)
8 Midterm
9 Surgery of the small intestine (II)
10 Techniques of intestinal anastomosis
11 Surgery of the large intestine
12 Anorectal surgery
13 Liver surgery (I)
14 Liver surgery (II)
15 Pancreatic surgery
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Textbook of Small Animal Surgery. Douglas Slatter, 3rd Edition, Saunders comp., ISBN-10: 0721686079, ISBN-13: 978-0721686073, 2002.
2. Handbook of Small Animal of Gastroenterology. Todd R. Tams, 2nd Edition, Saunders comp., ISBN: 978-0-7216-8676-9, 2003.
3. Small Animal Gastroenterology. Jörg M. Steiner, Schlütersche, ISBN (Americas): 9783899930276, 2008.

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

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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