vet2dia diagnostic imaging
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND ANAESTHESIA
VET2DIA
2019
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject examines the applied science of imaging, anaesthesia and pain control and it teaches students how to integrate theory with practice. Students refine these clinical skills through simulated settings and work integrated learning placements. During placement, students will participate in a surgical operating theatre, so that anaesthetic induction, maintenance and recovery of animals can be observed and skills applied. Under supervision ofthe veterinary team, students will assess the pain levels of medical and surgical patients, as well as assist with imaging procedures, such as radiology and ultrasonography, on a range of veterinary cases.
SchoolSchool of Life Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorDilhani Premaratna
Available to Study Abroad StudentsNo
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Must be admitted in the Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing (SBVN) and have passed VET1VNA
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | Practical veterinary diagnostic imaging, 2nd edn | Prescribed | Easton, S (2012) | Wiley-Blackwell |
Readings | Anaesthesia for Veterinary Technicians | Prescribed | Bryant (2010) | Wiley-Blackwell |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Explain, using scientific principles, how a range of modern imaging modalities operate, and why they may present as an occupational health hazard to personnel
- Activities:
- Students undertake a range of readings and watch a number of videos on the science behind imaging modalities, and which examine the human health risks of radiation.
02. Develop radiology practice procedures and documentation for a veterinary practice to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and safety requirements
- Activities:
- Student teams are given links to relevant government regulations regarding the safe use of radiation for clinical diagnostic purposes. They then work together to develop the materials required for a veterinary clinic to be compliant with these regulations.
03. Perform a range of routine veterinary nursing radiological imaging procedures
- Activities:
- Students learn and practice in the clinical skills laboratory a range of routine veterinary nursing radiological imaging procedures
04. Compare and contrast the physiological changes that a range of common anaesthetic agents will induce in a veterinary patient
- Activities:
- Student teams in a workshop, work through a number of case study scenarios, and compare and contrast the physiological changes which will be likely to be induced in a patient by the administration of a number of different anaesthetic regimes. They also work together to identify which anaesthetic agents are likely to have been used in a number of different anaesthetic monitoring case records.
05. Perform a range of anaesthetic management procedures
- Activities:
- Students are rostered on in the operating theatre at Lort Smith, and under the supervision of an experienced veterinary nurse and a veterinarian, they assist with a range of routine anaesthetic management procedures which they have previously learned about in class.
06. Design pain management approaches by integrating accurate pain scoring with knowledge of pain control, to help maximize veterinary patients' welfare outcomes
- Activities:
- Students identify a case study with which they have been involved with in WIL, in which the animal would be expected to require pain control. The student records the key details, and then later at home integrates their knowledge of pain scoring, to determine how the animal's level of pain could have been most accurately assessed, and designs a multimodal holistic pain management plan suitable for that patient, which includes working closely with a veterinarian to ensure that pain medication is prescribed if appropriate.
Subject options
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Epping, 2019, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorDilhani Premaratna
Class requirements
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Placement - Off SiteWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.5 hours placement - off site per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"WIL placement"
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.
"Delivered as reading material, quizzes, video clips."
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
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10 x 5 min pre-workshop online quizzes (850-words equivalent) | 2% each Weeks 2 -12 | 20 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |
Team radiology report (600-words per student) | Team submission 4 students/team Team develops practice procedures and legal compliance documents for a veterinary clinic for radiological procedures | 15 | 02 |
One 40 min in class written test (600-words equivalent) | short answer format | 15 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |
Pain management case study report (800-words) | Individual assessment; student to reflect on an analgesia case from WIL and design an appropriate pain management plan | 20 | 06 |
25 minute clinical practicum (1,250-words equivalent) | Direct observation of clinical procedures in the simulation laboratory Practical Skills Test | 30 | 03, 05 |