VETERINARY SHELTER MEDICINE AND PATIENT CARE
VET3VSM
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students will learn how to plan and manage the behavioural, husbandry and health care needs of animals living within an animal welfare shelter, to achieve positive animal welfare outcomes and compliance with the Code of Practice for the Management of Dogs and Cats in Shelters and Pounds. Topics covered in relation to the animal shelter include: animal welfare and ethics, relevant legislation, animal behaviour and husbandry, and shelter-specific medicine. Using an evidence-based approach, students will review the design and management practices of a shelter they have visited or undertaken placement at, in order to recommend changes and/or improvements. Students will also learn how to present an evidence-based argument regarding a contentious area in animal welfare and ethics. Through their shelter visits and placements, students will be exposed to the emotional and physical challenges faced by staff that work within animal welfare shelters, and will come to learn how to maximise staff well-being within these environments.
School: Life Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Dilhani Premaratna
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be admitted into SBVN and have passed VET2IAN and VET2PVN.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Animal Welfare in Veterinary Practice
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Yeates, J.
Year: 2013
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell.
ISBN: N/A
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Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Miller, L. & Zawistowski, S.
Year: 2013
Edition/Volume: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell.
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
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Source location: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: Yes
Work-based learning: Yes
Self sourced or Uni sourced: Self Sourced
Entire subject or partial subject: Partial subject
Total hours/days required: 45 hours
Location of WBL activity (region): Flexible
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Epping (Melbourne Polytechnic), 2020, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Dilhani Premaratna
Class requirements
Placement - Off SiteWeek: 31 - 43
Six 7.50 hours placement - off site per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
WIL Placement. Roster-dependent.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Delivered as reading material, quizzes, video clips.
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
One 5.00 hours workshop every two weeks on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Fortnightly workshops on campus
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 x 10 min pre-workshop online quizzes (850 words equivalent)4% eachFortnightly | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
15 minute team oral animal shelter debate (500 words/ student)Teams of 3 studentsStudent teams to argue an ethical and/or welfare issue related to shelter medicine in a debate style (5 minutes per student, equivalent to 500 essay words per student) | N/A | N/A | No | 10 | SILO1, SILO2 |
1600 word animal shelter evaluation reportStudents visit a number of animal welfare shelters, and select one to critically evaluate. Individual confidential report - critical evaluation of a welfare shelter, including recommendations for future improvements (1600 words).Students visit a number of animal welfare shelters, and select one to critically evaluate. | N/A | N/A | No | 40 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
1200 word written wellbeing planStudents to develop a plan to manage the wellbeing of the shelter team in a clinical shelter environment (1200 words) | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO5 |