ADVANCED EQUINE HEALTH CARE
VET3AEH
2018
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students deepen and apply clinically their underpinning equine health knowledge, by learning how to plan and provide for the nursing care needs of equine patients, and to work as an effective team with equine veterinarians. From a veterinary nursing perspective, students will examine legal and ethical impacts on the equine sector to help prepare them for ethically and legally challenging decisions and for ensuring that the advice they give to owners is appropriate. Students will integrate the husbandry requirements of horses with health and nursing knowledge to plan holistic individually tailored patient care. Students will also plan how to create and implement evidence based infection control protocols, including for serious zoonotic diseases. Finally, students will learn about equine reproduction and the knowledge and skills required for veterinary nurses to play an active role in assisting with equine reproductive care and management.
SchoolSchool of Life Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorDilhani Premaratna
Available to Study Abroad StudentsNo
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Students must be admitted into SBVN and have passed VET2IAN and VET2PVN.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Equine Veterinary Nursing, 2nd Edn. | Prescribed | Coumbe, K. (Ed) (2012) | Wiley-Blackwell |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Critique the legal and ethical influences impacting current controversial areas within the equine sector
- Activities:
- Students undertake readings via links to legislation and codes relevant to the equine sector. During the workshop, student teams work through a range of equine sector case studies, and discuss what is legally and ethically sound, and what is not. The tutor then leads a whole class discussion on these areas, ensuring that students are respectfully allowed to voice their personal opinions to their peers, but, that they also need to justify these with a sound evidence base.
02. Plan and manage veterinary nursing care for a range of equine life stages, health conditions and procedures
- Activities:
- Students undertake readings on the husbandry requirements of a range of horses, of differing sex, life stages, and uses (e.g. racing thoroughbred vs. children's pony). They also read up on a range of common equine health conditions and procedures. During the workshops, the students learn more from the tutor regarding a number of health conditions. Student teams then plan together for the nursing care of a number of equine case studies, by integrating their underpinning knowledge of the husbandry, health and procedural requirements of the horses involved.
03. Develop protocols for infectious and zoonotic diseases
- Activities:
- Students undertake readings and watch videos on a number of infectious and zoonotic equine diseases. Individual students develop an evidence based protocol on an infectious or zoonotic disease of interest. They then develop educational materials suitable for a veterinary team, on how to implement this protocol. Students share these materials with their peers.
04. Examine the nursing care requirements of the pre, peri and post-operative surgical period of equine species
- Activities:
- Students undertake readings on a range of common equine surgical procedures. During a workshop, the lecturer shares case studies of equine surgical patients, and the care that they required. Student teams then plan the nursing care requirements for a number of case studies, and these are then reviewed by the class as a whole, under the tutor's guidance.
05. Research the role of a veterinary nurse who cares for mares and neonates
- Activities:
- Students undertake a site visit to an equine stud. They learn about all the various areas of the stud, and the role of the veterinary nurse in this context.
Subject options
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Epping, 2018, Week 08-23, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorDilhani Premaratna
Class requirements
WorkShop
Week:
08
-
21
One 5.0 hours workshop every two weeks
on weekdays
during the day
from week 08 to week 21
and delivered via face-to-face.
"Workshop"
Placement - Off Site
Week:
08
-
21
Six 7.5 hours placement - off site per study period
on any day including weekend
from week 08 to week 21
and delivered via face-to-face.
"WIL Placement. Roster-dependent."
Unscheduled Online Class
Week:
08
-
21
One 1.0 hours unscheduled online class per week
on any day including weekend
from week 08 to week 21
and delivered via online.
"Delivered as reading material, quizzes, video clips."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 10 min pre-workshop online quizzes (850 words equivalent) | 4% each Fortnightly | 20 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
| 1.5 hour written end of semester examination (1500 words equivalent) | Held during examination period | 30 | 02, 04, 05 |
| Ethics and welfare assignment (1400 words equivalent) | Critique the legal and ethical considerations of a health care related aspect of the equine sector (1400 words) | 35 | 01 |
| 20 min team presentation (600 words equivalent/student) | Design an evidence-based protocol for the nursing care of an equine patient with an infectious or zoonotic disease Student teams are to present this in a format suitable for educating other staff members (e.g., a short video, powerpoint presentation or pamphlet (600 words equivalent). | 15 | 03 |