Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.
| Credit Points: | 62.50 |
| Level: | 7 (Graduate/Postgraduate) |
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011: Year Long, Parkville - Taught on campus. | Pre-teaching Period Start | not applicable | | Teaching Period | not applicable | | Assessment Period End | not applicable | | Last date to Self-Enrol | not applicable | | Census Date | not applicable | | Last date to Withdraw without fail | not applicable |
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. |
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 360
Total Time Commitment: 600 Hours |
| Prerequisites: | A Bachelor of Science degree with at least 12.5 points of study in biology and 12.5 points of study in biochemistry. |
| Corequisites: | Students are required to enrol in the following subject: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: |
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | This course assumes prior knowledge in one or more discipline of science. All students will be expected to be familiar with the principles of scientific thinking, hypothesis development, experimental design, and data collection, analysis and interpretation. |
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None |
| Core Participation Requirements: | Prospective students are advised to familiarise themselves with the Faculty's Academic Requirements Statement http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/docs/CoreParticipationReqs.pdf |
| Subject Overview: |
Veterinary Bioscience 1 takes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to the study of organ function and dysfunction in animals. Building on students’ prior knowledge and experience of scientific thinking, this subject introduces students to the structure and normal functioning of the digestive, metabolic, excretory, and cardiorespiratory systems, and to the principles of dysfunction of these systems. Students will be introduced to the clinical disciplines of pharmacology and therapeutics, diagnostic imaging and clinical pathology. Using case based teaching approaches students will apply their understanding of organ and system function and dysfunction to authentic situations that enhance the development of integrative clinical reasoning abilities. |
| Objectives: |
At the completion of this course students should be able to:
- Appreciate the roles of the disciplines of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry and pathology in the analysis of animal structure, function and dysfunction.
- Describe the structure and function of the digestive, metabolic, excretory, and cardiorespiratory systems.
- Explain the processes by which normal function may be disrupted in these body systems, and predict the outcomes of these perturbations for normal function of the animal.
- Apply and integrate an understanding of principles of organ function and dysfunction to cases involving multi-organ perturbation.
- Use data acquired from clinical observation as well as understanding of organ function and dysfunction, to explain mechanisms of disease processes.
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| Assessment: |
- Three written exams (two hours duration each) at the end of semester one (total 45%).
- Two written exams (two hours duration each) at the end of semester two (total 30%).
- Three intra semester multiple choice tests during semester 1 and two intra semester multiple choice tests during semester 2 (60 minutes duration each: total 10%). The tests will be indicated in the teaching timetable available at the commencement of each semester (approximately weeks 5, 8 and 11 respectively of semester 1 and approximately weeks 6 and 11 respectively of semester 2).
- Clinical seminar that demonstrates ability to integrate concepts across different discipline areas and organ systems, and to communicate these concepts to a diverse audience. (presented on line in video format on the Faculty’s VOCE site) (15%), to be satisfactorily completed by each student by week 8 of semester two.
- Students are required to pass the subject on aggregate mark.
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| Prescribed Texts: | None |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: |
- Examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
- Expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects
- Have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to find solutions to unfamiliar problems
- Be able to seek solutions to problems through the application of knowledge, the ability to initiate and integrate new ideas, an appreciation of the broad picture of science, and an understanding of the importance and application of scientific method
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