During the assessment of learning, according to what is contained in the Dublin indicators, the student must demonstrate:
1. Knowledge and understanding: a) knowledge of the procedures for carrying out the clinical examination, both direct and by means of instruments, on small and large domestic animals affected by a surgical pathology, in order to be able to issue the diagnosis and prognosis and propose therapy with anesthesia and analgesia included (D1C 2.5); b) rational approach to both scientific and clinical reasoning, considering their respective strengths and limitations (D1C 2.1).
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: a) ability to apply basic manual skills in carrying out a clinical examination on small and large pets affected by a surgical pathology and to correctly interpret the signs detected in order to make the diagnosis; b) ability to perform basic surgical techniques during soft tissue surgery such as dieresis, exeresis, hemostasis and synthesis; c) ability to choose, dose and administer the anesthetic and analgesic agent suitable for specific surgical procedures as well as for monitoring during anesthesia.
3. Critical and judgment skills: a) ability to objectively and specifically evaluate each clinical case, as an individual patient and different from any other; b) the ability to choose, within the different surgical options, the most appropriate ones, judiciously taking into consideration the degrees of operational difficulty, the necessary experiences, the professional and economic commitments involved (D1C 1.18); c) ability to objectively assess the state of the anesthetized patient through both clinical and instrumental monitoring and knowing the necessary actions to safeguard their safety; d) adaptation to incomplete information, face unexpected events and adapt to change (D1C 1.11).
4. Ability to communicate what has been learned: a) ability to express oneself with teachers and fellow students using scientifically appropriate terminology, referring to the clinical signs of pathology, the relative anatomical references, the names of surgical pathologies, the names of the relative surgical techniques and therapies and the tools that can be used, as well as the methods of anesthesia and monitoring necessary in the specific case, in small and large animals.
5. Ability to continue learning independently: a) ability to autonomously propose methods of in-depth study of the topics of surgical clinic, operative medicine and anesthesiology discussed; b) curiosity to know further methods of clinical and instrumental investigation of the patient affected by a pathology of surgical interest and of new possibilities of their treatment and anesthesia; c) interest in bibliographic research on topics selected from those covered in the course.
