VETSCHOOL
Transcription
VETSCHOOL
FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN VETSCHOOL SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND ANIMAL SCIENCE AVMA COE Accreditation 2015 Appendices FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN List of Content 1. ORGANIZATION .......................................................................................................................................1 2. FINANCES ..................................................................................................................................................8 3. PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT ..........................................................................................9 4. CLINICAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................ 14 6. STUDENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 18 8. FACULTY ................................................................................................................................................ 23 9. CURRICULUM ........................................................................................................................................ 30 10. RESEARCH PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................... 40 11. OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................ 41 Report prepared for the AVMA site-visit April 26th-30th, 2015 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 1. ORGANIZATION 1-A: ACADEMIC UNITS AND SECTIONS AT THE VETERINARY DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE VETERINARY STUDY PROGRAMME Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences Anatomy, Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci. Preben Dybdahl Thomsen Physiology and Nutrition, Head of Section, Prof., MSc (Animal Science), PhD, Dr.Agro, André Chwalibog Animal Genetics, Bioinformatics and Breeding, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci. Merete Fredholm Internal medicine, Oncology and Clinical pathology, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Annemarie T. Kristensen Surgery, Neurology and Cardiology, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Mette Berendt Veterinary Imaging, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci., Fintan McEvoy University Hospital for Companion Animals, DVM, Merete Holst Nissen Department of Large Animal Sciences Medicine and Surgery, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Rikke Buhl Production and Health, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Jens Peter Nielsen Animal Welfare and Disease Control, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci., Hans Houe, Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci., Jørgen S. Agerholm Large Animal Teaching Hospital, Hospital Director, Assoc. Prof., DVM, PhD, Susanne N. Olsen Department of Veterinary Disease Biology Food Safety and Zoonoses, Head of Section, Prof. , MSc, PhD, Hanne Ingmer Clinical Microbiology, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Anders Miki Bojesen Parasitology and Aquatic Diseases, Head of Section, Assoc. Prof., MSc, PhD, Annette Olsen Molecular Pathobiology, Head of Section, Prof., MD, PhD, Nils Brünner Experimental Animal Sciences, Head of Section, Prof., DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci., Axel Kornerup Hansen 1 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 1-B: VETSCHOOL EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL – MAIN DUTIES AND DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DIRECTOR Organisation Line manager: Reporting: Appointment: The dean refer to the dean on the strategic development of the study programmes chairs the educational council work with the study board and head of studies on the academic content and level of programmes and courses work with heads of departments on the departments‟ overall course portfolio, including programme and course budgets work with study boards and heads of departments regarding follow-up on programme surveys The dean appoints the School Directors amongst the permanent academic staff, heads of departments or associate deans. Duties and responsibilities for the chair of the educational council The School Directors in HEALTH have the following duties and responsibilities: Ensuring the coherence and development of the study programmes In consultation with their council, the primary duties of the School Directors are to: draw up a multi-year development plan and an annual action plan for the council‟s programmes, including financial considerations, for the dean discuss on-going development and perspectives for the future of the study programmes with employers and other external partners, including business and industry, NGOs and official agencies advise the dean‟s office on establishing exchange and education agreements with national and international partners advise the dean‟s office on interdisciplinary/inter-faculty/inter-institution co-operation advise the dean‟s office on the size (student numbers) of the study programmes and proposals for new programmes Recruitment In consultation with the council, the primary duties of the School Directors are to: submit proposals to the dean‟s office on student recruitment – in Denmark and abroad submit proposals to the dean‟s office on study-start programmes Budgets In consultation with their council, the primary duties of School Directors are to: check the department‟s preliminary course budgets advise the dean‟s office on programme budgets Meetings and other activities convening and attending educational council meetings attending meetings of the external employer panels (except for the chair of the Educational Council for Human Health and Medicine) convening meetings of the employer panel, if the chair of the educational council is chair of the employer panel attending management (FLT-U) meetings ensuring discussion in the educational council of education-policy questions 2 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 1-C: VETSCHOOL HEAD OF STUDIES AND STUDY BOARD; DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS FOR CHAIRS OF STUDY BOARDS Organisation Line manager: Reporting: Appointment: The dean refer to the dean on curricula and changes to curricula refer to the associate dean for education on the programme‟s organisation, implementation and development work with the head of studies on the organisation of courses and of tests and other forms of assessment Each study board elects its own chair from amongst the academic staff on the board. Duties and responsibilities of the chair of study board The chairs of study boards at HEALTH have the following duties and responsibilities: Constructive alignment and development of the study programme(s) In consultation with the study board, making strategic and developmental decisions regarding the programme‟s content, educational theory and practice In consultation with the study board, making decisions regarding curricula, changes to curricula, competence profiles and the Diploma Supplement In collaboration with the study board, submitting to the dean recommendations regarding curricula, changes to curricula, competence profiles and the Diploma Supplement In collaboration with the study board, discussing and recommending to the dean‟s office interdisciplinary/inter-faculty/inter-institution co-operation on education with other partners In consultation with the study board, assessing the results of the follow-up to graduate surveys, analysis of management information, programme reports and programme evaluations In consultation with the study board, making decisions concerning the results of the follow-up to graduate surveys, analysis of management information, programme reports and programme evaluations Ensuring regular discussion by the study board (in dialogue with the educational council, the employer panel and external partners) of perspectives for the future development of the study programme In co-operation with the study board, submitting recommendations to the dean regarding dimensioning (student numbers) of the study programme Collaborating on the basis for decisions and implementation plans for the closure of study programmes Academic content of study activities In consultation with the study board and head of studies, informing the decision-making about course and exam descriptions In collaboration with the study board, course organiser and teaching committee, regularly discussing and reaching decisions on the provision, alignment and progression of study activities. In consultation with the study board, discussing and deciding on the development of the content, educational theory and practice of study activities Planning and implementing study activities In consultation with the study board, making decisions regarding the organisation of courses, as well as tests and other forms of assessment, including drawing up framework plans and exam plans In collaboration with the study board, ensuring discussion of inter-disciplinary/inter-faculty/interinstitution study activities with the partners 3 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN The chairs of study boards at HEALTH have the following duties and responsibilities: Planning and follow-up on evaluation of study activities Making decisions on evaluation plans for study activities in consultation with the study board and in collaboration with heads of studies, chairs of teaching committees and course organisers In consultation with the study board, making decisions on follow-up on evaluations of study activities In consultation with the study board, approving the annual evaluation report Ensuring that the heads of studies, chairs of teaching committees and course organisers implement the changes to course descriptions and curricula contained in the approved follow-up plan Exemptions In consultation with the study board, making decisions on applications for exemption from students, in relation to the academic content of the study programme. In consultation with the study board, making decisions on applications for exemption from students regarding deadlines for passing exams and the number of exam attempts Credits In consultation with the study board, making decisions in cases regarding applications for pre-approval and credit transfers In consultation with the study board, conducting academic assessments of the basis for admission Recruitment and study-start programmes In collaboration with the head of studies, advising the educational council on student recruitment In collaboration with the head of studies, advising the educational council on study-start programmes Meetings and other activities Convening and participating in study board meetings Attending meetings of the educational council Attending meetings of the programme management circle Attending meetings of the employer panel Convening meetings of the employer panel, if the chair of the study board is also the chair of the employer panel Participating in UCPH‟s management training Informing the associate dean for education and the head of studies about all significant matters and decisions concerning the organisation, implementation and development of the study programme In consultation with the study board, commenting on cases submitted by the dean and others 4 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 1-D: DETAILS ON MEMBERSHIP OF THE VETSCHOOL EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL AND RELEVANT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES The VETSCHOOL Educational Council Chairman and School Director, Birgit Nørrung, Associate Professor, DVM, PhD, Head of Department of Veterinary Disease Biology Hans Henrik Dietz, Associate Professor, DVM, PhD, Head of Department of Large Animal Sciences Asger Lundorff Jensen, Professor, DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci., Head of Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science Peter Holm, Associate Professor, DVM, PhD (Head of studies) Charlotte R. Bjørnvad, Professor, DVM. PhD Julie Fjeldborg, Associate Professor, DVM, PhD Preben Dybdahl Thomsen, Professor, DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci. Jens F. G. Agger, Associate Professor, DVM, PhD Claus Bøttcher Jørgensen, Professor MSO, MSc. PhD Louise Berntsen, Study and Students‟ Affairs, M.Law Axel Kornerup, Professor, DVM, PhD, Dr.Vet.Sci. (University Veterinarian, research animals) Line Elnif Thomsen, Associate Professor, MSc, PhD Mette Olaf Nielsen, Professor MSO; MSc Anim., PhD Christian Fink Hansen, Associate Professor; MSc Anim., PhD Annemarie Thuri Kristensen, Professor, DVM, PhD Bonnie E. Hoelstad, student representative Mia Berg, student representative and Head of VMF (the student association) Peter Rekve, Vetschool Secretary (and Secretary for the coordination group for the AVMA accreditation process) The Study Board for Veterinary Medicine – curriculum committee Chairman, Peter Holm, Assoc. Prof , DVM, PhD Vice Chairman, Student Representative, Bonnie, E. Hoelstad Secretary, Louise Berntsen, Study and Students‟ Affairs, M.Law IKVH (Dept. of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences), Charlotte Bjørnvad, Professor, DVM, PhD IVS (Dept. of Veterinary Disease Biology), Maria Vang Johansen, Professor, DVM, PhD IPH (Dept. of Large Animal Sciences), Rikke Buhl, Professor MSO, DVM, PhD Svend Erik Garbus - student Sofie Stistrup - student Johannes Fogh - student Dean’s office – Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Ulla Wewer, Professor, MD, DMSc (Doctor of Medical Science) Vice Dean, Sven Frøkjær, Professor, MSc pharm, PhD Vice Dean of Education, Hans Henrik Saxild, Docent, MSc, PhD Vice Dean of Research, Birthe Høgh, Professor, MD, DMSc Faculty Director, Arnold Boon: MSc (agriculture), PhD (business economics), MPG (Master in public governance) 5 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Faculty administration: Head of Educations, Bitta Nielsen, MSc (biology), Master in Public Administration (MPA) Hospital Directors: Susanne N. Olsen, Assoc. Prof., DVM, PhD, Director, Large Animal Teaching Hospital (Taastrup) Merete Holst Nissen, DVM, Director, University Hospital for Companion Animals (Frederiksberg) External VETSCHOOL Panel of Employer Representatives Chief Veterinary Officer Per Henriksen, DVM, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries President of the Danish Veterinary Association, Carsten Jensen, DVM Per Olsen, Head of Department, MSc agric., Danish Agriculture & Food Council, Food and Veterinary Policy Dept. Anette Spohr, DVM, PhD, Faxe Animal Hospital Kristian Viekilde, DVM, Porcus Veterinarians Peter Busk, DVM, HS Hestepraksis Bengt Holst, Vice Director, MSc Zoolol., Copenhagen ZOO Niels Henrik Henriksen, DVM, Dansk Akvakultur Birgit Hendriksen, DVM, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Palle Høy Jakobsen, Director, R&D Academic Relations Novo Nordisk A/S Johan Kjølhede Overgaard, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Director for Meat Control Torben Nielsen, CEO, Kopenhagen Fur The Departmental Teaching Committees a. The Department of Large Animal Sciences: Chair: Julie Fjeldborg, Medicine and Surgery Jens Frederik Agger, Animal Welfare and Disease Control Mette Helga Schmidt, Veterinary Obstetrics and Reproduction Stine Jacobsen, Medicine and Surgery Bjarne Bjerg, Production and Health Veterinary students: Camilla Skovrup Marilene Stig Andersen Matilde Poulsen (substitute) b. The Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences Chair: Charlotte R. Bjørnvad, Internal medicine, Oncology and Clinical Pathology Vibeke S. Elbrønd, Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Systems Biology Camilla V. S. Bruun, Animal genetics, Bioinformatics, and Breeding Fintan McEvoy, Veterinary Imaging Lars Jørn Jensen, Physiology and Nutrition Veterinary Students: Matilde Poulsen Sabine Sig Hansen 6 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN c. The Department of Veterinary Disease biology Chair: Line Elnif Thomsen,Veterinary Clinical Microbiology Páll Skuli Leifsson, Experimental Animal Models Anita Forslund, Food Safety and Zoonoses Birgitte Viuff, Molecular Disease Biology Maria Vang Johansen, Parasitology and Aquatic Diseases Veterinary Students: Louise Cecilie Hven Emil Lund 7 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 2. FINANCES University basic funding is allocated to the main objectives – education, research, and clinical services. The basic funding also covers building costs and administration costs. Funding for education is based on a “taximeter scheme”. Funding is allocated on the basis of the students‟ academic activity measured in terms of exams passed. The taximeter scheme operates with three education rates, depending on the type of education and the education costs. Veterinary sciences receive the highest education rate, while humanities and social sciences receive the lowest education rate. However, each year 2% of the education funding is allocated to a restructuring fund which is redistributed to the universities as a completion bonus, reflecting the political objectives for increased study completion. The completion bonus is conditional upon the duration of the study so that the universities are only paid the completion bonus upon the student completing his/her study program with a specified period. Funding for research is historically conditioned and fixed according to „incremental budgeting‟. However, each year 2% of the funding is allocated to a restructuring fund which is redistributed to the universities according to the so-called 45-20-25-10 model, where the universities are rewarded for their education funding (45%), their ability to attract external research funding (20%), their research publishing or bibliometrics (25%) and the number of students having completed their PhD thesis (10%). 8 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 3. PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 3-A: AREA: BÜLOWSVEJ 17, FREDERIKSBERG 9 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 3-B: AREA: HØJBAKKEGÅRD ALLÉ 5 + AGROVEJ 8, TAASTRUP 10 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 3-C: AREA: SNUBBEKORSVEJ 3, TAASTRUP 11 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 3-D: Overview of lecture halls and teaching rooms at Frederiksberg and Taastrup Address Bülowsvej 17 - Frederiksberg Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Bülowsvej 17 Thorvaldsensvej 40 - Frederiksberg Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Thorvaldsensvej 40 Rolighedsvej 23 Rolighedsvej 23 Højbakkegård Allé 1 / Taastrup Højbakkegård Allé 1 / Taastrup Room no. A 1-01.01 A 1-01.11 A 1-01.12 A 1-01.13 A 1-01.14 A 1-01.15 A 1-01.16 A 1-01.18 A 1-04.01 A 1-05.01 A 1-09.01 A 1-34.21 A 1-34.22 A 2-64.01 A 2-70.01 A 2-70.02 A 2-70.03 A 2-70.04 A 2-71.01 A 2-71.02 A 2-73.01 A 2-73.02 A 2-81.01 A 2-82.01 A 2-83.01 A 2-84.01 A 2-84.11 A 2-84.12 A 3-21.01 A 3-21.02 A 8-18.01 A 8-18.02 12 Area size (m2) 187 80 94 107 111 108 63 103 106 138 66 55 58 78 164 164 202 204 53 53 92 37 276 212 141 180 121 120 38 38 54 84 3,591 No. of seats 145 32 60 60 60 60 32 24 102 126 30 28 28 30 96 96 144 144 30 30 48 16 293 208 136 143 70 70 24 24 24 48 2,461 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Buildings - Frederiksberg 1-06 1-37 1-40 2-70 2-71 2-72 2-73 Total Buildings Taastrup 8-18 Total Area m2 1.941 424 95 1.125 312 296 333 No. of seats 331 278 22 204 81 126 57 4,526 Area m2 137 137 13 1,099 No. of seats 72 72 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 4. CLINICAL RESOURCES 4-A: TRENDS IN NO. OF PATIENTS AT LARGE ANIMAL TEACHING HOSPITAL Mobile practice 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 Bovine 1000 Small ruminants 800 Equine 600 400 200 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Hospitalized patients 1200 1000 800 Bovine 600 Small ruminants Equine 400 200 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 14 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 4-B: TRENDS IN NO. OF PATIENTS AT COMPANION ANIMAL TEACHING HOSPITAL Patient visits 20000 18000 16000 14000 12000 Canine 10000 Feline Caged Pet Birds 8000 Caged Pet Mammals 6000 4000 2000 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Hospitalized patients 2500 2000 Canine 1500 Feline Caged Pet Birds 1000 Caged Pet Mammals 500 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 4-C: AMBULATORY/FIELD SERVICE PROGAM 15 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Dairy Herd/flock health programs provided through institution/stateowned animals Please answer yes # of sites or no No Herd/flock health programs provided through privately-owned animals Please answer # of sites yes or no Yes 7 Beef Feedlots Cow-Calf No No No No Small Ruminants No No Swine No Yes 5 Poultry No Yes 1 Fish No Yes 1 Equine No No Other No Mink Other No Mixed hobby herd 1 4-D: OFF-CAMPUS FACILITIES (n/a: The purpose is “seeing” an average private Danish practice) Hospital Private companion animal practice Private large animal practice Private companion animal practice Private equine practice Surgical and Medical facilities Necropsy Imaging Diag. Support services Isolation Intensive or critical care Reference materials Medical records 2 weeks (Core) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 week n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 weeks tracking n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 weeks tracking n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Learning rotation (Duration) 16 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 4-E: OVERVIEW Off-campus site: Number & educational experience Private companion animal practice Private large animal practice Private companion animal practice Private equine practice Duration of rotation Number of students per year Faculty mentor approved Off-site Evaluator Written educational objective(s) check Educational outcomes assessed & students evaluations revised (check) 2 weeks 180 No No Yes Yes * 4 days 180 No No No Yes * 3 weeks 45 Yes No No Yes * 2 weeks 25 No No No Yes * *In the final evaluation of the rotation. 17 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 6. STUDENTS 6-B: INTERNS, RESIDENTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS (ENTER EACH PERSON IN ONLY ONE CATEGORY) PER YEAR FOR LAST FIVE YEARS Department # Interns # Residents # ResidentMS # ResidentPhD MS (total no. PhD of students graduated) (enrolled/ total no.) IKHV 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 9/55 3/58 14/58 17/47 22/44 IPH 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 4 3 5 / 38 11 / 50 3 / 45 7 / 46 17 / 46 IVS 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25/137 26/143 23/138 22/131 34/111 Vetschool Total 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 3 5 4 18 183 151 151 127 142 39/230 40/251 40/241 46/224 73/201 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 6-D: OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2011 ACTIVITIES Additional Clinical Year Students Number enrolled 0 0 0 0 0 Veterinary Technician Program Number enrolled 0 0 0 0 0 Undergraduate Programs Number enrolled Other * Number enrolled 0 0 0 0 0 50 49 28 9 44 *Represent students enrolled at the three Master Programs: i) Master of Veterinary Public Health; ii) Master of Companion Animal Medicine; and iii) Master of Laboratory Animal Science. Include single subject and full course students. The detailed list can be found below. Academic Year 2014 TOTAL: 50 STUDENTS 2013 TOTAL: 49 STUDENTS Activities – no. of students enrolled Master of Veterinary Public Health Single Full Master Subject Master of Companion Animal Medicine Single Full Master Subject Principle and Methods for Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis of Animal Health and Food Safety 8 students Principle and Methods for Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis of Animal Health and Food Safety 1 student Internal Medicine and Speciality cases - Systematic decision making 1 student Veterinary Epidemiology 4 students Veterinary Epidemiology 2 students Disease control and Dynamics 6 students Disease control and Dynamics 4 students Master of Laboratory Animal Science Single Subject Full Master Internal Medicine and Speciality cases Systematic decision making 17 students Good Surgical practice 16 students Veterinary Methodology and paraclinical skills 1 student Cancer surgery kursus 10 students Orthopedic surgery 11 students Veterinary Methodology and paraclinical skills 17 students 2012 TOTAL: 28 STUDENTS Principle and Methods for Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis of Animal Health and Food Safety 5 students Principle and Methods for Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis of Animal Health and Food Safety 4 students Soft tissue surgery 10 students Ethics and legislation 1 student Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia and Experimental Surgery 3 students 19 Ethics and legislation 3 students Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia and Experimental Surgery 2 students FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Ethics and legislation 9 students 2011 TOTAL: 9 STUDENTS 2010 TOTAL: 44 STUDENTS Disease outbreak management 0 students Ethics and legislation 11 student Lab. Animal Pathology and Health 8 students Animal health economics 2 students Master‟s thesis 1 student Lab. Animal maintenance 4 students Lab. Animal Anaesthesia 5 students Toxicology 13 students 20 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 6-E: STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES IN BOARDS AND COMMITTEES OF HEALTH Academic Council of the Faculty – (faculty-Student ratio: 2:1, 2 veterinary faculty of 10 Faculty, 1 DVM student of 5 students) Board of School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science - VETSCHOOL (faculty-student ratio: 1:4; 2 vet-students and 2 animsci students) The Study Board for Veterinary Medicine (faculty-student ratio: 1:1, 4 veterinary students of 6) Veterinary Admission Committee (faculty-student ratio: 2:1, 2 veterinary students) Teaching Committees of the Veterinary Departments (approximately 50% students) The Department Council for each of the veterinary Departments (5:1 veterinary students) At meetings of Panel of Employer Representatives, the student vice-chair of the Veterinary Study Board is present The Student Council of UCPH is an interest group open to all students at the University, the Faculty having its own “HEALTH Council” The Faculty Study Forum has regular meetings for students and the HEALTH Faculty Management. The Forum has student representation from all programs at the Faculty, the Associate Dean for education chairing the forum. The Forum maintains dialogues on all issues related to the studies and the learning environment, and has funds to support application for student activities. Twice a year the Forum meets with the Dean and the Faculty Director. Routine course evaluations and student surveys All courses and exams are evaluated anonymously by students at the end of course / after exams through an online survey system. The results are collected by the Evaluation Unit, HEALTH and forwarded to the respective course leader, Chairmen of the department teaching committees and the Head of Studies. Course leaders must analyse, reflect and act on the evaluation in collaboration with student representatives in the teaching committees. In case of negative evaluations, course leaders must forward an action plan to the departmental Teaching Committee, which approves and follows up on the implementation of the plan twice a year. Course evaluations and subsequent course changes are approved once a year by the Veterinary Study Board. Student and curriculum surveys The University conducts an in-depth well-being study every three years (last time in 2013), which include a (digital) survey of the study environment and student life. This study is supplemented by annual assessments of all students and staff, consisting of a shorter version designed to provide supplementary information in the intervening years Every 4th year, the faculty carries out a “well-being assessment” survey among graduates/alumni and employers regarding the curriculum 21 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 6-F: LISTING OF STUDENT SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR VETSCHOOL STUDENTS • • • Section of Legal and Study Board Services is responsible for legal support to the study boards and curriculum committees of the faculty. Students‟ complains and exemptions are administered by this section. The section furthermore gives support to the development and administration of professional masters, including enrolment and issuing of invoices. Section of Education Quality and Management Information is responsible for the quality control procedures in relation to students, curricula and the various educational boards, e.g. administration of preclinical and clinical course and curriculum evaluations. The section communicates directly with students in relation to students‟ anonymous on-line evaluation of courses and exams. International Section supports HEALTH academic staff and leadership in the realization of a broad variety of international activities. The Section is responsible for the student admission to the English language MSc programs as well as the administration of a number of international student exchange programs incl. bilateral contract negotiations and scholarship administration. The Section offers counseling of in- and outgoing students and organizes a range of international activities, e.g. welcome and orientation meetings for exchange students and a one-week long orientation program for full-degree students. The Section provides an introduction to the Danish society and everyday life in Copenhagen, assistance with official paperwork upon arrival (permits, local registrations), Danish language courses, spare time activities and social networks. Through the Buddy (student-to-student) program, international students are introduced to studying and living in Denmark. The office at Panum Campus is open to personal enquiries Tuesday 3 – 5 PM and Thursday 10 AM – 1 PM (once a month to 3 PM). Furthermore, students may phone the office within normal working hours or communicate via email. • Student Service Center (help desk) at Panum Campus provides services for all students, on practical and administrative questions about classes, registration and/or examinations. Four employees are dedicated to administer and service the veterinary courses and exams. The Center is open to personal enquiries all weekdays from 9 AM to 3 PM. Students may also contact the Center and staff directly by phone or email. • Student and Career Guidance is responsible for supporting student wellness and counseling and mentoring (advising) of potential and present students on admission, study planning and technique, stress, personal and psychological matters, including disabilities, and professional carrier options after graduation. The section is organized in teams of an academic staff member and a number of student advisors covering each educational college. The office is open for all students to personal enquiries all week days from 9 AM to 3 PM. Furthermore, the office at Frederiksberg Campus is open for veterinary and Animal Science students Monday, 9 AM to 4 PM and Thursday 1 – 6 PM. Students may also contact the center and staff directly by phone or email. The veterinary students can use the Student and Career Guidance at every HEALTH campus area – both drop in and personal conversations. The team that provides guidance for specifically veterinary- and Animal Science students includes one full-time trained student guidance counselor and four part-time student guidance counselors. • Center for Online and Blended learning is responsible for development and production of blended and strictly online courses, e.g. „Open Online Courses‟ (MOOCs). The center works to promote better education including digital learning. The center is producing e-learning objects and developing specific learning tools for teachers and instructors and educates and supports the use of the virtual tools. Finally COBL is responsible for the learning management system, „Absalon‟, used by the student and teachers (more about Absalon in 6.4). • In cooperation with the Department of Science Education HEALTH is offering high quality teaching qualification courses for teachers. The courses are „Introduction to University Pedagogy‟ and „Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Program‟. HEALTH will be able to support teachers and educational planners regarding teaching, training and educational tasks. 22 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 8. FACULTY 8-A: FACULTY RECRUITED AND FACULTY LOST, 2010 - 2014 Year No. of Faculty Recruited No. of Faculty Lost 2010 1 Experimental Animal Pathology 1 Virology 1 Microbial Food Safety 1 Clinical Pharmacology 1 Pig Production 1 Experimental Animal Science 2 Internal Medicine, Equine and Bovine 1 Immunology 2 Internal Medicine and Surgery 1 Toxicology 1 Anatomy 1 Human Parasitology 2 Microbiology 1 Epidemiology 3 Internal Medicine, Equine, Pigs and Cattle 1 Animal Science 1 Clinical Pathology 1 Veterinary Imaging Total 2010 2011 8 15 1 Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology 1 Veterinary Pathology 1 Immunology 1 Microbiology 1 Biomedicine and Molecular Biology 1 Parasitology 1 Surgery 1 Basic Pathology 1 Internal Medicine and Surgery 1 Ethology 1 Quantitative and Systems Genetics, Breeding, 3 Internal Medicine and Surgery, Equine, Pigs and Cattle 1 Anatomy/Stem Cells 1 Reproduction 1 Physiology 1 Pig Production 1 Sheep and Poultry Production 1 Companion Animal Emergency Medicine 1 Cell Biology 1 Animal Nutrition 3 Anatomy/Stem Cells Total 2011 8 17 23 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Year No. of Faculty Recruited No. of Faculty Lost 2012 1 Veterinary Pathology 1 Immunology 1 Veterinary Public Health 1 Biotechnology 1 Microbial Food Safety 1 Aquatic Pathobiology 1 Parasitology 1 Large Animal Surgery, Equine and Bovine 1 Molecular Biology 2 Internal Medicine, Equine and Bovine 1 Internal Medicine, Equine and Bovine 1 Internal Medicine, Equine Surgery 2 Internal Medicine and Surgery 1 Repro Biotechnology 1 Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics 1 Reproduction 1 Production Management 1 Animal Genetics 1Anatomy/Stem Cells 1 Anatomy/Stem Cells 1 Quantitative and Systems Genetics, Breeding Total 2012 2013 12 11 1 Antimicrobial Resistance 1 Experimental Animal Pathology 1 Tumour and Molecular Biology 1 Human Parasitology 1 Poultry Diseases 1 Parasitology 1 Veterinary Pathology 1 Basic Pathology 1 Veterinary Clinical Microbiology 1 Epidemiology 1 Immunology 3 Internal medicine and surgery 1 Surgery, Equine and Bovine 1 Animal nutrition 1 Internal Medicine, Equine 1 Bioinformatics 3 Internal Medicine and Surgery 1 Companion Animal Internal Medicine 1 Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics 1 Clinical Pathology 1 Animal Genetics 1 Sustainable Animal Nutrition 2 Animal Nutrition 2 Bioinformatics 1 Clinical Neurology 1 Companion Animal Surgery 1 Companion Animal Internal Medicine Total 2013 21 12 24 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Year No. of Faculty Recruited No. of Faculty Lost 2014 1 Basic Pathology 2 Aquatic Pathobiology 1 Experimental Animal Science 1 Bacteriology 1 Clinical Biomedicine, Equine and Bovine 1 Ethology 2 Epidemiology 1 Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics 3 Ethology 1 Animal Genetics 1 Animal Genetics 1 Animal Nutrition 1 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Outreach 1 Clinical Pathology 2 Anatomy/Stem Cells 1 Anatomy/Biochemistry Total 2014 14 7 25 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 8-B: STAFF SUPPORT FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH Area IVS FTE Clerical FTE Technical Clinical teaching 0 0 Non-clinical teaching 5 17.6 Research 8.6 22 TOTAL 13.6 39.6 Other 0 8 76.2 84.2 Area IPH Clinical teaching Non-clinical teaching Research TOTAL FTE Clerical 8.7 3.2 5.6 17.5 FTE Technical 22 8 14 44 Other 0 2,2 34.1 36.3 Area IKVH Clinical teaching Non-clinical teaching Research TOTAL FTE Clerical 10.42 2.01 2.46 14.89 FTE Technical 63.05 12.18 14.88 90.11 Other 2.09 1.09 12.73 15.91 Vetschool Total Clinical teaching Non-clinical teaching Research TOTAL FTE Clerical 19.42 10.21 16.66 45.99 FTE Technical 83.05 37.78 50.88 173.61 Other 2.09 11.29 123.03 136.41 26 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 8-C.1: NON VETERINARIANS – IVS Title Administrator Professor Assoc. Professor Assistant Professor Instructor Lecturer Part-time Faculty (less than 75% time) TOTAL MS PhD 0 10 20 2 0 0 0 Board Certified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Board Certified & MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Board Certified & PhD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 Board Certified & MS 0 0 0 0 Board Certified & PhD 0 0 0 0 8-C.2: NON VETERINARIANS – IPH Title Administrator Professor Assoc. Professor Assistant Professor Instructor Lecturer Part-time Faculty (less than 75% time) TOTAL MS PhD 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 Board Certified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 Board Certified & MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Board Certified & PhD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-C.3: NON VETERINARIANS – IKVH Title Administrator Professor Assoc. Professor Assistant Professor Instructor Lecturer Part-time Faculty (less than 75% time) TOTAL MS PhD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 4 0 0 0 Board Certified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 27 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 8-C.4: NON VETERINARIANS – VETSCHOOL TOTAL Title MS PhD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Administrator Professor Assoc. Professor Assistant Professor Instructor Lecturer Part-time Faculty (less than 75% time) TOTAL 0 22 37 6 0 0 0 Board Certified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Board Certified & MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Board Certified & PhD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 8-D.1: VETERINARIANS – IVS Title Administrator Professor Assoc. Professor Assistant Professor Instructor Lecturer Part-time Faculty (less than 75% time) TOTAL DVM MS PhD 1 9 10 Board Certified 0 0 0 Board Certified & MS 0 0 0 Board Certified & PhD 0 0 0 1 9 10 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 24 0 0 0 Board Certified & MS 0 0 0 Board Certified & PhD 1 5 7 8-D.2: VETERINARIANS – IPH Title Administrator Professor Assoc. Professor Assistant Professor Instructor Lecturer Part-time Faculty (less than 75% time) TOTAL DVM MS PhD 2 7 14 0 0 0 2 7 14 Board Certified 1 5 7 8 0 8 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 32 14 0 14 28 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 8-D.3: VETERINARIANS – IKVH Title Administrator Professor Assoc. Professor Assistant Professor Instructor Lecturer Part-time Faculty (less than 75% time) TOTAL DVM MS PhD 0 5 5 Board Certified 0 0 0 Board Certified & MS 0 0 0 Board Certified & PhD 1 4 0 2 9 5 1 0 0 7 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 17 0 0 6 Board Certified & MS 0 0 0 Board Certified & PhD 2 9 7 8-D.4: VETERINARIANS – VETSCHOOL TOTAL Title Administrator Professor Assoc. Professor Assistant Professor Instructor* Lecturer* Part-time Faculty (less than 75% time)* TOTAL DVM MS PhD 5 25 29 1 0 0 4 21 29 Board Certified 1 5 7 19 0 18 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 1 73 14 0 20 29 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 9. CURRICULUM 9-A: 2009 CURRICULUM DIGEST – BSc DEGREE (DVM) COURSE LISTING The following course digests and examples of course descriptions provide a number of “hyperlinks”. By clicking on these, access is provided to the “course database”, where full descriptions of the courses can be found. The majority of these are in Danish; however, a meaningful translation can be made by simply using “Google Translate”. Year BSc Year 1 Block Courses (Quarter) (course numbers hyperlinks to course descriptions in UCPH course database) 1 Veterinary Veterinary Zoology Veterinary chemistry and Biochemistry (nplb13006u – Ethics & (SVEB13013U –7.5 ECTS) 3 ETCS) Science Theory (SVEB13001U4.5 ECTS) 2 3 4 BSc Year 2 1 2 3 4 BSc Year 3 1 2 3 4 Cytology and general histology (SVEB13000U – 7.5 ETCS) Veterinary anatomy & physiology 1 (SVEB10386U - 15 ECTS) Veterinary genetics (SVEB11001U – 7.5 ECTS) Veterinary anatomy and physiology 2 (SVEB10387U -15 ECTS) Immunology, general pathology and pathophysiology (SVEB13002U-15 ECTS) Infection microbiology (SVEB13016U- 15 ECTS) Veterinary Pharmacology and Basic statistics and epidemiology Toxicology (SVEB13018U- 15 (SVEB13003U- 7.5 ECTS) ECTS) Microbial food safety (SVEB13006U - 7.5 ECTS) Special pathology and poultry diseases (SVEB10403U - 15 ECTS) Animal Nutrition Animal Breeding (SVEB13005U(SVEB13015U4.5 ECTS) 3 ECTS) Basic clinical theory, small animals ((SVEB13009U) - 7.5 ECTS) Herd health and public health Basic clinical theory, large animals (SVEB13001U - 7.5 ECTS) (SVEB13010U) - 7.5 ECTS) Applied Veterinary jurisprudence & BSc project ethology Lab. Anim. Sci. cat B - exam (SVEBBSCH1E - 10 ECTS) SVEB13007U (SVEB13011U - 2 ETCS) - 3 ECTS) All bachelor courses are taught in Danish. Courses in grey cells are elective courses (a total of 22.5 ECTS) for the Veterinary Bachelor degree. Students must select these latter courses in order to be admitted to the veterinary MSc program and obtain the DVM-degree. If a student wants to be admitted in into another MSc- program, the student can use to 22.5 ECTS at other university courses appropriate for the particular MSc program. 30 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 9-B: 2009 CURRICULUM DIGEST – MSc DEGREE (DVM) COURSE LISTING MSc Year 2 3 4 MSc Year 3 1 2 Courses (course numbers hyperlinks to course descriptions in UCph course database) Small animal medicine, surgery & reproduction (SVEK13005U-15 ECTS) 3 4 Practical herd health consultancy & meat inspection (SVEK13006U - 7.5 ECTS) Veterinary imaging Large animal medicine, surgery & reproduction (SVEK13004U-15 ECTS) Veterinary paraclinics (SVEK13001U - 7.5 ECTS) 1 Emergency, obstetrics, critical care, clinical anaesthesiology (SVEK13002U - 7.5 ECTS) General clinical practice, large animals (SVEK13008U - 15 ECTS) 2 General clinical practice, small animals (SVEK13007U - 15 ECTS) (SVEK13003U - 7.5 ECTS) Elective tracking module* (26.5 ECTS) or MSc thesis (SVEK13020E - 30 ECTS) MSc thesis (SVEK13020E - 30 ECTS) or Elective tracking module* (26.5 ECTS) Veterinary jurisprudence and animal welfare assessment (SVEK13009U - 3.5 ECTS) Courses within the arrows are clinical courses that are taught every in every block. Student Class is split into 4 teams that rotate through the courses in 4 different rotation schedules. * The elective differentiation module comprise of one of the following: Equine clinic course (SVEK13012U) Advanced companion animal course (SVEK13013U) Herd health track comprising of following courses: Veterinary Heard and Public Health ccourse (5 ECTS SVEK 13113U – 4 ECTS) and Heard Health (SVEK13111U - 21.5 ECTS) One health track comprising of following courses: Veterinary Heard and Public Health course (5 ECTS SVEK 13113U – 4 ECTS) and One Health (SVEK13112U - 21.5 ECTS,) Biomedicine (SVEK13010U) Alternative track comprising of Clinical rotations and/or final year veterinary courses at EAEVE / AVMA accredited veterinary colleges, with the possibility of including up to 15 ECTS extra-mural externship Courses in bold are taught in English. The MSc thesis is written in either Danish or English. 31 Clinical Rotation courses taught in all 4 blocks MSc Year 1 Block (Quarter) 1 2 Clinical Rotation courses taught in all 4 blocks Year FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 9-C: EXAMPLE OF DVM CURRICULUM BSC-COURSE DESCRIPTION (Below a screen dump from the Danish course description at the University course database, - see Google translation on next page) 32 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN (Google translation of the above mentioned course description) SVEB13010U Basal Clinical Theory of Large Livestock English title Large Animal Clinical Basic Theory Course Information Year 2014/2015 Language Point Level Duration Location Schedule Group Schedule Course Capacity The Academic Board Danish 7.5 ECTS Bachelor 1 block Block 3 F Posted on Absalon later than 14 days before the course begins No limit. Reserved for veterinary students. Veterinary Study Board Awarding institutions Department of Animal Sciences Department of Clinical Veterinary and Animal Science Responsible: May Halling Thomsen (mht@sund.ku.dk) Filed on 02-05-2014 Education: Bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine - obligatory for admission to the Master in veterinary medicine Content The lectures in basic medicine and surgery include common disease manifestations, general illness concepts spread of infection and prophylaxis. Also presented are the principles of basic medical and surgical diagnosis, therapy and prophylaxis. Selected major diseases in large animals are reviewed. There is also given an introduction to clinical examination and journal writing and client communications. Ethics and animal welfare issues will be discussed. As a prelude to the exercises will include lectures in orthopaedic anatomy. At the practical exercises, the students acquire insight in assembling, handling and fixation of horses and cattle. The exercises also include basic orthopaedics (including orthopaedic anatomy in the form of dissektionsøvelser) and principles of hoof and hoof care. Goal descriptions The course will give the student knowledge of basic research methodology, disease manifestations and principles for the diagnosis of medical and surgical diseases of the large animals. In addition, students gain knowledge in the safe handling and handling large livestock, orthopaedic anatomy and principles for practical diagnostic lameness in horses and cattle. After completing the course the student is expected to: Knowledge: Explain the principles of basic medical and surgical research methodology and diagnostics Identify basic orthopaedic problems Reflect on nursing importance in animals Skills: Use clinical study to assess the animals' health Manage large livestock Communicate knowledge in a technical language in order to be able to discuss basic clinical conditions Competencies: Evaluate selected clinical findings and - parameters Discuss on ethical aspects. diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in relation to animal welfare and consumer protection 33 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Teaching Materials Auer, J.: Equine Surgery 4th edition. Eriksen, L.: Clinical research methodology and journal writing. DSR, 1991. Smith, BP: Large Animal Internal Medicine, 4th edition Weaver et al.: Bovine surgery and lameness. 2nd edition 2005. Lumb and Jones: Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 4th Ed Teaching methods Lectures and practical exercises in Taastrup The course learning objectives will be made available in electronic form. Sign up Selvbetjeningen on KUnet Exams Point 7.5 ECTS Examination Written test, 2 hours supervised. The written test will be held at Peter Bangsvej. It consists of essay and multiple-choice questions. Requirements for admission to examinations At least 80% participation in the exercises to achieve approved Course Certificate. Students can take the exam regardless course certification, but to pass the course REQUIRED BOTH APPROVED COURSE CERTIFICATE AND PASS EXAMS. Aids Evaluation Censorship No Aid 7-point scale External examiner Criteria for Evaluating Knowledge: Explain the principles of basic medical and surgical research methodology and diagnostics Identify basic orthopaedic problems Reflect on nursing importance in animals Skills: Use clinical study to assess the animals' health Communicate knowledge in a technical language in order to Discuss basic clinical conditions Competencies: Evaluate selected clinical findings and - parameters Discuss on ethical aspects. diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in relation to animal welfare and consumer protection Workload Category Lectures Practical exercises Preparation Exams Total Hours 48 24.5 132 2 206.5 34 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 9-D: EXAMPLE OF DVM CURRICULUM CORE MSC-COURSE DESCRIPTION Below a screen dump from the English course description at the University course database 35 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 36 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 9-E: EXAMPLES OF DVM CURRICULUM - ELECTIVE TRACKING COURSE DESCRIPTION Below a screen dump from the Danish course description at the University course database. 37 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 9-F: SELECTED CURRICULAR CONTENT Course / Hours CRITICAL PATIENT CARE Basic Clinical Theory, small animals/4h Veterinary Pharmacology and toxicology/12h Course / Hours Course / Hours Emergency, obstetrics, critical care & clinical anaesthesiology/ 67h General clinical practice, small and large animals/ 60h Equine track /60 h Advanced Companion Animal Track /90h Emergency, obstetrics, critical care & clinical anaesthesiology/ 60h General clinical practice, small & Large animals/ 40h Emergency, obstetrics, critical care & clinical anaesthesiology/ 30 h Large animal medicine, surgery and reproduction/ 50h General clinical practice, small & large animals/ 50h Veterinary jurisprudence and assessment of animal welfare/ 13h Advanced Companion Animal Track /90h Equine track /20 h CLINICAL REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Pain Management Veterinary Pharmacology and toxicology/6h Basic Clinical Theory, small animals/4h Veterinary Pharmacology and toxicology/6h Principles and hospital practice for isolation of infectious disease Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction – Large Animal 20 h Clinical Pathology Basic Clinical Theory, small animals/4h Diagnostic Veterinary Imaging - new Veterinary imaging / Veterinary paraclinics / 40h Advanced Companion Animals Track /45h Equine track: 30 h Advanced Companion Animal Track /10h General clinical practice, small animals and Large animals / 20h Equine Clinics / 20h INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND THE MEDICAL RECORD Herd Health Special pathology and poultry diseases / 8h Individual Animals Basic Clinical Theory, small animals/16h Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology/6h HUMAN ANIMAL BOND Behaviour Applied Ethology/ 40h Animal Welfare Veterinary Ethics and Philosophy of Science/ 30 h Euthanasia and Grief Counselling Medicine, Surgery & Reproduction, small & Large animals/ 10 h Practical herd health consulting and meat inspection/ 41h Veterinary jurisprudence and assessment of animal welfare/ 13h General Clinical Practice, small & large animals/ 60h Veterinary jurisprudence and assessment of animal welfare/13 h Herd Health Consultancy and Vet. Public Health track / 56h Herd-health / 41h Basic Clinical Theory, small animals/ 8 h Veterinary jurisprudence and assessment of animal welfare/ 40h Basic Clinical Theory, small animals 2h General Clinical Practice, small animals/ 10h General Clinical Practice, small and large animals/ 20h General Clinical Practice, small and Large animals/ 18h Herd-health and public health-1/ 10 h Practical herd health consulting and meat inspection/ 10h Practical herd health consulting and meat inspection/ 21h Equine track: 40 h EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ZOONOSES Regulatory Principles Epidemiology Animals & the Environment Veterinary jurisprudence and assessment of animal welfare/ 56 h Biostatistics and epidemiology/ 100h Herd-health and public health/ 16h Herd-health and public health-1/ 21h 38 Herd Health Consultancy and Veterinary Public Health tarck/ 8h Practical herd health consulting and meat inspection/ 10h Veterinary jurisprudence and assessment of animal welfare/ 13h Herd Health Consultancy and Vet. Public Health Track/ 8h FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Zoonoses Infection microbiology/ 50h Special pathology and poultry diseases/ 100 h Herd Health Consultancy and Veterinary Public Health Track/ 8h Veterinary jurisprudence and assessment of animal welfare/ 13h Food Safety Microbial food safety/ 140h Herd Health Consultancy and Veterinary Public Health/ 8h Veterinary jurisprudence and assessment of animal welfare/ 13 h Veterinary Genetics, 135h Cytology & Basic Histology / 42 h Infectious Microbiology /10 h Herd-health and public health-1/ 5h Veterinary Jurisprudence / 5h Herd-health and public health-1/ 10h Practical herd health consulting and meat inspection/ 82h Infection microbiology/ 8 h Career knowledge/options Veterinary Ethics and Philosophy of Science / 10h Professional behaviour Veterinary Ethics and Philosophy of Science /10h Ethics Veterinary Ethics and Philosophy of Science /10h Communication Basic clinical theory, small animals 2h Medicine, surgery & reproduction, small animals/ 8 h General Clinical practice, Companion Animals/4h Medicine, surgery & reproduction, companion animals/ 8h Emergency, obstetrics, critical care & clinical anaesthesiology/ 30h Medicine, surgery & reproduction, small animals/ 8h Business and Practice Management Medicine, surgery & reproduction, small animals/ 8h Notifiable Diseases Molecular and Cell Biology Biosecurity Special pathology and poultry diseases/ 50 h Veterinary chemistry and Biochemistry/ 50 h Medicine, Surgery & Reproduction, small & large animals/ 10h Immunology, general pathology and pathophysiology/ 100 h General Clinical Practice, Large Animals and Companion Animals/ 16h PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Medicine, surgery & reproduction, small animals/ 8h General Clinical practice, Companion and Large Animals/10h General Clinical practice, Companion and Large Animals/10h General Clinical Practice, Companion Animals/20h Herd Health Consultancy and Veterinary Public Health Track/ 12h General Clinical practice, Companion Animals/4h CLINICAL TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS History and physical exam Hands-on clinical procedures (catheter placement, nasogastric intubation) Necropsy Small and Large animal medicine, surgery and reproduction/ 50h Small and large animal medicine, surgery and reproduction/ 50h Emergency, obstetrics, critical care & clinical anaesthesiology/ 30h Emergency, obstetrics, critical care & clinical anaesthesiology/ 30h General clinical practice, Companion and large animals/ 100h General clinical practice, Large and Companion animals/ 100 h Special pathology and poultry diseases/ 200h General Clinical Practice Companion and Large Animals/10 h Emergency, obstetrics, critical care & clinical anaesthesiology/ 10h Herd Health Consultancy and Veterinary Public Health Track/ 4h Please note: The number of hours - for each curricular content - is based on hours of teaching activities plus hours of self-study. This is because the ECTS credit system used at the universities dictates that 1 credit equals 27.5 hours including time for self-study. As a rule of thumb, teaching activities comprise approx. 50% of the total time. For some courses, a detailed teaching plan has not yet been prepared and hence, the numbers reported represent a rough estimate only. 39 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 10. RESEARCH PROGRAMS Year 2013 IKVH IPH IVS Other Unit College total Number of faculty Number of faculty involved in research Number of research faculty involved in delivering the professional curriculum Total research FTE Number of original, peerreviewed research publications* Number of original book chapters 51 45 56 51 45 55 45 36 50 51 40 53 122 119 273 2 2 10 152 151 131 144 514 14 * Journal articles; total amount of peer reviewed publications is 648 in 2013 Extramurally-sponsored federal grants Extramurally-sponsored state Grants Extramurally-sponsored private Contracts Patents Number 0 Value 0 Number 20 Value 17,000,000 DKK Number 13 Value 4,000,000 Number 0 IPH 0 0 22 19,347,946 DKK 15 4,044,544 DKK 1 IVS 1 7,569,164 DKK 20 38,125,962 DKK 36 15,843,889 DKK 0 1 7,569,164 DKK 62 74,473,908 DKK 64 23,888,433 DKK 1 IKVH Other Unit College total Number of students in funded & unfunded research projects* Number of peer reviewed publications in which DVM students are authors/co-authors Number of veterinary medical students in a joint DVM/graduate academic program PhD Master‟s (or equivalent) (or equivalent) Year 2013 141 0 0 0 Year 2012 Year 2011 134 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 * Number of master thesis approved at the three institutes 40 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 11. OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT In appendix 11.A below, examples of competence matrices for the nine AVMA competences are listed illustrating how the intended learning goals and assessments of MSc-courses feeds into the EAEVE and AVMA competencies. The complete BSc- and MSc-course competence matrices in relation to the AVMAcompetences and EAEVE Day 1 competencies can be found on the VETSCHOOL website. 1. Comprehensive patient diagnosis (problem solving skills), appropriate use of clinical laboratory testing, and record management Problem solving skills in relation to the veterinary profession is part of the learning outcomes in almost all courses throughout the programs. However, patient diagnosis is mainly a specific focus on the last year of the bachelor program (e.g. Special Pathology and Poultry diseases and Companion Animal and Large Animal Basic clinical theory courses), and continues throughout the MSc program, e.g. with practical clinical training in Problem Orientated Medical Recording at the first semester courses Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction, Companion and Large Animals, followed by hands-on clinical case work in the core clinical rotations at the 2nd and 3rd semester: “Veterinary Paraclinics” (clinical pathology), “Veterinary Imaging”, “Veterinary Emergency, obstetrics, critical care & clinical anesthesiology”, “Practical Herd Health Consultancy” and “General Clinical Practice, companion animals and large animals”. Finally, the final year elective clinical courses in Companion Animals, Equine Clinic, Herd Health, Biomedicine and One-Health further enhance students‟ competences within patient diagnosis and problem solving. 2. Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated. “Treatment planning” as skill is trained and assessed mainly at first semester clinical MSc-courses “Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction (MSR), Small Animal” and ”MSR, Large Animal” and the core clinical rotation courses “Emergency, obstetrics, critical care, clinical anesthesiology” and “General clinical practice, Large animals and companion animals”. However, also the MSc- course “Veterinary jurisprudence and animal welfare assessment” contributes to these competences through case-based assignments and practical exercises regarding veterinary handling of notifiable contagious diseases and animal welfare hazards. Furthermore, the skill is a key element not only in the elective clinical courses “Companion Animals, Equine Clinic”, but also in the elective course on “Herd Health” where the skill is trained on the herd / population level rather than single animal level. Finally, the BSc-courses “Basic clinical theory, small animals and large animals”, both teach and assess the basic theoretical aspects of the skill. 3. Anesthesia and pain management, patient welfare. The competences regarding anesthesia, pain management and patient welfare are an integral part of many of the clinical MSc-courses. Students practice basic surgical skills and anesthesia on (anesthetized) research pigs on “Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction, Large Animals”, and further enhance these skills at the core clinical rotation courses “Emergency, obstetrics, critical care, clinical anesthesiology”, “General clinical practice, large animals and companion animals” and the elective courses “Companion Animals”, “Equine Clinic” and “Biomedicine”. Patient welfare as “Animal welfare assessment and supervision” is a key outcome of the MSc-course on “Veterinary jurisprudence and animal welfare assessment”. At the BSCcourse “Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology” students obtain comprehensive theoretical knowledge about the use of anesthetics and pain killers in domestic animals as well as basic practical skills in relation to anesthesia and pain management of laboratory animals. Subsequently, after passing the “Basic clinical Theory, small and large animal” BSc-courses, students will be able to discuss the need for and ethical aspects of anesthesia and analgesia in animals, and explain how to monitor anesthetized animals. 4. Basic surgery skills, experience, and case management Surgical skills are trained and assessed within the MSc-program. Firstly, students get basic surgical skills training at the Skills Lab and subsequent on anesthetized research pigs at the “Medical, Surgery and Reproduction, Small Animal and Large Animal” courses. Subsequent, students improve surgical skills (minor surgery, castrations, neutralizations, explorative laparotomies) and get surgical case experiences on large and companion animals as part of their clinical core rotations “Emergency, obstetrics, critical care, clinical anesthesiology” and “General clinical practice, Large Animals and Companion Animals”. Students 41 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN attending the elective tracking courses “Equine Clinic, Advanced Companion Animals and Biomedicine” will further develop these skills on more advanced surgery of the respective professional areas. Naturally, students‟ outcomes from the basic veterinary science BSc-courses, e.g. Basic Clinical Theory, Companion Animal and Large Animal, Anatomy & Physiology 1 and 2 and Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology contributes with fundamental knowledge to these the surgery skills. 5. Basic medicine skills, experience, and case management. Students are introduced to basic theoretical medicine skills during the final year of the BSc-program at the “Basic clinical Theory, small and large animal”-courses. The practical clinical skills are directly gathered during the clinical core rotations “Emergency, obstetrics, critical care, clinical anesthesiology”, “General clinical practice, Large Animals and companion animals”, “Veterinary Imaging” and “Veterinary Paraclinics” (i.e. clinical pathology). Students‟ outcomes from the basic veterinary science BSc-courses e.g. Anatomy & Physiology 1 and 2, Immunology, General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology and Special Pathology and Poultry Diseases - contribute with fundamental knowledge to the medicine skills. Students enrolled on the elective tracking courses “Advanced Companion Animals”, “Equine Clinic”, “Biomedicine” and “Herd Health” will further develop these skills in relation to the animal species in focus at the course. 6. Emergency and intensive care case management. These aspects of the medicine, surgery and obstetric skills are explicitly trained and assessed during the clinical core rotation course “Emergency, obstetrics, critical care, clinical anesthesiology” and supported by the clinical skills that are assessed in the other core MSc-courses: “General clinical practice, large animals and companion animals”, “Veterinary Imaging” and “Veterinary Paraclinics”. Students enrolled on the elective courses Companion Animals, Equine Clinic, Biomedicine will further develop these skills on the particular animal species in focus at the course. 7. Health promotion, disease prevention/biosecurity, zoonosis, and food safety. These skills are comprehensively trained and assessed within courses on the second and third year of the BSc program. Courses as “Infections Microbiology”, “Microbial Food Safety”, “Herd Health” and “Public Health” and “Special Pathology and Poultry Diseases” explicitly address skills directed towards professional disciplines, both in theory and through practical exercises. Furthermore, disease risk analysis is trained in Basic statistics and Epidemiology and herd health and health hazards related to inbreeding or specific breeding programs are part of the learning outcomes of “Veterinary Genetics and Animal Breeding”. Biosecurity and disease prevention learning goals are integrated in the clinical BSc-courses “Basic Clinical Theory, small and large animals”, as well as the clinical core rotations courses “General Clinical Practice, Companion Animals and Large Animals”. At the MSc-program, the practical aspects of the present competences are in focus at the core rotation course “Practical Herd Health Consultancy & Meat inspection”. Finally, students enrolled at the elective tracking modules “Herd Health Consultancy and Veterinary Public Health and One Health” or “Herd Health Consultancy and Veterinary Public Health and Herd Health” will be further trained and assessed in the present skills either in relation to One Health or Herd Health. 8. Client communications and ethical conduct. In the BSc program, professional communication skills are part of the learning outcomes of several courses, e.g. Anatomy & Physiology, Microbial Food Safety in relation to cognition and use of veterinary terminology in intercollegial communication as well as in client communication. Client communication skills in a clinical context are specifically introduced and a part of learning outcomes of the final year BSccourse Basic Clinical Theory, Companion animals. At the MSc-program, these skills are further developed. At the first semester core courses Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction, Companion Animals two days of exercises are devoted to client communication and professional conduct and during the course in both Companion and Large Animals, students are trained in obtaining and recording clinical history and disseminating clinical information to both colleagues and 42 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN clients. Subsequently, students‟ communicative skills are trained and assessed in a real clinical context in the ambulatory clinic of the Companion Animal Hospital during the core rotation course General Clinical Practice, Companion Animals. In addition, communication (and practice management) is a primary focus of in the students‟ assignments (portfolio and reflective essay) during the extra-mural internships at the former rotation and at the core rotation in General Clinical Practice, Large Animals. Students are introduced to professional ethical conduct in a societal context at the very first course of the BSc-program, Veterinary Ethics and Science Theory, where it is assessed as a part of the written assignments and oral examination. Later at the final BSc-year, ethical conduct is discussed in clinical contexts as an important part of the learning outcomes of both Basic Clinical Theory courses. At the MScprogram, ethical conduct as client communication is an integral part of the clinical core rotation courses and all elective courses (see above). Client communication and ethical conduct are also part of the learning outcomes of all elective clinical as well as public health courses of the last year of MSc-program. 9. Critical analysis of new information and research findings relevant to veterinary medicine. Students are introduced to these skills in Veterinary Ethics and Science Theory including the possibilities and limitations of various scientific methods and how to evaluate the quality of different sources. Being able to identify scientific methods and good scientific practice is a part of students learning outcomes that is assessed at the summative course exam. Later on the last year of the BSc- program, evidence based medicine is discussed as a part of the Large Animal Basic Clinical Theory Course. Subsequently, evidence based medicine is an integral part of the Medicine, Surgery and reproduction Companion and Large Animal courses and the clinical core rotations General Clinical Practice, Large Animals and Companion Animals as well as all elective courses where students are expected to include and discuss new information and research findings in relation to their clinical cases and various project works. Two program activities are explicitly designed to promote and assess student outcomes in relation to this competency, namely the BSc-project (10 ECTS) and the MSc thesis (30 ECTS). The former comprises writing of a scientific literature review (in journal format) based on a self-chosen research question within a veterinary scientific topic and a subsequent oral presentation and examination of the work. The MSc-thesis represents a minor independent research project within the area of veterinary medicine, including a literature review, experimental work and/or novel analysis of raw scientific data, discussion and conclusion. The thesis work must be written in a scientific article form and subsequently presented and defended orally. All thesis work is published electronically by the University Library. 43 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 11-A: AVMA CORE COMPETENCE 1: COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT DIAGNOSIS (PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS), APPROPRIATE USE OF CLINICAL LABORATORY TESTING, AND RECORD MANAGEMENT For each course, included in the curriculum, we have made a matrix showing how learning outcomes and evaluation of courses meet the different AVMA course competencies. We have here included the matrix for core competency 1 and how it relates to the BSc courses. Matrices for each of the nine AVMA core competences, for both BSc and MSc courses, can be found here. Excerpts from the overall program outcomes of the BSc-program Summarize the basic laws, theories, methods, principles, structures and/or mechanisms within the disciplines of the education. Describe and understand domestic animals normal anatomical structure and physiological functions at both the cellular level as well as the animal as a whole. Explain and classify general clinical and pathological findings, lesions and parameters, including describing the overall etiology, pathogenesis and pathology of the most common medical conditions in domestic mammals, poultry and fish in Denmark. Conduct microscopy and dissection and perform basic (bio)chemical, molecular biological, microbiological and parasitological analyses. Manage small and large animals in accordance with relevant safety regulations and in accordance with current legislation, as well as assess their general health status Explain and reflect on the principles of systematic, problem-oriented medical approach to clinical manifestations of disease. Perform basic diagnostic tests on specimens collected from animals and animal source foods, and analyze and evaluate the results. Perform basic elements of a clinical examination. BSc-courses supporting competence 1 Intended course outcomes Formative assessment and final approval (e.g. course certificate) Active course participation SVEB13386/SVEB13387 Anatomy & Physiology 1/2 SVEK13005 Animal Nutrition SVEB13003 Basic Statistics and Epidemiology Summative exam Course assignments Apply practical knowledge about gross anatomy and special histology, including practical training in dissection and microscopy, and the function of organs as a basis for acquiring additional necessary information for surgical and medical interventions as well as pathological findings Knowledge about practical physiological measurements as taught in student exercises Describe basic principles regarding determination of nutrient requirements for healthy and sick animals x Utilize nutritional and feeding principles, terminology and methods for the assessment of standard diet plans, diets and correlation between nutrition and disease Assess feeds usefulness for livestock x Ability to perform calculations regarding the validity of diagnostic tests x 44 x x FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN BSc-courses supporting competence 1 SVEB10403 Special Pathology and Poultry Diseases SVEB13007 Applied Ethology SVEB13009 Basic Clinical Theory, Companion Animals Intended course outcomes Active course participation Course assignments x x Discuss specimens and perform appropriate diagnostic methods in clinical practice, as well as suggest relevant further studies. Explain the causes of pathological changes Explain the individual organ systems response patterns to injury Explain pathological reaction methods morphological expression, macroscopically as well as histologically, in relation to the pathophysiological mechanisms Assess and explain pathological changes in cells, tissues, organs and organ systems on a macroscopic and microscopic level, for commonly occurring diseases in domestic mammals in Denmark Perform section on and prepare organs from domestic animals for necropsy in order to evaluate lesions and reactions in the organs Assess lesions and reactions in cells, tissues, organs and organ systems of domestic animals on a macroscopic and microscopic level, in order to investigate etiology/cause, pathogenesis, complications, differential diagnosis and pathological diagnosis To be able to apply methods, principles and concepts within the discipline of poultry diseases for the evaluation of clinical manifestations and post mortem findings. Based on the evaluation, and additional laboratory tests and epidemiological data, to be able to carry out diagnosing and advisory activities including the suggestion of relevant measures to solve specific problems Perform pathoanatomical diagnostics in domestic animals and poultry. Evaluate the total necropsy findings and from these and related data make disease diagnosis. Explain basic conditions regarding lesions and reactions in each organ’s cells and tissues in mammals and poultry Apply knowledge of animal behaviour to solve problems, including problems relating to the keeping and use of animals Describe normal behaviour and possible behavioural problems in different animal species Demonstrate comprehensive overview in the principles of basic medical and surgical examination methods and diagnostics in companion animals Explain the four recurring phases of action in the approach to patients in small animal practice using the method approach of POMR 45 Summative exam x x x x x x x x x x x x x x FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN BSc-courses supporting competence 1 Intended course outcomes SVEB13010 Basic Clinical Theory, Large Animals Demonstrate comprehensive overview in the principles of basic medical and surgical examination methods and diagnostics in large animals Acquire skills in the safe handling of and dealings with large domestic animals, orthopaedic anatomy as well as principles for practical lameness diagnosis in horses and cattle Explain the principles of basic medical and surgical examination methodology and diagnostics Utilize clinical examination to assess animals’ health SVEB10408U Herd Health and Public Health Evaluate selected clinical findings and – parameters Identify the main enzootic and exotic diseases in pigs and fish Apply simple quantitative and qualitative methods to analysis herds’ production and health Interpret simple analyses of herd data Evaluate problems regarding disease ethology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy and prophylaxis in pigs and fish 46 Active course participation Course assignments Summative exam x x x x x x x x x FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 11-B: Actions taken based on recommendations from AVMA Consultative Site Visit, June 14-18, 2009 AVMA 2009 Recommendations 1. Organization Actions taken Responsible Time limit Fulfilled Prior to seeking a site visit the veterinary faculty must provide evidence that the Dean or chief executive officer is a veterinarian and that the veterinary program has the same recognition, status, and autonomy as other professional colleges in the institution Establishment of Schools or Colleges within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (HEALTH), including School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science headed by a veterinarian and comprising 3 veterinary departments headed by veterinarians, a study board (curriculum board) and admission committee, all headed by veterinarians Dean A solution became possible with the fusion of the veterinary departments at Faculty of LIFEsciences into HEALTH in 2012 Yes A plan must be developed to ensure existing bovine, equine, and small animal isolation facilities are used in accordance with generally accepted isolation methods and appropriate protocols must be posted Immediate establishment of new isolation protocols and procedures to ensure proper isolation of patients within present facilities. Hospital Director Prior to next AVMA visit Yes Location of the isolation facility in the new small animal hospital should be reevaluated A plan for building of new isolation facility at the Small Animal Hospital has been established Head of Department and Hospital Director Prior to next AVMA visit Yes Appropriate exit signage must be placed in the large histology laboratories on the fourth floor of the anatomy building Placing appropriate signs according to Danish work environment legislation at location Head of Department Safety Committee June 2009 Yes Policies and procedures must be developed to ensure personnel safety through restricted access to addictive and dangerous drugs Re-inspection of all facilities and protocols related to additive and dangerous drugs (narcotics and benzodiazepines). Establishment of separate locked facilities/cupboards for stocks and containers in use with restricted access and a logging system Hospitals Director Prior to next AVMA visit Yes 3. Physical Facilities and Equipment 47 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Suggestion to improve the Action taken curriculum 4. Clinical Resources Responsible Time limit Fulfilled The program should develop methods to increase the amount of student involvement in health care management of large animals (official patient records, client interaction) to enhance student learning A) Establishment of electronic medical recording system allowing students to write in the patient records B) Implementation of compulsory externship in private practice with focus on communication and practice management A) Head of Department Prior to next AVMA visit Yes Putting up a “mail box” outside Students Service Center at Frederiksberg Campus Student Service Center Spring, 2010 Yes Initiation of investigation of the effect Quota 1 (pure academic) and Quota 2 (test + interview) admission procedures on students‟ study performance and carrier choice after graduation to make evidence based adjustments of admission procedures Establishment of an Admission Committee Head of Studies 2016 In progress Study Board 2012 Yes The program must implement plans to collect and analyse assessments of educational preparedness and employment satisfaction of new graduates and alumni Regular outcomes survey among newly graduates 2010 Yes The college must develop and implement a method to determine employer satisfaction with graduates Regular outcomes survey among employers Evaluation unit, Dept of Studies and Students in collaboration with Head of Studies Evaluation unit, Dept. of Studies and Students in collaboration with Head of Studies 2014 Yes B) Study Board 6. Students A system for anonymous student comment regarding compliance with the COE standards of accreditation must be developed As no one have used the “mail box” for anonymous comments, VETSCHOOL has also established an on-line anonymous mail-box on educational website in November 2014 7. Admission Other factors in addition to academic achievement should be used for selection of all incoming students A distinct committee responsible for admission policies and procedures, which includes a majority of faculty members, should be designated 11. Outcomes assessment 48 FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN VETSCHOOL SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND ANIMAL SCIENCE AVMA COE Accreditation 2015 Appendices