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General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: 1. To train highly qualified veterinary surgeons who know Lithuanian and EU legal acts regulating veterinary activities, and to provide them with sufficient scientific knowledge and skills on which veterinary activities are based. 2. To provide knowledge about the body structure, functions, behaviour and physiological needs of animals and animal welfare. 3. To develop special clinical, epidemiological and analytical skills required for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of animal diseases, including first aid, anaesthesia and painless killing, and specific knowledge of diseases that can be transmitted to humans. 4. To provide knowledge of food hygiene and technologies related to the production and placing on the market of animal feed or food of animal origin for human consumption, including the skills and competences needed to understand and disseminate good practice in this field. 5. To develop the skills and abilities required for ensuring of animal rearing, nutrition, welfare, reproduction and veterinary hygiene, biosafety and biosecurity. 6. To provide the knowledge, skills and competences necessary for the responsible and safe prescribing, dispensing, use of veterinary medicinal products in the treatment of animals and for ensuring the safety of the food chain and the protection of the environment. 7. To develop creative, scientific and critical thinking and the ability to maintain sufficient professional competence through lifelong learning Learning outcomes: The study outcomes of the program include such outcome groups as knowledge, understanding and application, research skills, social, personal and special skills. The results of the program are
presented here: https://lsmu.lt/wp-content/uploads/VM_studiju-rezultatai.pdf Activities of teaching and learning: The teaching of the subjects is based on the transfer of knowledge to develop skills that allow the student to understand and acquire professional skills based on fundamental veterinary knowledge closely linked to the constantly changing latest achievements in veterinary science. In addition to traditional theoretical methods (lectures, seminars) aimed at acquiring more fundamental knowledge, the studies are dominated by active teaching/learning methods, students work in small groups to acquire teamwork and cooperation skills, perform and simulate real veterinary cases and situations using simulations and mannequins. Active learning methods related to clinical practice prevail during clinical studies. Students acquire clinical skills during practical work by working with animal material, carcasses or carcasses, performing tasks at the workplace with the patient in animal clinics of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (taking anamnesis, interpreting research results, prescribing and dosing drugs, performing injections, dressing wounds, performing simple operations under supervision for the teacher, mini clinical tasks (English - mini clinical tasks) etc.), in animal farms, slaughterhouses, external practice bases. Self-study stimulating methods such as reflection, case analysis, coursework, etc. are applied. All students carry out scientific-research activities while preparing final master's theses. Methods of student achievement assessment: Student achievement methods used in the program are based on the concept of lifelong learning, promote continuous professional development, are effective and diverse, and motivate students to rationally use their own and teachers' time and material resources. The specificity of the study methods depends on the purpose of the subject (module), and the methods of assessing student achievements correspond to the expected study results defined in the subject (module) program and are compatible with the content and methods of the study subject (module). Student achievements are assessed using diagnostic (used to assess the student's initial level of knowledge and abilities), formative (in parts of the program where practical skills, solving clinical problems are important) and summative (sums up and summarizes student achievements and acquired
study results, shows their level, encourages students be active throughout the study process.) evaluation methods. The cumulative score is part of the summative assessment and must be at least 50%. final exam grade. Depending on the subject and expected study results and competences, different assessment forms are used for the assessment of achievements: written exam, colloquium, assessment of laboratory or practical work, test, case analysis, reflections, coursework, internship report and its defense, qualification exam, final work and its defense, self-evaluation, mini clinical assessment, direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS). During the rotation, the student fills in the rotation diary, registers patients and acquired competences, writes a reflection and reports in practice. For practice evaluation, the student fills in the patient registration log and writes a report, which is evaluated by the commission. The final work is reviewed and defended publicly in the committee. The level of professional preparation of students graduating from the program, the degree of independence, the ability to apply specialized knowledge, the skills required to obtain the qualification of a veterinarian are assessed by conducting an objective structured clinical examination (OSKE). Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: The program is implemented through modules or subjects divided into groups. Modules combine several interrelated things. The consistency of the sequence and integration of the subjects is justified horizontal and partly vertical connections and sequence of the content of study subjects. It allows for students to acquire the knowledge and abilities provided for in the VM program, creates optimal conditions correctly to understand organ systems and processes and their interrelationships and effectively grasp their essence. Clinical studies are more focused on teaching by animal species and are vertically integrated with general science subjects such as anatomy, histology, general pharmacology, biochemistry, pathology etc. In semesters 1-2, students study the main subjects: medical physics, chemistry, animal biology, zoology and cell biology, biology of fodder and toxic plants, biomedical statistics, language of the specialty, introduction to the profession and information literacy. The subjects of basic
veterinary sciences are studied in parallel, which continue in semesters 1-6: anatomy, histology and embryology, physiology, veterinary biochemistry, general and molecular genetics, agronomy, animal hygiene, pharmacology, pharmacy and pharmacotherapy, pathology, toxicology, parasitology, microbiology, virology, immunology, epidemiology, professional ethics and communication, economics and management, animal ethology and welfare, animal nutrition. Animal production subjects, including animal husbandry, breeding and husbandry and herd management, are studied in 2-3 semesters. External pre-clinical practices start from the 4th semester. Clinical studies begin in the 5th semester by studying propaedeutics and continue until the 12th semester, while acquiring practical skills in obstetrics, reproduction, clinical pathology, clinical pharmacy, anesthesiology, surgery, preventive medicine, imaging diagnostics, pet therapy, performing clinical rotations in clinics of the veterinary faculty and practice at external bases. The subject group Food Safety and Quality, Public Health and the Vienna Health Concept is taught in semesters 9-12 and covers subjects such as veterinary law including official control, forensic veterinary medicine and certification, public health, control of food, feed and animal by-products, zoonoses, food hygiene, microbiology and technology. In these semesters, external clinical practice is also held, final work is prepared and preparation for the qualification exam is carried out. Specializations: - Optional courses: All students of the program have equal opportunities to participate in international mobility programs and projects (Erasmus+, etc.) and to go abroad for 3-12 months. for the period of study to higher education institutions in Europe and other countries with which inter-institutional agreements have been signed, and/or 2-12 months. for the internship period to the chosen institution/company of a foreign country. In each semester, there are groups of study subjects freely chosen by the student, which allow for the purposeful formation of the student's knowledge and abilities in order to achieve the specificity of education. Distinctive features of a study programme: Relevant and unique program results. The consistency of the teaching sequence and integration of subjects is based on the horizontal and partly vertica
content of the study subjects. The modern infrastructure of the University and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine provides opportunities for students to conduct complex scientific research in the field of veterinary science and to prepare high-level master's theses, and to publish the obtained results in high-level scientific journals. Graduates are in demand on the labor market, and their employment is within 3-12 months is high. Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: The areas of professional activity of a veterinarian include the theoretical and practical competencies of animal disease prevention, detection and treatment and nursing, food safety and control, epidemiology of animal infectious diseases, organization of veterinary activities, conducting scientific research and consulting on veterinary activities, and veterinary pharmaceutical activities. Graduates of the program can work in the public and private veterinary sector, engage in pharmacy field. Access to further study: Graduates can continue their studies in Veterinary Medicine Residency (16 programs are offered) and/or PhD studies
