Course title
獣医学概論   [Introduction of Veterinary Medicine]
Course category	courses for the doctral program	Requirement		Credit	2
Department	Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering	Year	～	Semester	1st
Course type	1st	Course code	148301
Instructor(s)
田中 あかね   [TANAKA Akane]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office	afjgxte/L1151	Email address

Course description

Veterinary medicine no longer is intended merely to prevent, diagnose and cure non-human animals’ diseases, but has evolved into a discipline that takes into account animals’ contact with humans. In this course, students will be helped understand what discipline veterinary medicine is in the modern world, and taught relevant basic knowledge including its contributions and significance to paramedical and translational medicine.

Expected Learning

Understanding of general knowledge on veterinary medicine and ethical problems posed to veterinarians.

Course schedule

1) Humans, health and veterinary medicine (1) What is veterinary medicine? (2) Zoonosis (3) Farm animals 2) Veterinary medicine, a multi-faceted science (1) Control and protection of wild animals (2) Bioethics (3) Utility of disease models 3) Clinical veterinary medicine (1) Humans, health and veterinary medicine (2) Translational medicine (3) Evidence-based medicine

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Assessment/Grading

The minimum total point of examination results for success is 60. (Note) The attendance at 80% or more of the classes given is required, and the failure to meet this requirement would invite F irrespective of examination results. No reexamination will be given.

Message from instructor(s)

Students are expected to study in depth the broad coverage of modern veterinary medcine and its contributions to human medicine.

Course keywords

Veterinarian, disease model, paramedical

Office hours

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Lecture Language

Japanese

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Last update

3/12/2021 1:12:45 PM