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   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
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Not required
References
Not required
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
2:00-5:00 p.m. on workdays (make an appointment in advance by e-mail)
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/22/2022 10:38:41 AM