Veterinary Medical Semiotics and Legal Medicine

The aim of the Course of Veterinary Medical Semiotics, Laboratory Investigation and Diagnostic Imaging of Large and Small Animal is to direct the Student to research and to recognize general and particular signs and symptoms of a disease, in order to prepare him/her for clinical reasoning also with the help of laboratory investigations and diagnostic imaging.
The course should also provide guidance to the Student in the field of Veterinary Legal Medicine and Veterinary Legislation governing the veterinary profession as well as in the field of the civil, criminal and administrative law, of  ethic and deontology of the legal issues of the national and European rules concerning feed and food law, and animal welfare.

1) Knowledge and understanding: the student shall prove to be able to collect the patient's anamnestic data, to be able to restrain and manage it, and perform a general and particular clinical examination of the different systems (General Objective Examination, Particular Objective Examination) methodologically and analytically. The student shall also prove to be able to sample, store and transport biological samples and to interpret the results of the most common laboratory tests and to be able to interpret an ultrasound examination. The Student shall also acquire knowledge of the Law and Veterinary Legislation principles, governing the role and the responsibility of both the Public Veterinarian and the Veterinary Practitioner, understanding the professional ethics and deontology.
2) Ability to apply Knowledge and understanding: the student shall demonstrate the knowledge needed to correlate the clinical findings with the ancillary tests, as well as being able to apply the legislation to his/her own professional activity.
3)Autonomy of judgment: the student shall prove to be able to examine and interpret critically the information acquired during the frontal classes as well as during the practical lessons and those written on the recommended texts.
4) Communication skills: Student shall prove to be able to communicate his/her knowledge by using appropriate terminology during the frontal classes, the practical lessons and the practical test.