SCTV660 – Preventative Health and Disease Management
Module code
SCTV660
Module title
Preventative Health and Disease Management
Prescription
To demonstrate knowledge of preventative health and disease management programs in companion animals, companion animal dentistry and perform basic companion animal dentistry procedures
Students will: be able to develop health programmes for special needs patients; assist with their treatment and monitor their condition; understand the requirements of barrier nursing and isolation in an epidemic situation as well as vaccination programmes and their role in disease control in companion animals. Understand the holistic approach to disease management
Students completing this module will: perform basic veterinary dentistry procedures; have knowledge of common complications, requiring referral of the patient to the veterinarian and the need to consider special precautions in some patients; develop a preventative oral hygiene plan for cats and dogs and be able to set up and maintain common veterinary dentistry equipment.
Programmes
- SC1002
NZQA Level
Level 6
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Not Web enabled
Learning hours
- Directed hours
- 75
- Self directed hours
- 75
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- Learning Outcomes:
1.Develop preventative health programs for common companion animal diseases.
2.Explain methods to assist with the treatment and monitoring of common companion animal diseases.
3.Evaluate the need for barrier nursing and isolation procedures with infectious diseases and implement as required.
4.Perform a dental exam and basic scale and polish.
5.Describe types of common dentistry conditions where special precautions or procedures need to be considered.
6.Demonstrate the setting up of dental equipment and design a maintenance plan.
7.Detail nutritional support in common companion animal diseases. - Content
- - Development of basic companion animal health programs, including vaccination programmes
- Monitoring of basic companion animal health programmes
- Barrier nursing and isolation procedures
- Dental equipment setup
- Basic scale and polish
- Dental equipment maintenance
- Preventative oral hygiene plan. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- - Formal lectures and tutorials
- Practical surgery sessions
- Work experience - Learning and Teaching Resource
- An extended reading list will be supplied by the lecturer at commencement of the module. This will be updated annually
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment Criteria: Achievement-based.
Students must attain an overall grade of 50 to pass this module.
