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UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Lublin

SELF-EVALUATION

REPORT

MAY 2011

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Table of contents CHAPTER 1 OBJECTIVES............................................................................................. 7 1.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION............................................................................................ 8 1.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................... 12 1.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER 2 ORGANISATION .................................................................................... 15 2.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION.......................................................................................... 16 2.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................... 23 2.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 3 FINANCES ................................................................................................ 25 3.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION.......................................................................................... 26

3.1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................... 26 3.1.2 INFORMATION ON EXTRA INCOME ................................................................... 28 3.1.3 OVERVIEW INCOME (REVENUE) AND EXPENDITURE .................................. 29

3.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................... 30 3.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................... 31 CHAPTER 4 CURRICULUM......................................................................................... 33 4.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION.......................................................................................... 34

4.1.1 POWER OF SUBJECTS AND TYPES OF TRAINING ........................................... 39 4.1.1.1 POWER OF SUBJECT........................................................................................ 39 4.1.1.2 TYPES OF TRAINING ....................................................................................... 43

4.1.2 UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM FOLLOWED BY ALL STUDENTS .......................................................................................................... 44

4.1.2.1 CURRICULUM HOURS..................................................................................... 44 4.1.3 FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CURRICULUM .......................................... 51 4.1.4 OBLIGATORY EXTRAMURAL WORK................................................................. 55 4.1.5 SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE PRACTICAL TRAINING IN FOOD HYGIENE/PUBLIC HEALTH........................................................................... 57 4.1.6 RATIOS ...................................................................................................................... 60

4.1.6.1 GENERAL INDICATORS TYPES OF TRAINING .......................................... 60 4.1.6.2 SPECIAL INDICATORS OF TRAINING IN FOOD HYGIENE/ PUBLIC HEALTH....................................................................................... 61

4.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................... 62 4.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................... 63 CHAPTER 5 TEACHING AND LEARNING: QUALITY AND EVALUATION..................................................................................................................... 65 5.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION.......................................................................................... 66

5.1.1 THE TEACHING PROGRAMME............................................................................. 66 5.1.2 THE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................... 76 5.1.3 THE EXAMINATION SYSTEM............................................................................... 78 5.1.4 EVALUATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ................................................ 80 5.1.5 STUDENT’S WELFARE ........................................................................................... 82

5.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................... 86 5.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................... 89 CHAPTER 6 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT ....................................................... 93 6.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION.......................................................................................... 94

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6.1.1 PREMISES IN GENERAL......................................................................................... 94 6.1.2 PREMISES USED FOR CLINICS AND HOSPITALISATION ............................... 94 6.1.3 PREMISES FOR ANIMALS...................................................................................... 96 6.1.4 PREMISES USED FOR THEORETICAL, PRACTICAL AND SUPERVISED TEACHING....................................................................................... 98 6.1.5 DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES AND CLINICAL SUPPORT SERVICES ...................................................................................................... 106 6.1.6 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FACILITIES ....................................................................... 112 6.1.7 FOODSTUFF PROCESSING UNIT ........................................................................ 113 6.1.8 WASTE MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................... 113 6.1.9 FUTURE CHANGES ............................................................................................... 114

6.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................. 115 6.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................. 116 CHAPTER 7 ANIMALS AND TEACHING MATERIAL OF ANIMAL ORIGIN ..................................................................................................... 119 7.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION........................................................................................ 120

7.1.1 ANATOMY .............................................................................................................. 120 7.1.3 ANIMAL PRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 122 7.1.4 FOOD HYGIENE/PUBLIC HEATH ....................................................................... 122 7.1.5 CONSULTATIONS AND PATIENT FLOW SERVICES ..................................... 124

7.1.5.1. Consultation ...................................................................................................... 124 7.1.5.2. Patient Flow....................................................................................................... 124

7.1.6 VEHICLES FOR ANIMAL TRANSPORT ............................................................. 125 7.1.7 ON-CALL EMERGENCY SERVICE...................................................................... 126 7.1.8 ON FARM TEACHING AND OUTSIDER PATIENT CARE................................ 126

7.1.8.1 Ambulatory (Mobile) Clinic............................................................................... 126 7.1.8.2 Other on farm services and outside teaching ..................................................... 127

7.1.9 OTHER INFORMATION......................................................................................... 129 7.1.10 RATIOS .................................................................................................................. 132 7.1.11 OTHER SPECIES ................................................................................................... 133

7.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................. 133 7.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................. 134 CHAPTER 8 LIBRARY AND LEARNING RESOURCES ................................. 135 8.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION........................................................................................ 136

8.1.1 LIBRARY AND OTHER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES......................................................................................................................... 136

8.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................. 139 8.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................. 139 CHAPTER 9 STUDENT ADMISSION AND ENROLMENT ............................ 141 9.1 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES................................................................................. 142

9.1.1 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT NUMBERS........................................................ 142 9.1.2 STUDENT ADMISSION ......................................................................................... 142 9.1.3 STUDENT FLOW .................................................................................................... 146

9.2 COMMENTS.................................................................................................................. 148 9.3 SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................. 149 CHAPTER 10 ACADEMIC AND SUPPORT STAFF.......................................... 151 10.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION...................................................................................... 152

10.1.1 OUTLINE HOW THE ALLOCATION OF STAFF TO THE FACULTY IS DETERMINED........................................................................... 152

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10.1.2 OUTLINE HOW THE ALLOCATION OF STAFF TO THE DEPARTMENTS (OR OTHER UNITS) WITHIN THE FACULTY IS DETERMINED. ................................................................................ 152 10.1.3 INDICATE WHETHER THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES IN RECRUITING OR RETAINING STAFF. ................................................................... 154 10.1.4 DESCRIBE (IF APPROPRIATE) ANY RELEVANT TRENDS OR CHANGES IN STAFF LEVELS OR THE ABILITY TO FILL VACANCIES OVER THE PAST DECADE. ................................................................... 154 10.1.5 DESCRIBE (IF APPROPRIATE) ANY RELEVANT TRENDS OR CHANGES IN STAFF LEVELS OR THE ABILITY TO FILL VACANCIES OVER THE PAST DECADE. ................................................................... 154 10.1.6 DESCRIBE THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING OUTSIDE WORK, INCLUDING CONSULTATION AND PRIVATE PRACTICE, BY STAFF WORKING AT THE ESTABLISHMENT. ................................................... 155 10.1.7 DESCRIBE THE POSSIBILITIES AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC STAFF TO:................................................................................. 155

10.2 COMMENTS................................................................................................................ 160 10.2.1 COMMENT ON THE NUMBERS OF PERSONNEL IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES. ................................................................................. 160 10.2.2 COMMENT ON THE SALARY LEVELS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN RELATION TO THE LEVEL OF INCOME IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR............................................................................................. 161 10.2.3 COMMENT ON THE EASE OR DIFFICULTY OF RECRUITING AND RETAINING PERSONNEL .................................................................................... 161 10.2.4 COMMENT ON THE PERCENTAGE OF VETERINARIANS IN THE ACADEMIC STAFF................................................................................................. 161

10.3 SUGGESTIONS ........................................................................................................... 161 CHAPTER 11 CONTINUING EDUCATION ......................................................... 163 11.1. FACTUAL INFORMATION..................................................................................... 164 11.2. COMMENTS............................................................................................................... 168 11.3 SUGGESTIONS ........................................................................................................... 170 CHAPTER 12 POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION.................................................. 171 12.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION...................................................................................... 172

12.1.1 CLINICAL SPECIALTY TRAINING (INTERNS AND RESIDENTS)............... 172 12.1.2 RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES....................................................... 172

12.2 COMMENTS................................................................................................................ 179 12.3 SUGGESTIONS ........................................................................................................... 179 CHAPTER 13 RESEARCH .......................................................................................... 181 13.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION...................................................................................... 182 13.2 COMMENTS................................................................................................................ 188 13.3 SUGGESTIONS ........................................................................................................... 188

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CHAPTER 1 OBJECTIVES

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1.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION Indicate whether there is an official list of the overall objectives of the Faculty. If this is the case; please indicate these.

The history of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine dates back to 10 October 1944 and is

inseparably connected with the founding of the University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska on 23 October 1944. The first four faculties were established at that time – Natural , Agrarian, Med-ical and Veterinary.

In the academic year of 1944/1945, the first two years of studies started operating with 160 students representing different levels of education gained at pre-war time veterinary uni-versities. As early as 1945, the examination board conferred the first 7 diplomas of veteri-nary surgeon in post-war Poland. In the same year, the following degrees were also con-ferred: 2 degrees of doctor habilitated and 5 degrees of Ph.D. in veterinary medicine. In April 1946, 13 basic departments appeared – some of them often shared with the other facul-ties of the new university and located in different parts of the city. In mid-1950s a new educa-tional building of Collegium Veterinarium and Veterinary Clinics were erected. In1955, the Faculty became part of the newly established Higher School of Agriculture renamed as the University of Agriculture in 1972 , and in 2008 as the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. During 65 years of its existence the Faculty kept working on its objectives and tasks which were formalized with the decision of the Faculty Council on 25 November 2010 when the main objectives and tasks of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine were unanimously approved and presented as “ The Faculty Mission”. The document is presented below:

The University of Life Sciences in Lublin and its faculties have 3 fundamental objectives written down in their mission i.e. 1. education, 2. scientific research and 3. public service.

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine accomplishes these objectives through: “ Preparing well-qualified veterinary surgeons so they can use their knowledge and skills

to improve animal health care, strengthen the importance of their profession and protect the environment.”

“ Serving local community and national society to solve problems of animal health care and human health protection through education, scientific discoveries and their application.”

Which in detail is done through: Re 1.

a. theoretical and practical education of students in the field of basic science – preclinical, clinical and food of animal origin hygiene in order to prepare them for professional work both in Poland and abroad.

b. educating The Faculty graduates in order to deepen and supplement their knowledge ( spe-cializations, postgraduate courses for practicing surgeons etc. )

c. international exchange of teachers and students in order to transfer knowledge and technol-ogy

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Re 2. a. conducting scientific and development research of which the results are consequently ap-

plied in veterinary medicine in animal prevention, monitoring and therapy b. integrating research activity of human and veterinary medicine dealing with genetic, meta-

bolic, cancerous and infectious diseases with the working out and using animal diseases models Re 3.

a. providing veterinary services and veterinary health care of farm animals, other livestock and companion animals in the scope and form defined in the regulations concerning ani-mal health care units and according to the ethical principles of a veterinary surgeon

b. monitoring safety of food products of animal origin c. preventing zoonoses

Who determines the official list of objectives of the Faculty?

The official list of tasks and objectives of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is deter-

mined by the Deans Board and the members of the Faculty Council.

- By what procedure is this list revised? At the present moment there is no official revision procedure. The tasks and objectives of

the Faculty are currently determined during the discussion at the meetings of the Faculty Council and passed as resolutions in direct voting. - Do you have a permanent system for assessing the achievement of the Faculty’s general objectives? If so, please describe it.

Five different methods are used to evaluate and review the objectives of the Faculty of Ve-

terinary Medicine: 1. Evaluation of staff teaching activity : - students are asked to evaluate teaching skills, compliance with teaching duties and stu-

dent counseling duties, classroom atmosphere, compliance with the syllabus and coordination of theoretical and practical classes. Each of these aspects is scored on scale of 1 to 5, with the points taken into consideration during periodic assessment of scientific-educational staff members.

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2. Staff research activity is assessed by various methods such as: - the duty of presenting a scientific staff member report every 4 years. On the basis of the

acquired points, the funds for the scientific staff member’s scientific research are granted - the duty of national parametrization of the Faculties and establishing the category of

these units which is the basis of their funding 3. Departmental activity is assessed by means of an annual report produced by each de-

partment. This process includes analysis of the department’s profile, the tuition provided, the research carried out (profile, context, objectives), the resources available, the structure, the results obtained and the administrative and financial management of the department.

These issues are presented in the annual report prepared for the Faculty Dean. These issues are also the contents of the reports prepared for the Science and International

Cooperation Department, out of which at the next stage the Faculty report is created every 4 years. This report is the basis to qualify the Faculty for the appropriate ministerial category at the national level as well as for funding of the Faculty

4. The performance of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine as a whole, and its degree of

compliance with the Strategic Plan, is assessed by the Rector. The Dean prepares the annual report of the Faculty activities which after being approved

by the Faculty Council is presented to the Rector Assessment is carried out in accordance with the following criteria: • Compliance with deadlines for submission of documents to the office (course syllabuses,

lecture timetables, examination dates, range of available optional and elective subjects, sub-mission of invoices, budget).

Deadlines for submission of documents are different depending on the nature of the mat-ter that they deal with. And so e.g. the annual financial report presented to the Science and International Cooperation Department where the expenses are accounted with publications and the results obtained with the formerly planned research.

• Involvement in assessment and development programmes. The Faculty Council for Education assesses the educational programme every year and

presents the result for the approval to the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs and Education and later after being approved by the Faculty Council the assessment is presented to the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education

• Involvement in extracurricular activities (conferences, seminars, workshops, etc) aimed at the Faculty members and students.

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On the yearly basis the Staff as well as the students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine are obliged to present a report of participation in national and foreign conferences. These re-ports include the participation of students in international conferences of Student Scientific Societies of Veterinary Surgeons where they present the results of their own research. It is noteworthy that the students of our Faculty conducting scientific research in the available Fac-ulty sessions of internal diseases, infectious diseases, hippiatric and cardiological are among the winners of the above mentioned conferences.

Another way the students are given a chance to be active beyond the curriculum is e.g. VENA NOSTRA “olympic” competition on anatomy knowledge held between the students of Polish veterinary faculties. The diplomas brought from student knowledge competitions and student scientific groups’ sessions in the past certify for the positions achieved there by the Faculty students and their supervisor.

Scientific-research activity of our Faculty students also takes form of membership in IV-SA (International Veterinary Students’ Association) and active participation in the meetings of this organization.

All information concerning scientific-research activity of our students is presented once a year at the Faculty Council and included in the annual reports of all of the Faculty units.

• Involvement of students in pre-professional practical training. In compliance with a recently introduced system, the Faculty Council for Education as

well as the Council for the Assessment of the Quality of Education assesses the graduates on the basis of the reports presented directly after and 5 years after graduation.

• Existence and implementation of a programme to attract new students. Due to a very high rate of interest in our Faculty and a considerably higher number of

candidates compared to the number of places we can offer every year, the Faculty does not implement any programme to attract new students

• Promotion of Tutoring programmes. Announcements concerning postgraduate and specialization courses that we offer are sys-

tematically placed at both the University and the Faculty websites. • Student mobility. Student mobility is dependent on their engagement in the Erasmus programme. Presently,

11 contracts have been signed with European centers in order to exchange students. 5. The performance of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital is assessed every year by the re-

port of the Clinic activity presented to the Faculty Council by the Vice-Dean for Clinical Af-fairs and approved by the Faculty Council.

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1.2 COMMENTS

If there is no official list, please indicate the objectives that guide the Faculty’s operation. In your view, to what extent are the objectives achieved?

For the objectives to be fully achieved, independence of the Faculty financial and person-

nel policies is essential. Currently, the University is centrally managed by the Rector and his services.

What, in your view, are the main strengths and weaknesses of the Faculty? STRENGHTS

1. Experienced scientific – educational staff. 2. Close location of the Faculty educational buildings of theoretical and clinical subjects

which enables the student to move efficiently during short breaks between their classes. 3. The location of student hostels in the close vicinity of the Faculty educational buildings. 4. Currently introduced changes in the educational system leading to the facilitation of

students „extramural” training. 5. Modern Faculty’s vivarium.

WEAKNESSES 1. Insufficient number of educational classrooms for conducting classes as well as lec-

tures in relation to the number of students 2. Centrally imposed number of students inadequate to the Faculty’s educational space. 3. Too low funding allocated for education and research. 4. Lack of clear regulations stating the relations between the staff salaries and the results

of their research and educational activities.

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1.3 SUGGESTIONS

If you are not satisfied with the situation, please list your suggestions for change in order of importance and describe any factors which are limiting the further development of your Faculty.

Development Plan As compared to the previous visit of EAEVE the following changes appeared:

- major changes in organisational structure of Faculty units were done in 2003 - new didactic standards based on Ministry law started to be implemented in academic year

2007/2008 - new building of vivarium was opened in 2007 - biochemistry unit was moved into new space in building of Collegium Veterinarium in 2008

The Faculty is preparing investment plans for erecting new premises for the Veterinary

Clinics as well as new development plans for old buildings. The plans among other things include: erecting 2 clinics with one of them being the Companion Animals Clinic and the oth-er the separate Farm Animals Clinic together with the base of accredited laboratories and an animal house. The rest of the buildings presently existing in the complex will be transformed into auxiliary rooms such as e.g. isolation wards for animals with officially eliminated conta-gious and infectious diseases, rooms for animals for educational purposes, storage rooms for equipment, bedding and fodder. 75% of this enterprise will be funded with European Union resources for the restructuring of the so called “Eastern Wall” and the remaining 25% with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education resources.

Strengthening of educational process will be conducted through development of the al-ready implemented system of practical professional training in private clinics, meat plants, milk plants and sanitary-veterinary inspection units. Additionally, on the basis of systemati-cally introduced e-learning method, self directed learning will be developed. On the other hand, one of the objectives of the Faculty Council for Education is permanent improvement of the programme towards problem based learning. Moreover, constant participation in the Erasmus programme will result in undertaking cooperation with new faculties and transform-ing educational activity into educational-research activity. The effect of such activities will be closer scientific cooperation which is the basis of a high quality of educational offer. It is also connected with offering veterinary course in English in the near future.

The Faculty will sign contracts with pharmaceutical, fodder and processing industry plants in order to commercialize the results of scientific research and train students practically.

The expected results of presented activity is reaching a high level of competence enabling the Faculty to be accredited in the new EAEVE system.

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CHAPTER 2 ORGANISATION

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2.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION Details of the Faculty Name of the Faculty: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Address: 20-950 LUBLIN, ul. Akademicka 13 Telephone: (+ 81) 445-65-65 Fax: (+ 81) 445-60-06 Website: www.weterynaria.up.lublin.pl E-Mail: [email protected] Title and name of head of the Faculty: prof. dr hab. Stanisław Winiarczyk

- Is the Faculty within a university? If so, please give address of the university. University of Life Sciences in Lublin Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland e-mail: [email protected] http://www.up.lublin.pl/ Details of the competent authority overseeing the Faculty.

Rector Prof. dr hab. Marian Wesołowski

Vice-Rector for Scientific Research and International Cooperation: Prof. dr hab. Edward Pa-łys D Sc.

Vice-Rector for Personnel and Investment Funds: Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Kostro

Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education: Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Gołacki.

Administration

Administrative Director (Chancellor): dr Henryk Bichta

Administrative vice-Director: Wiktor Dziubiński, ing.

Bursar: Ewa Walkowska, M.Sc. - Indicate the rules concerning the appointment of the elected officials of the Faculty (Dean, Vice-Dean, Heads of Department, etc.)

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The Faculty is run by the Dean. The Faculty Council, being the highest collegial organ and the scientific gremium of the Faculty, is responsible for statutory functioning of the Fac-ulty.

The authority of the Dean, the Vice-Deans and the Faculty Council is described in the University statute:

The Dean runs the Faculty and especially:

1) represents the Faculty outside 2) calls and chairs the meetings of the Faculty Council except for the meetings assessing his

activities 3) presents the Faculty Council with the matters which require to be investigated by this

organ 4) assures the completion of the Faculty Council resolutions 5) establishes the scope of the Vice-Deans activities 6) appoints the Dean’s committees and the Dean’s representatives 7) distributes the Faculty financial resources according to the rules established by the Faculty

Council 8) supervises the activities of the Faculty units 9) takes indispensible actions for proper functioning of the Faculty 10) takes care of abiding the law, safety and order within the Faculty 11) establishes a detailed timetable of classes at the Faculty 12) distributes educational classes among the Faculty’s units 13) takes decisions concerning educational cooperation with other faculties and interfaculty

units 14) is the superior of all of the staff of the Faculty and the superior and the guardian of the

Faculty students and doctoral students 15) takes care of welfare and living standards needs of students and doctoral 16) takes decisions concerning the Faculty activities not reserved for other University au-

thorities or the Administrative Director The election of the Dean and Vice-deans are performed by the Election Committee ap-

pointed by the Faculty Council. The candidates who possess the title of Professor or Doctor habilitated can be appointed for the position of Dean or Vice-Dean. The cadence of Dean and Vice-Deans lasts four years from 1 Sep. till 31. Aug. The same person can be elected only twice.

The Dean directs and represents the Faculty. He is the superior of the staff and students of the Faculty. He takes care of abiding the law, safety and order within the Faculty. The Dean undertakes decisions relating to the Faculty activities, not reserved for other University au-thorities or the Administrative Director.

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UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCI-

ENCES IN LUBLIN

The Faculty

of Agrobioengine-ering

The Faculty

of Veterinary Medicine

The Faculty

of Biology and Animal Breeding

The Faculty

of Horticulture

The Faculty

of Production Engineering

The Faculty

of Food Sciences and Biotechnology

The Faculty of Agricultural

Sciences in Zamość

MINISTRY OF SCIENCES AND HIGHER EDUCATION

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Basic organization units of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin: -The Faculty of Agrobioengineering -The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine -The Faculty of Biology and Animal Breeding -The Faculty of Horticulture -The Faculty of Production Engineering -The Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology -The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences in Zamość

THE FACULTY STRUCTURE

• Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases – Head prof. Andrzej Wernicki

Sub-Department of Avian Diseases - Head vacat Sub-Depatment of Fish Diseases and Biology - Head prof. Antonina Sopińska

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Sub-Department of Veterinary Microbiology - Head prof. Grażyna Ziółkowska Sub-Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases - Head dr. Krzysztof Tomc-zuk, care taker Sub-Department of Veterinary Prevention - Head prof. Andrzej Wernicki

• Department of Animal Anatomy and Histology – Head dr. hab. Zbigniew Boratyń-ski, professor extraordinary UP

Sub-Department of Animal Anatomy - Head dr. hab. Zbigniew Boratyński, professor extraordinary UP

Sub-Department of Histology and Embryology - Head dr. hab. Jadwiga Jaworska- Adamu professor extraordinary UP

• Department of Pathological Anatomy - Head prof. Zbigniew Nozdryn-Płotnicki • Department of Animal Biochemistry and Physiology - Head prof. Marta Kankofer

Sub-Department of Biochemistry - Head prof. Marta Kankofer Sub-Department of Animal Physiology - Head dr. hab. Iwona Puzio

• Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases - Head prof. Stanisław Winiarczyk

• Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin - Head prof. Krzysztof Szkucik • Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences - Head prof. Ryszard Bobowiec

Sub-Department of Pharmacology - Head prof. Cezary Kowalski

Sub-Department of Pathophysiology - Head prof. Ryszard Bobowiec

Sub-Department of Toxicology and Environmental Protection - Head dr. hab. Grażyna Wałkuska, professor extraordinary UP

• Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery - Head dr. Piotr Silmanowicz, pro-fessor extraordinary UP

Laboratory for Radiology and Ultrasonography - Head dr. Renata Komsta

• Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases - Head prof. Zbigniew Po-morski

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Sub-Department of Clinical Diagnostics and Veterinary Dermatology - Head prof. Zbigniew Pomorski

Sub-Department of Internal Diseases of Farm Animals and Horses - Head dr. hab. Krzysztof Lutnicki, professor extraordinary UP

• Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction - Head prof. Władysław Waw-ron,

Sub-Department of Andrology and Biotechnology of Animal Reproduction - Head prof. Zygmunt Wrona

- Describe, briefly the responsibilities, constitution and function of the main administrative bodies (councils, committees etc.)

The Council of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is a collegial body of the University of

Life Sciences in Lublin. The council meets on a regular basis once a month, but it also holds other meetings, when dissertations procedures for Dr. hab. degrees are passed. The Council is composed of:

1. Dean as chairman 2. Vice-deans (2 persons) 3. University teachers holding the post of Professor and others teachers with the degree of

Dr hab., holding the post of Associate Professor UP (33 persons) 4. Elected representatives of the other teachers employed at the Faculty (12 persons) 5. Elected representatives of the students’ autonomy of the Faculty ( 13 persons) 6. Elected representatives of the other employees of the Faculty other than university

teachers (5 persons). 7. Elected representatives of the postgraduate studies (1 person) Committees at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine:

1. The Faculty Council for Education - Head: prof. Zygmunt Wrona The Program Board supervises the educational course at the Faculty. 2. Committee for Scientific Research – Head: prof. Ryszard Bobowiec The Committee for Scientific Research is an advisory body of the Council and it supervises

scientific research. 3. Commitee for the Development of Academic Teachers – Head prof. Grażyna Ziółkowska The Committee for the Development of Academic Teachers supervises the personnel policy

concerning scientific staff of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

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4. Evaluation Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – prof. Antonina Sopińska 5. Faculty Committee for the Evaluation of Education Quality – prof. Zbigniew Grądzki

Intrafaculty, extrafaculty and intercollegiate units Intrafaculty, extrafaculty and intercollegiate units are organizational units dealing with

publishing, education, cultural-economical and service activities of the students and staff of the University.

An intrafaculty unit is an organizational unit of the University which offers educational service to other units. They can also conduct scientific studies as well as deal with educating staff. The activities of intrafaculty and extrafaculty units can be paid according to obligatory financial rules. The creation and transformation of intra- and extrafaculty units is performed on the basis of the Senate resolutions, at ordinary majority of votes.

Intercollegiate units and other units are established on the grounds of Rectors contacts, at the agreement of the Senate, in order to realize research and didactic assignments of the Uni-versity and other units, especially colleges and other research agencies, both Polish and for-eign.

The intrafaculty, extrafaculty and intercollegiate units are: 1. Main Library 2. Department of Physical Education 3. Department of Foreign Languages 4. Central Apparatus Laboratory – the unit which performs specific analytical service to

all Faculties of the University 5. Publishing Editorial Board 6. Audio-visual service Publishing activity of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Scientific staff of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine can publish the results of their scien-

tific experiments in such periodicals as Medycyna Weterynaryjna and Annales UMCS (section DD). Yearly list of publications of the Faculty staff is presented in Excerpta Veteri-naria.

- Indicate the involvement of the veterinary profession and general public in the running of the Faculty.

The Faculty cooperates with the Veterinary Board, the veterinary institute in Pulawy and

veterinary administrative departments of public health. An example would be participation of employees of the Department of Epizootiology and Infectious Diseases in the fight against

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avian influenza. Specialists from different individual units outside the university are invited to classes with students who are then provided with the specialists’ practical knowledge of veterinary medicine.

Agreements with private medicinal plants are signed for the purposes of practical training there. Doctors use a private veterinary practice in postgraduate courses organized by the Faculty. Doctors of veterinary clinics assist physicians in private practice with the laboratory diagnosis and imaging as well as exchange experiences.

2.2 COMMENTS

Add any comments on the organisation and functioning of the Faculty that you feel useful for completing the description.

Currently, the Dean is not a strong enough authority to manage the current affairs of the Faculty efficiently, what implies a lack of discretion in setting salaries, full employment and disposal of the funds provided for in the algorithm for the operation of the Faculty.

2.3 SUGGESTIONS If you are not satisfied with the situation, please list your suggestions for change in order of importance and describe any factors which are limiting the further development of your Faculty.

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is suggested to have greater autonomy. All decisions

concerning the operation of the Faculty, including the distribution of the budget, should be assigned to the Dean. Minor cases should be considered and implemented in the department.

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CHAPTER 3 FI-NANCES

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3.1 FACTUAL INFORMATION

3.1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

Indicate whether the Faculty’s current financial model (system) meets the Faculty’s mis-sion. In addition please specify: - How the allocation of funding (including public funding) to the Faculty is determined, and by what body. - If the allocation of funds, or any significant proportion of it, is linked to a particular fac-tor (e.g. student numbers, research output), please describe this. - How the basis for funding the Faculty compares with those teaching other courses (e.g. whether veterinary training receives a higher budget weighting compared to other disci-plines). How the allocation of funds within the Faculty is decided. - What are the mechanisms for funding major equipment and its replacement? - The mechanism(s) for funding capital expenditure (e.g. building work, major items of equipment) and how decisions are taken in this matter. - The mechanism(s) to provide the necessary support for building maintenance and how decisions are taken in this matter.

The Faculty’s mission does not include any references to what the Faculty’s current financial model is. The Faculty is incorporated into the central financial system of the university on a par with other faculties.

University of Life Sciences operates a calendar-year based budget, from January 1st to December 31st, not the academic year.

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has no financial independence. It is one of seven faculties of University of Life Sciences, which as a university receives money from the Central Budget through the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

The money awarded by the Ministry to the Faculty is based on annually prepared proposals for funding statutory activities (DS) and individual research (BW), including the planned expenditure for the next year (n +1) and reports of the money spent in the previous year (n - 1). It is a condition for the grant by the Ministry for the current year (n).

The amount of funding is dependent on the faculty category, awarded by the Ministry of

Science and Higher Education for 4 years and based on the results of scientific research and not for the activity of teaching. Currently the Faculty has the first category of funding. The granted money is spent on salaries (division by a held post at the central level) and

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educational-scientific activities divided into, so-called, business office and individual research.

The University's money is divided among the faculties on some knowledge of their statutory activities and individual research, and based on the University Senate resolution (Senate Resolution No. 48/2009-2010 University of Life Sciences in Lublin on May 7, 2010 on the allocation of grants to finance office activities and own research in 2010). Apportionment shall be based primarily on the number of academics and categorization of the faculty granted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Financial resources under the statutory activity are transferred directly from the ministry to the Dean of the Faculty on the basis of the request for the statutory activity funds, the part of which is allocated for the overall university expenditure, such as computer or library expenses, in accordance with the above-mentioned resolution. The remaining amount is divided by the Dean of the Faculty as follows:

60% of the statutory activity funds shall be granted to individual units for their achievements in scientific research based on the appropriate algorithm calculated on the total sum of points from papers published by the unit.

The remaining 40% is divided on the basis of the number and type of employees in the unit. 5% of resources which are used to support specific projects remain at the Dean’s disposal. With the money received by the Faculty (DS), it is possible to finance such purchases as chemical reagents needed for implementation of the planned research tasks, small laboratory equipment and its maintenance (including clinical and diagnostic equipment) as well as print publications and participation in scientific congresses.

In 2010 approximately PLN 122 000 was spent on international exchange, including more than 58 000 on participation in scientific conferences, about 40 000 on research fellowships and approximately 15 000 on employee training.

In 2010, a grant to the Faculty under the statutory activity accounted for about one third of the total university grant. In previous years the figures were similar. A grant for our individual research was the eighth part of an overall grant, and similarly in previous years 2009, 2008.

Annually, a certain amount of money is allocated by the Rector for repairs and investments that in consultation with the Dean of the Faculty are decided to be the most urgent ones.

The university also possesses the apparatus funds, which can be used annually by applicants/equipment grants considered by the competition and enabling purchases of modern equipment for the laboratory. There is also a possibility for the university to make requests to the ministry for financing purchases of apparatus for amounts above PLN 50,000 .

Apportionment within the units shall be based on the rules set by their heads. Most frequently, they are divided on the research topics pursued by a group of employees. Expenditure of these funds for the implementation of scientific topics are based on a law on public procurement and tendering. Reports of the spent money shall be made annually to the accounts of the university.

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Money for teaching comes from ministerial grants and own resources (5% deduction from the fees charged to participants of the studies paid for). This is dependent on the number of students and the cost-consuming coefficient. The cost-consuming coefficient is determined by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the current one for Veterinary students is "3 ". The similar coefficient is fixed, for example, for the Faculty of Biology and Animal Breeding, although real student training costs are incomparably lower.

Currently, our Faculty receives the amount of PLN 120 000. The money for teaching is divided among the units on the basis of the number of teaching activities hours in a particular unit. The financial resources are allocated for the purchase of small equipment and to cover transport to farms, meat plants and medicinal plants as well as chemical reagents and other materials necessary for the exercise.

The overall university resources cover social spending and help students. Bills for services are the clinical income. Tariffs are set by the heads of individual clinics

based on the average prices functioning in the city and area. There is another possibility to obtain money for research. These are grants funded by the

Committee for Scientific Research (KBN). Money from this source is distributed twice a year, on a competitive basis. In the near future restructuring of the central system of additional funding for research in our country is planned.

In 2010 there were 11 ongoing projects financed by the KBN in the amount of PLN 490 000. In previous years 2009-2008 there were 8 projects amounting to 290 000 and 9 projects amounting to 350 000 respectively.

3.1.2 INFORMATION ON EXTRA INCOME

What percentage of income from the following sources does the veterinary teaching Fac-ulty have to give to other bodies (university, etc.)?

clinical or diagnostic work: research grants: other (please explain):

Please indicate whether students:

pay tuition/registration fees, how much these are, how they are decided, how the funds are distributed.

From other sources, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine receives a minimum income:

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Clinical and diagnostic work. Estimated at 5-10% of the revenue. These revenues are limited, seasonally variable, and are spent on purchases of tools and clinical equipment and on payment for on-call physicians’ 24-hour accessibility at clinics (in the afternoon hours, on Sundays and holidays); they are not taxed for the University.

Research grants. Estimated at 10% of the income. There has been a little activity of the Faculty staff in acquiring and obtaining grants. Indirect costs of 30% paid to the University under a grant significantly reduce the interest in obtaining grants.

Others, such as service and research laboratory work for the pharmaceutical industry. Estimated at 0.5-1% of the revenue. The Faculty does not have a comprehensive, central laboratory able to provide extensive research services, only a few clinical laboratories working on the current needs of their own clinics, what makes it difficult to establish a single, wide and attractive range of services for external customers. The research for the pharmaceutical and bio-veterinary industries is rare.

Students’ fees. Students of the full-time studies do not pay for tuition. Students of so-called evening courses pay fees to the University Funds. These are students who were accepted to the Faculty with fewer points and who have classes in the afternoon or evening. That is a group of 60 people in the first three years of studies. The amount of the fees is decided about by the Rector of the University. The amount of the fees is 3,900 PLN per semester (approximately 1000 Euro per semester) in the academic year 2010/2011 and has been stable for two years. 95% of the money are at the Rector’s disposal, the Faculty receives 5% for the Dean’s disposal.

3.1.3 OVERVIEW INCOME (REVENUE) AND EXPENDITURE

Table 3.1: Income/Revenue in Polish zlotys and in euros

State (government) Income generated by the Faculty

Years

To university administered outside the Faculty BW

Direct to the Faculty

DS + Pr. Bad

Income from services provided

Research Total

I - VI 2010

177.442 + 4.214.835,15 (1.098.069 Euro)

2.130.345 (532.586 Euro)

281.481,76 (70.370 Euro)

22.897,22 (5.724 Euro)

6.827.001,13 (1.706.750 Euro)

2009

230.686 + 8.149.122,49 (2.094.952 Euro)

2.517.944 (629.486 Euro)

453.906,51 (113.477 Euro)

103.004,08 (25.751 Euro)

11.454.663,08 (2.863.665 Euro)

2008

470.816 + 7.735.320,26 (2.051.534 Euro)

2.028.870 (507.218 Euro)

422.632,86 (105.658 Euro)

298.176,30 (74.544 Euro)

10.955.815,42 (2.738.954 Euro)

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Table 3.2. Expenditure

Pay Nonpay Years

Salaries Teaching support Research support Clinical support Other

Total

I -VI 2010

4.214.835,15

2.427.071,61

789.496,72

148.449,43

7.579.853 (1.894.963 Euro)

2009

8.149.122,49

7.590.903,21

2.165.978,66

656.977,77

18.562.982 (4.640.745 Euro)

2008

7.735.320,26

6.903.964,89

2.385.560,84

585.298,48

17.610.144 (4.402.536 Euro)

3.2 COMMENTS

- Teaching establishments never have enough finance. Please comment on any of the “Guidelines and Requirements” that are particularly difficult to fulfill in the present finan-cialsituation. Please make any comments that you feel would help the experts concerning the Faculty´s finances. - What is your number one priority for the use of any increased funding? - Comment on the degree of autonomy and flexibility available to the Faculty in financial matters. - Comment on the percentage of income from services that the Faculty is allowed to retain for its own use, and in particular on the extent to which loss of this income acts as a disin-centive for the services concerned. - Please make any other general comments that you feel would help the experts concerning the Faculty’s finances.

In the European context the veterinary student education budget allocated for this purpose

in Poland is quite inadequate and ill-suited to the number of students taught. The central allocation of funds for this purpose by people – decision-makers outside the veterinary profession (both at the Ministry as well as the University) and the inability to obtain, partly at least, the financial autonomy of the faculties in an obvious term are considered to be the main reasons for the actual state.

The situation is aggravated by the fact that the veterinary teaching is treated as equal to other agricultural fields. The maintenance of high standard of teaching in veterinary science in

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Poland in the coming years will be threatened. This carries a risk of permanent deterioration in the level of graduates’ knowledge and placing them far behind graduates of veterinary faculties from other countries of the European Community.

The priority of the Faculty in the coming years, and in order to receive higher income, is to build and reform the functioning of clinics for pets. The Faculty needs new clinical buildings, both for teaching students and providing services for animals and clients, as well as a central laboratory of the apparatus, which may perform services for other entities. The reform of the functioning of the clinics will consist in the preparation of species directed hospitals, ie horses, cattle, dogs and cats, rather than the today discipilne division of clinics: internal medicine, infectious diseases, surgery and reproduction.

Revenues generated by the Faculty are minimal, but even those such as evening students’ tuition or postgraduate revenues are largely transferred to the University Funds and the Rector of the University remains the ultimate decision-maker. The existing mechanism seems to discourage the employees from striving for increasing the revenues effectively as they do not go to the Faculty and the Dean has no impact on their spending.

It is noticeable that the employees’ salaries are too low. For this reason, many clinicians run their own private clinics for animals, what distracts them from teaching and clinical work at the University. In Poland, the above-presented situation is allowed but causes a clear conflict of interest.

3.3 SUGGESTIONS

If you are not satisfied with the situation, please list any shortcomings and provide sugges-tions – in order of importance and describe any factors which are limiting the further de-velopment of your Faculty.

1. In the current situation in Poland one should try to convince decision-makers in the Minis-

try of Science and Higher Education so that they set the cost-consuming coefficient for Veterinary Faculties which would be real and different from those for other agricultural fa-culties.

2. The aim should be to gain control over the revenues generated by the Faculty and managed by the Dean. This could make the employees of the Faculty show more initiative, greater mobilization and activeness. The Dean should also have an impact, and mechanisms (at least partially) regulating how much the employees of the Faculty earn.

3. It is advisable to increase the attractiveness of the clinical and scientific-laboratory service provided by the Faculty for both individuals and groups. New investment and reforming clinics’ work will help that, but only changing the mechanism of the revenues’ management will launch desired changes among the employees.

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4. One should pay more attention to the acquisition of grants by the staff of the Faculty from various sources, eg the European Union, the economy and industry, government organizations, associations of producers and breeders, etc.

5. Salaries of the employees should grow to reduce the incentive to seek additional sources of income outside the Faculty.

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CHAPTER 4 CURRICULUM

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- Indicate whether there is a defined national curriculum and (if applicable) how and by what body decisions are taken on this. - Describe the degree of freedom that the Faculty has to change the curriculum. - Outline how decisions on curriculum matters and course content are taken within the Faculty. - Outline how decisions are taken on the allocation of hours between the various subjects and on the balance between theoretical and practical teaching (Tables 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3). - Indicate the presence and disposition of an integrated curriculum. Describe the degree of integration present and the amount of time devoted for EU- and non-EU-listed subjects (Table 4.4)

All higher education studies in Poland are regulated by Law signed by Minister of Science and Higher Education (standards and minimum requirements) and general guidelines settled by particular Universities and their faculties which have some autonomy with regard to cer-tain number of hours as well as the content of subjects.

The Regulation of Minister of Science and Higher Education from 12 July 2007 refers to educational standards for particular courses and levels of education and also conditions re-quired so that a university could run inter and macro-disciplinary studies (with some changes since 16 October 2009). Attachments to the Regulation relate to particular university courses, and attachment 109 concerns veterinary studies.

Attachment 109 (see appendix), which is part of the mentioned above law, describes min-imum requirements for veterinary education in Poland leading to the diploma of veterinary surgeon. This title and diploma are in accordance to Law – the Regulation of Minister of Science and Higher Education from 19 December 2008 concerning types of professional titles awarded to university graduates and types of diplomas and certificates issued by the univer-sity.

Attachment 109 contains the list of skills which a veterinary graduate should obtain dur-ing studies and this list is in accordance to EU directive 78/1027/EEC of December 1978 (since replaced by directive 2005/36/EU).

Minimal number of hours should not be lower than 5100 and minimal ECTS points lower than 330. These hours are divided into group of basic subjects including: Biology, Cell Biol-ogy, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Histology and Embriology, Animal Anatomy, Topographic Anatomy, Animal Physiology, Microbiology, Immunology, General and Veteri-nary Genetics, Veterinary Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Veterinary Pharmacology, Phar-macy, Toxicology, Environmental Protection, Biostatistics and Methods for Documentation, Forensic Medicine and covering not less than 1185 hours and 87 ECTS.

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The second group of subjects covers: Agronomy, Breeding and Rearing of Farm Animals, Technologies in Animal Production, Feed and Food Hygiene, Dietetics, Etiology and Welfare, Veterinary Prevention, Veterinary Economics, Imaging Diagnostics, Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics, Pathomorphology, General Surgery and Anaesthesiology, Parasitology and Inva-siology, Diseases of Dogs and Cats, Diseases of Horses, Diseases of Farm Animals, Androl-ogy and Artificial Insemination, Poultry and Bird Diseases, Fur Animal Diseases, Fish Dis-eases, Beneficial Insect diseases (Bee diseases), and should cover at least 1785 hours and 130 ECTS. In fact this document defines the ratio between theoretical and practical training which only partly can be changed by Faculty Council.

Moreover, several hours should be devoted to humanistic subjects, foreign languages in-cluding Latin language, work safety and ergonomics, protection of intellectual property, phys-ical education, Information Technology as well as 300 hours devoted to clinical training.

The remaining 960 hours are at the disposal of faculties for their own decisions which are recommended by Faculty Curriculum Commission and confirmed by Faculty Council.

The current curriculum leading to the award of the degree in the veterinary medicine at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin is based on Attachment 109 of Law passed on 12 July 2007. Attachment 109 is in agreement with Directive 78/1027/EEC of December 1978 (since replaced by directive 2005/36/EU). (see appendix for all syllabuses).

Partial changes have been implemented since academic year 2007/2008 but starting from 2010/2011 a new division of clinical subjects is to be introduced. The current curriculum implements division of clinical subjects in accordance to species while previously these sub-jects were divided in accordance to disciplines. Moreover, a new system for practical training is to be implemented in academic year 2010/2011.

The system extends practical training in private clinics, meat processing companies, slaughter houses, animal food processing companies, veterinary inspection units and stud farms beyond obligatory curriculum hours. The university has signed agreements with the above mentioned institutions to allow students additional 80 hours of practical training. The students receive a list of institutions covered by the agreements and individually apply for and undergo trainings listed in day one skills. The training is then confirmed by the subject con-ducting it and the certificate issued at completing the training, is one of the necessary criteria for crediting a student with a clinical course. Students have the whole 5th year for this. How-ever, after the latest educational standards have been fully implemented and the last semester freed from didactics, it will entirely be devoted for this purpose.

These procedures include: Practical skills (diseases of horses)

1. Taming of horses for clinical examination and medical procedures with the use of instru-ments – pipes, chains, ropes, and without; installing of retractors

2. Basic clinical examination – body temperature, heart rate, breath rate; rectal examination, orthopedic examination

3. Sampling of biological material for laboratory examination:

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a) urine with the use of catheter b) blood from jugular vein into vacuum tubes c) skin scrapings and hair for microbiological and parasitological examination

4. Dentition assessment end teeth correction 5. Examining of lacrimal canal patency; probing 6. Rhinoscopy, gastroscopy, bronchoscopy 7. Passing of a stomach tube 8. Enema 9. Installing of the vein catheter, intravenous infusion, intravenous injection 10. Subcutaneous injection, intramuscular injection 11. Ultrasonographical examination od tendons 12. Abdominal paracentesis, thoracocentesis, assessment of the peritoneal and pleural fluid 13. Auscultation of the thorax and abdominal cavity 14. Electrocardiography 15. Assessment of dehydration degree; fluid therapy 16. Sampling of biological material for bacteriology – naso-pharyngeal swab, conjunctival

swab, vaginal swab, blood, urine, feces, skin scrapings, hair, internal organ fragments 17. Antemortem and postmortem sampling of biological material for virology – transport

media 18. Sampling of tracheo-bronchial lavage with the use of non-invasive method 19. Principles of conservation and transport of biological material into laboratory 20. Physical and pharmacological taming 21. Preparing of surgical instruments 22. preparing of patient for surgery 23. performing of clinical examination – surgical, orthopedic, dental, ophtalmic 24. proceedings in case of traumas and wounds 25. methods of the local and general anaesthesia 26. practical application of rtg and usg examination 27. Skills in assisting in surgical procedures 28. Organisation of the correct horse reproduction in case of individual breeders and in studs 29. Skills in detailed clinical examination of reproductive tract in mares and stallions; using

of USG 30. Collecting of semen and performing of artificial insemination 31. Diagnosis of the early pregnancy and early embryonic death – USG examination 32. Skills in complicated delivering – fetotomy, caesarean section 33. Skills in diagnosis and therapy of fertility disorders – lavage of uterus, sampling of

swabs for cytology and bacteriology, performing of uterus biopsy

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34. Performing of vulvoplasty in mares) 35. Skills in assessment of the health state in the newborn foal 36. Assessment of the biological quality of colostrum in mare 37. Assessment of the immunological status of foals 24 hours after birth based on rapid field

tests 38. Manual placental detachment in mare

Practical skills (diseases of farm animals)

1. Anamnesis and the evaluation of welfare 2. Taming of cattle, small ruminants and pigs for clinical examination and medical proce-

dures with the use of instruments and pharmacologically 3. Local and general anaesthesia 4. Basic clinical examination of cattle, small ruminants and pigs 5. Collection of rumen content 6. Parasitologic examination 7. Passing of stomach tube 8. Passing of Thygesen tube or puncturing of rumen (trocaring) 9. Sampling of blood 10. Intravenous, intramucsular and subcutaneous injections 11. Catheterisation of urine bladder in cattle. 12. Rectal examination in cattle (internal medicine and gynaecological purposes) 13. Medical assistance in physiological parturition 14. Examination of legs and correction of hoof 15. Wound healing and suturing 16. Chosen surgery – rumenotomy, abomasum dislocation 17. Examination of mammary gland , diagnostic procedures in mammary gland inflammations 18. Sampling for microbiological purposes, tuberculin test 19. The analysis of nutrition and productivity data of milk cows in milk farm 20. Documentation of vet visits in farm 21. pregnancy diagnosis in females of farm animals 22. medical assistance in eutocia 23. conservative treatment of dystocia 24. anaesthesia in: cesarian section, gynaecological operations and surgical intervention in

udder 25. practical performance of cesarian section in females of farm animals 26. surgical procedures including of female genital tract and udder 27. per vaginam examination

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28. uterus catheterization 29. collection and evaluation of swabs and biosy material from genital tract 30. estimation of stage of estrus cycle in female of farm animals 31. techniques of embiotansfer in females of farm animals 32. techniques of milking 33. hygiene of milk collection 34. collection of milk to laboratory examinations, microscopic and microbiological evalua-

tion of milk, and performing antibioticograms Similar system concerns training in Meat hygiene. Within the frame of additional self-

study hours students of IV year will be obliged to spend additional 10 hours of practical train-ing under the guidance of veterinarians in veterinary inspection in slaughter house. The list of chosen slaughter houses where agreement was signed will be provided. Students will be trained in postmortem examination with respect to the identification of pathological changes and alterations in eat quality which may influence final sanitary estimation of meat. Obtained skills will be evaluated by veterinarian and these marks will be the part of final exam in Hy-giene of Food Animals and Meat as well as Hygiene and Technology of Food of Animal Ori-gin.

At present 5 agreements with particular sanitary veterinarians are signed. Practical training will be held in Meat Processing company “RYJEK” in Nasutów near Lublin, slaughter house in Zamość and slaughter house in Wlodawa.

In accordance with final version laid down in resolution of Faculty Council passed on 22 June 2010 and recommended by the Faculty Curriculum Council in Lublin , the curriculum covers 5130 hours (330 ECTS) which are divided into:

Basic subjects covering 1475 hours Professional subjects covering 2265 hours Humanistic subjects covering 335 hours Clinical practice 315 hours Extramural practice 560 hours Facultative subjects 180 hours The last – 11th semester – is planned to be free from regular lectures and classes in order to

give the students the chance to participate in practical clinical work. Previously Faculty Commission for Didactics and currently (since 2009) the Curriculum

Commission are faculty advisory bodies responsible for the analysis of mentioned above doc-uments, discussion on distribution of hours and location of particular subjects with academic teachers responsible for these subjects and presenting final version for approval of Faculty council.

The distribution of theoretical and hands-on courses was evaluated on the basis of former versions of the curriculum, and was shifted towards more practical types of courses, enabling teaching/training of small groups of students.

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Each year in June, the Faculty Council has to approve curriculum for the incoming aca-demic year which means that this matter is under careful consideration and eventual minor alterations can be made once per year. After this approval the documents are sent to vice rec-tor for student affairs for signature.

Attachment 109, before its final acceptance, was discussed with deans of all Veterinary Faculties in Poland over several meetings in order to create similar core curriculum and some specialistic subjects which students can choose from and realize within the programme of student mobility and ECTS collection.

Previously Faculty Commission for Didactics and currently Curriculum Commission works under the guidance of vice dean for student affairs who participated together with Dean in meetings at the stage of preparation of the new law and all suggestions were used by advi-sory bodies during their work on a new version of the curriculum.

Generally, the curriculum covers all subjects required by EU directive and mentioned in Professional knowledge section such as: Practice management, Veterinary certification and report writing, Career planning and opportunities do not have adequate subjects in our cur-riculum but their contents are partly covered by in other subjects.

4.1.1 POWER OF SUBJECTS AND TYPES OF TRAINING

4.1.1.1 POWER OF SUBJECT

"core" subjects taken by every student; 1st year

Hours of training Theoretical training Supervised practical training

Subject Lectures Seminars

Self di-rected

learning

Laboratory and desk

based work

Non-clinical animal work

Clinical work

Other Total

Animal Anat-omy* 60 (90) 40 (60) 90 (125) 150

(215) Histology and Embryology 60 60 60 120

Chemistry 15 15 30 45 Biology 15 15 30 Cell biology 15 15 30 Environmental Protection 15 5 10 30

Biostatistics and methods of documentation

15 15 30

Philosophy 30 30 Biochemistry 30 (60) 3 (6) 15 (30) 42 (84) 75

(150) Information Technology 15 5 10 30

Work safety and ergonomics 15 15

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Foreign langu-age* 60

(120) 60

(120) Latin 35 35 General and veterinary gene-tics

15 5 10 30

Agronomy 15 15 Biophysics 15 15 30 Protection of intellectual property

15 15

History of vet-erinary and deontology

15 15

Physical Educa-tion 60 60

Bioethics 30 30 Total 390 18 130 312 155 875

*subject lasting two or more semesters and taught during the next year as well, numbers in brackets mean didactic hours taught during the next semester

2nd year Hours of training

Theoretical training Supervised practical training


Self directed learning

Laboratory and desk

based work


Clinical work

Other Total

Animal Anatomy 30 (90) 20 (60) 35 (125) 65 (215)

Topographic Anatomy 15 30 45

Animal Physiol-ogy 60 30 70 5 135

Microbiology * 30 (60) 45 (90) 75 (150)

Etiology, welfare and health protec-tion of animals

15 15 5 5 5 30

Immunology 15 4 4,5 26 45 Nutrition 30 30 60 Biochemistry 30 (60) 3 (6) 15 (30) 42 (84) 75

(150) Foreign language 60

(120) 60

(120) Animal Breeding 15 10 20 45 Techniques In animal produc-tion

15 5 10 30

Veterinary Eco-nomics 15 15

Veterinary Epi-demiology 15 30 45

Animal rearing training (after sem. IV)

80 80

Total 285 22 84.5 343 10 5 140 805

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3rd year Hours of training




Laboratory and desk

based work


Clinical work

Other Total

Veterinary Parasi-tology and Invasi-ology *

15 (30) 30 (60) 45 (90)

Pathophysiology 45 10 120 65 120 Veterinary Phar-macology 45 8 120 52 105

Veterinary phar-macy 15 5 50 10 30

General surgery and Anaesthesio-logy

15 4 12 14 45

Microbiology * 30 (60) 45 (90) 75 (150)

Clinical and Labo-ratory Diagnostics 60 30 10 20 120

Pathomorphology* 60 (75) 52 (78) 8 (12) 120 (165)

Diseases of bene-ficial insects 15 15 30

Protection of pub-lic Heath In Emer-gency Situations

15 15 30

Total 315 57 290 294 20 34 720 4th year




Laboratory and desk

based work


Clinical work

Other Total

Husbandry and fish diseases 15 22 8 45

Animal feed hygiene 15 4 3 11 30

Milk Hygiene 15

28

2

45

Hygiene of Food Animals and Meat

30

84 6

120

Veterinary Toxi-cology 30 25 5 60

Horse Diseases 93 16 90 27 72 30 (90) 208/30 Livestock Dis-eases* 60 (107) 8 (17) 60 (107) 20 (35) 60 (118) 148

(277) Diagnostic imag-ing 30 15 15 60

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Veterinary Parasi-tology and Inva-siology*

15 (30) 30 (60) 15 45 (90)/15

Patomorphology* 15 (75) 26 (78) 4 (12)

45 (165)

Zoonoses 15 15 Fur Animal Dise-ases 15 10 5 30

Clinical training (after semeste-rVIII)

160 160

Training In Vet-erinary Inspection Unit(after se-mesterVIII)

80 80

Total 333 53 153 293 157 60 240 1091/45 5th year




Laboratory and desk

based work


Clinical work

Other Total

Poultry and Bird Diseases 45 30 10 20 30 105/30

Andrology And Insemina-tion

15 2 14 4 12 45

Veterinary Prevention 30 15 15 15 15 75

Hygiene and Technology of Food of Ani-mal Origin

60

65

10

135 Dog and Cat Diseases 115 14 115 54 142 30 (90) 325/30

Livestock Diseases * 47 (107) 9 (17) 47

(107) 15 (35) 58 (118) 30 (90) 129

(277)/30 Veterinary Dietetics 15 15 30

Forensic Veter-inary 15 10 5 30

Administration and Veterinary Legislation

30 30

Clinical train-ing (after se-mester X)

160 160

Training In veterinary Inspection Unit (after se-mesterX)

80 80

Total 372 83 179 183 254 102 240 1144/90

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6th year Hours of training




Laboratory and desk

based work


Clinical work

Other Total

Horse Dis-eases

60 (90) 60 (90)

Livestock Diseases

60 (90) 60 (90)

Dog and Cat Dis-eases

60 (90) 60

(90)

Total 180 (270)

180 (270)

"electives" which each student must select from a list of permissible subjects;

Faculty offers 41 subjects out of which students have to choose 12 during whole period of stu-dies. It gives 180 didactic hours and 12 ECTS.

Subjects are divided into Basic sciences, Clinical sciences, Professional knowledge as well as others which include foreign language and First aid course.

obligatory extramural work.

Location in curriculum and range of hours for obligatory extramural work is defined in at-tachment 109. It covers 80 hours of animal breeding training after 2nd year. Moreover 80 hours of practice in vet inspection and 160 hours of clinical practice after 4th year as well as after 5th year.

4.1.1.2 TYPES OF TRAINING

There cannot be absolute distinction between the terms used to distinguish between differ-ent types of training. Overlap is inevitable. The following descriptions are derived from the definitions presented in the section 'Main Indicators' of Annex I.

4.1.1.2.1 Theoretical training Lectures and Seminars as defined in Annex I exist at our Faculty. Self directed learning is new didactic form which does not exist formally at our Faculty.

Some Departments, however, provide for appropriate materials for students and require this

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knowledge during classes. Currently these hours are not included into regular curriculum. But it is planned to develop this kind of studying in the near future in a formal form.

4.1.1.2.2 Supervised practical training Laboratory and desk based work is one of the most popular form of teaching at our Fac-

ulty. It is more related to theoretical subjects. Non-clinical animal work is included into several subjects e.g. animal husbandry, ante

mortem and post mortem inspection, food hygiene, as well as during dissection or necropsy. Clinical work covers mainly practical training during clinical subjects but also 300 hours

of clinical practice.

4.1.2 UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM FOLLOWED BY ALL STUDENTS

4.1.2.1 CURRICULUM HOURS This section makes a distinction between curriculum hours to be taken by every student and those offered as electives or within a given track. Specific information is also requested on subjects other than those specified in table 4.2.

Table 4.1: General table of curriculum hours taken by all students

Hours of training

Theoretical training Supervised practical training Year Lectures Seminars

Self-directed learning

Laboratory and

desk based work


Clinical work

Other Total

A B C D E F G First 390 18 130 312 155 875 Second 285 22 84.5 343 10 5 140 805 Third 315 57 290 294 20 34 720 Fourth 333 53 153 293 157 60 240 1136 Fifth 372 83 179 183 254 102 240 1234 Sixth - 180 180 Total 1695 233 836.5 1425 441 381 775 4950

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Table 4.2: Curriculum hours in EU-listed subjects taken by each student

Theoretical training Supervised practical training Other Total

Subject Lec-tures

Semi-nars

Self di-

rected learn-

ing

Labora-tory

and desk based work


Clini-cal

training

A B C D E F 1. Basic Subjects a) Biophysics 15 15 30 b) Chemistry 15 15 30 45 c) Biology 15 15 30 d) Cell biology 15 15 30 e)Information Technol-ogy 15 5 10 30

f)Work safety and ergo-nomics 15 15

g)Modern language 120 120 h)Latin 35 35 i)Protection of intellec-tual property 15 15

j) Psychology / Philosophy 30 30

k) Ethics 30 30 l) History of vet and deontology 15 15

m)Physical Education 60 60 1- Total number of hours 180 5 15 85 215 485

2. Basic Sciences a) Anatomy 90 60 125 215 b) Histology and embry-ology 60 60 60 120

c) Physiology 60 30 70 5 135 d)) Biochemistry 60 6 30 84 150 e) Genetics 15 5 10 30 f) Pharmacology 45 8 120 52 105 g) Pharmacy 15 5 50 10 30 h) Toxicology 30 25 5 60 i) Environmental protec-tion 15 5 10 30

j) Microbiology 60 90 150 k) Immunology 15 4 4,5 26 45 l) Epidemiology 15 30 45 Biostatistics and meth-ods of documentation 15 15 30

m) Topographic Anat-omy 15 30 45

n) Pathophysiology 45 10 120 65 120 2- Total number of hours 555 68 474.5 682 5

1310 3. Clinical Sciences a)Clinical and laboratory diagnostics 60 30 10 20 120

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b)Pathology(pathological anat-omy,pathomorphology)

75 78 12 165

c)Diseases of beneficial insects 15 15 30

d)Veterinary Parasitol-ogy and invasiology 30 60 15 90/15

e)General surgery and anesthesiology 15 4 12 14 45

f)Horse Diseases 93 16 90 27 72 90 208/90 g)Diagnostic imaging 30 15 15 60 h)Livestock Diseases 107 17 107 35 118 90 277/90 i) Diseases of Fur Ani-mals 15 10 5 30

j)Veterinary Dietetics 15 15 30 k)Poutry and Bird Dis-eases 45 30 10 20 30 105/30

l)Andrology and insemi-nation 15 2 14 4 12 45

m)Diseases of dogs and cats 115 14 115 54 142 90 325/90

n) forensic medicine 15 10 5 30 o)Administration and legislation in veterinary 30 30

p) Protection of public Heath In Emergency Situations

15 15 30

Zoonoses 15 15 r) Husbandry and fish diseases 15 22 8 45

s) Prevention 30 15 15 15 15 75 3- Total number of hours 735 141 329 405 413 356 20

1740/315 4. Animal Production a)Agronomy 15 15 b)Farming of animals 15 10 20 45 c)Technology in animal production 15 5 10 30

d)Veterinary Economics 15 15 e)Animal Nutrition 30 30 60 f)Etiology, welfare and protection of animals

15 15 5 5 5 30

g)Hygiene of animal nutrition 15 4 3 11 30

Breeding holiday prac-tice 80

4- Total number of hours 120 19 18 76 5 5 80

225/80 5. Food Hygiene/ Pub-lic Health

a) Hygiene of Food-Animals and Meat 30 84 6 120

b)Milk Hygiene 15 28 2 45 c) Hygiene and Technol-ogy of Food of Animal Origin

60 65 10 135

Holiday practice 160 160 5- Total number of 105 177 178

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hours 300/160 6. Professional Knowl-edge

c)Clinical practice (after the semester VIII) 160

e)Clinical practice (after the semester X) 160

6- Total number of hours

320

Hours devoted to self-learning are not included into total number of curriculum hours, since these are clearly very difficult to estimate. Numbers given in table are defined by par-ticular Departments based on their own materials given to students for self-learning or avail-able at web pages.

Students are only allowed to enroll for certain subjects once they have passed other spe-cific subjects: for example, students can only take “Topographical Anatomy” once they have passed “Animal Anatomy”, passing these two subjects allows for entering “Pathomorphol-ogy”; similarly, they can only take the core subject “Biochemistry” once they have passed “Chemistry”, and they can only study “Pathophysiology” after passing “Physiology”. More-over, passing “Clinical and laboratory diagnostics” is necessary for entering Diseases of each species as well as passing “Microbiology” is the condition for starting “Epizootiology”. Fi-nally passing “Hygiene of Food-Animals and Meat” is the condition to start “Hygiene and Technology of Food of Animal Origin”.

Table 4.3: Curriculum hours in EU-listed subjects offered and to be taken as electives

Theoretical training Supervised practical training Other

Seminars Self

directed Learning

Laboratory and desk

based work


Clinical work

Hours to be taken by each student

per subject group Subject

A B C D E F Basic subjects Basic science 1. Animal behavior-ism 15 15

2. Utilization of molecular biology techniques in sci-ence and veterinary diagnostics

15 15

3. Physiology and anatomy of birds 5 5 10 15

4. Surgical anatomy of small animals 5 10 15

5. Genetic modifica-tions and gene ther-apy

10 5 15

6. Endocrinology 15 15 7. Neurophysiology 15 15 8. Physiology of 15 15

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animal postnatal development 9. Genetic diseases of animals 10 5 15

10. Aquaculture 10 5 15 11. Tumor transfor-mations in animals 2 30 13 15

12. Biomaterials 15 15 15 Clinical sciences 1. Diseases of labo-ratory animals 2 30 13 15

2. Veterinary hema-tology 5 10 15

3. Diseases of ex-otic animals 15 15

4. Rodents as com-panion animals 5 10

5. Clinical physiol-ogy 15 15

6 . Clinical pharma-cology 15 60 15

7. Laboratory toxi-cological analysis 15 15

8. Diseases of game animals 10 5 15

9. Endoscopic Diag-nostics 15 15

10. Diseases of ornamental birds 7 8 15

11. Breeding and diseases of crestless birds(Ratites)

7 8

12.Ultrasound scan in acute clinical cases

10 15 15

13. Clinical endo-crinology 5 10 15

14. Veterinary geri-atrics 5 10 15

15. Clinical neurol-ogy and neurosur-gery

5 5 5 15

16. Emergency medicine 3 5 7 15

17. Reproduction of fur animals 15 15

18. Metabolic dis-eases of livestock 5 10 15

19. Pediatrics with elements of behavior of small animals

5 10 15

20. Clinical ana-lytics of livestock and horse diseases

15 15

21. Clinical ana-lytics of dog and cat diseases

5 10 10

22.Clinical radiol- 10 15 15

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ogy of emergency medicine in small animals 23. Assisted repro-duction of animals 15 15

24. Veterinary On-cology 5 5 5 15

25. Herpetology and herpeticulture 10 5 15

Animal production Food hygiene/Public health Professional knowledge 1. Marketing and management 15 15

Other 1. First aid 15 15 2. English 15 15

In order to make up the total number of credits required by the syllabus, students are al-lowed to choose elective subjects accounting for a total of 180 hours (12 credits) – 12 sub-jects out of 41. These electives are distributed as follows:

Ist year – two subjects out of 7 during whole year Animal Behaviorism First Aid Molecular biology techniques in examination and veterinary diagnostics Surgical anatomy of small animals Genetic modifications and gene therapy Physiology and anatomy of birds English IInd year – two subjects out of seven during the whole year Herpetology and herpeticulture Endocrinology Neurophysiology Physiology of animal postnatal development Genetic diseases Aquaculture English Language

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IIIrd year – two subjects out of six during whole year Diseases of laboratory animals Veterinary Hematology Diseases of Exotic Animals Clinical Physiology Tumor transformations in Animals Marketing and Management IVth year – two subjects out of seven during whole year Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory Toxicological Analysis Diseases of Game Animals Clinical Analytics of Horse and Livestock Diseases Endoscopic Diagnostics Biomaterials Rodents as Companion Animals Vth year – two subjects out of seven in Winter semester Reproduction of Fur Animals Metabolic Diseases of Farm Animals Pediatrics with elements of Behaviour of Small Animals Clinical Analytics of Cat and Dog Diseases Clinical Radiology of Emergency Medicine In Small Animals Assisted Reproduction of Animals Veterinary Oncology Vth year - two subjects out of seven in summer semester Rearing and Diseases of Crestless Birds (Ratites) Diseases of ornamental Birds Ultrasound scan In Acute clinical conditions Clinical Endocrinology Veterinary Geriatrics Clinical Neurology and neurosurgery First-aid In life threatening cases

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Free electives vary in nature, with a view to enabling students to complete their studies in a chosen area of interest. The aim is to ensure flexible configuration of the curriculum. The student may complete his full complement of credits by choosing subjects from those made available each year by Faculty.

The inherent nature of an elective is, that students make a distinction and select. However, the total number of hours to be taken by each student out of the various subject groups should bestated. Where a Faculty runs a “Tracking system” this should be indicated when completing Table 4.3. Separate tables should be provided for each track, e.g. Table 4.3a: Curriculum hours in EU-listed subjects to be taken in the “equine medicine track”. Tab. 4.4 requests information concerning curriculum hours in subjects not listed in Table 4.2 to be taken by every student. If offered as electives or within a special track, please de-velop separate tables (e.g. 4.4a, b…). Table 4.4: Curriculum hours in subjects not listed in Table 4.2 to be taken by each student, including Diploma work (final graduation thesis, or final graduation work).

All subjects available at our Faculty are in table 4.2

4.1.3 FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CURRICULUM

- Provide the visiting team with highlights and any unusual or innovative aspects of the teaching programme, e.g. tracking and orientation programmes.

There is no defined “tracking system

- State the parts of the programme that must be attended as obligatory by the students and how the attendance is verified.

Seminars, laboratory and desk based work, non-clinical animal work and clinical work are obligatory for all students. Students attendance is checked at the beginning of each meeting.

Lectures are not obligatory but their attendance is advisable .

Please provide specific information on the practical clinical training;

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If clinical training is be provided through obligatory clinical rotations in different areas, please give an outline description of how this is structured, in terms of: are such rotations a structured part of the training given to all undergraduate students? the total number of days or weeks of such rotations; the year(s) in which they occur; the different areas covered and the time spent in each area; whether attendance is full-time, for part of the day, and/or other (e.g. based on case needs); the activities and case responsibilities that students are expected to undertake. the group sizes in the clinical rotations - Describe clinical exercises in which students are involved prior to the commencement of clinical rotations. - Outline the student involvement in the emergency and hospitalisation activities of the clin-ics. - Specify student participation in the activities of the mobile clinic and indicate whether or not the hours spent in the mobile (ambulatory) clinic are included in those in Table 4.2.

Currently students‘ practical trainings are conducted in four specialistic disciplinary oriented clinics: internal diseases, infectious diseases, surgery and animal breeding. In each of the above mentioned clinics, students undergo 60 hours of training in groups consisting of 6 people. Be-sides, they have 30 hours of training in bird diseases and 15 hours in invasive diseases. During this time they are fully exposed to dealing with clinical cases reported by breeders and they par-ticipate in rounds of a mobile clinic to tend to sick animals. Supervised by on-duty doctors, they tame animals, perform simple tasks, collect laboratory samples, resuscitate in life-threatening situations and practise other day one skills. On completing the training, the students are obliged to write a case history of a chosen clinical case and have it accepted by a supervising assistant. Since this academic year, the system has been extended over previously mentioned extramural trainings in private veterinary clinics, stud farms and other institutions connected with veterinary practice. Below, some more detailed information is presented within the description of particular clinics of the Faculty.

Surgery Clinic

Clinical practice in the Clinic of Animal Surgery is obligatory to all students of 5th year and consists of 60 hours done in a week in both winter and summer semester. It is conducted in the Clinic of Surgery of Small Animals and Large Animals, respectively. Over the period of training, students participate in all other obligatory classes and lectures while the practice presents possi-bilities to look after animals being hospitalised in the Clinics and assist surgery procedures. Each student group consists of six people and students are allowed to start the training once they have

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obtained credits in anaesthesiology and general surgery. In case of home visits (excursions), usu-ally 2 to 4 students assist the doctor.

Clinic of Internal Medicine

There is no student rotation betweeen external clinics. Such rotation will only be possible from the moment the agreements are signed with the external animal clinics.

During the training in the Clinic of Internal Diseases, students participate in examinating pa-tients, collecting blood samples for hematological and biochemical analyses, collecting urine samples, performing intestine punctures, intravenous infusions, nasogastric intubations, adminis-tering hypodermic and intramuscular injections, administering drugs per os. They also assist ultra-sound and endoscopic examinations of the stomach and the respiratory system. They individually evaluate laboratory tests and perform differential diagnosis. Moreover, the students conduct clini-cal tests of horse coat and assist admitting patients with dermatological problems; run extra skin tests i.e. examine hair samples, collect superficial and deep scrapes, do combing trials, prepare skin cytological slides, perform needle aspiration biopsy and interpret cytological images of slides. Furthermore, they conduct skin biopsies and evaluate histopathological im-ages of skin biopsy specimen, run and evaluate intradermal tests and assist determining the levels of specific antibodies and parameters of non-specific resistance. The training also con-tains teaching students to develop treatment suggestions of particular study cases.

Within the mobile clinic training activities, students make excursions to stud farms where they learn about animal nutrition, inspect horses welfare and collect material for laboratory tests. About 50% of the training time is devoted to that. Apart from scheduled excursions, students tend to reported by breeders cases where they perform necessary procedures under supervision.

Gynaecology and Obstetrics

- All students undergo a 30 –hour training in VIII i IX semester (total of 60 hours) - trainings rotate every 7 days and last from Monday to Sunday - admittance room, operation theatre, post-operation accommodation, the time students spend

during the day depends on the number of patients and the needs. - students spend part of the day depending on the needs and number of patients but it is vital

that students do 30 hours of training in a week both in VIII and IX semester. - conducting anamnesis, assisting patients examinations, aiding post-operative and conserva-

tive therapy - 6 students in a training group - introduction to gynaecological and obstetric examination, introduction to surgical instru-

ments, room layout in the clinic (surgery rooms, the theatre, postsurgery accommodation).

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- regular health check of hospitalised patients , nursing activities , preparation of the opera-tion area, nursing after-surgical wounds ,dressing wounds, administering intravenous injec-tions and medication under the supervision of an on-duty doctor.

- out-of-town visits to patients are supervised by on-duty doctors and students travel either by the doctor’s or animal owner’s means of transport.

Clinic of Infectious diseases

60 hours of clinical training are obligatory during semesters IX and X ( 5th year) and these

are conducted in the Clinic of Infectious Diseases and at animal farms in groups of 6 students. Practical activities include: clinical examination of animals, collecting biological material for laboratory testing, administering injections and intravenous infusions, autopsy examinations. Moreover, students learn how to use diagnostic equipment, endoscope, ultrasound apparatus, cardiograph, cardiomonitor and how to operate the equipment for morphological and bio-chemical blood analyses. They nurse animals being treated and hospitalised and individually keep a training diary in which they describe each admitted animal, its diagnosis and under-taken procedures. On finishing the clinical training, the students individually take an oral ex-amination for which Jacek Kutrzuba (DVM) is responsible.

Bird Diseases Clinical training practically complements theoretical knowledge on the subject and aims at

teaching students the techniques for practical clinical , laboratory and postmortem examina-tions, methods of administering drugs to birds and collecting samples for diagnostic tests as well as collecting clinical documentation with respect to binding veterinary regulations.

Each student is obliged to take 30 hours in a year, divided into two parts of 15 hours per se-mestr. 6 students can take the training simultaneously.

The training includes strategies for taking anamnesis, performing clinical and/or postmor-tem examination, and mastering techniques for collecting laboratory samples under the super-vision of an on-duty doctor.

Moreover, the students perform bacteriological, mycological and parasitological examina-tions as well as antibiotic sensitivity tests of isolated micro-organisms and evaluate achieved results. Basing on the knowledge of the principles and methods of administering drugs to birds, they determine therapeutic procedures for individual patients. Besides, the students as-sist simple surgical procedures i.e. remove feather germ cysts in canaries, debridement of wound, fraction procedures ,beak and claws corrections, egg obstructions. Within the training duties, they also learn to collect clinical documentation for pets and farm animals using com-puter programme ‘Klinika3000’.

Additionally, the students prepare monography on a chosen clinical case, present and con-sult their work with the supervising doctor and finally take oral tests to complete the training.

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Parasitology and Invasiology

Practical trainings of groups of 6 students are conducted in the laboratories of Parasitol-ogy and Invasiology.

Each student is obliged to take 15 hours of training weekly in the time free from other ob-ligatory classes and lectures.

The training includes running practical parasitological tests , parasitological examinations and learning about the procedures of laboratory work.

On completing the training in the form of oral exam, the students report on the research methods they have applied to a particular study case.

The purpose of the training is to prepare students to individually diagnose animal parasi-tological diseases .

4.1.4 OBLIGATORY EXTRAMURAL WORK

These are training periods that are an integral part of the curriculum, but which are taken outside the Faculty. Please make a distinction in respect to the nature of the work, for in-stance work on farms, training in a veterinary practice or in Food Hygiene/Public Health with a commercial or government organisation. Please indicate the guidelines pertaining to this activity, and the manner by which it is as-sessed.

Students of the degree programme of veterinary medicine have to complete a total of 14

weeks of extramural work. This extramural work does not denote courses, but is destined to constructively complement professional preparatory training or scientific training and serves the acquisition of skills as well as the preparation for future professional practice.

Students complete their extramural work during holidays. 2 weeks of agricultural training at the farm or a comparable institution after 2nd year of

studies after successful completion of exam of the subjects Rearing and Breeding, Techniques in Animal Production, Nutrition.

4 weeks of food inspection at a slaughterhouse as well as meat processing institution after

completion of all courses of basic training in food sciences and veterinary public health ser-vices after 4th and 5th year of studies respectively

8 weeks of extramural work with a veterinarian, in one of the animal clinics of the faculty

or at a similar institution of the student’s choice after 4th and 5th year of studies respectively

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Students have to collect the documentation of practical training in especial training books, which they obtain before training. On the basis of this books and student’s knowledge they have to pass the exam after finishing of practical clinical and slaughter training.

The supervisors responsible for practical training: dr Andrzej Puchalski – main supervisor for practical training is Dean’s plenipotentiary al-

so administration person dr Andrzej Milczak - person responsible for clinical training dr Waldemar Paszkiewicz - responsible for sanitary and slaughter practical training The practical training program for students after 4th and 5th year of study in veterinary

clinic: 1. Internal medicine

- Basic diagnostic procedures- practical training; - Simple interventions ( s.c, i.m., i.v.- injections, cava pleura and peritoneum punc-

tures, catheterization of urinary, infusion into rectum); - Introduction about main pharmaceutics used in veterinary therapy; - Interpretation of the results of additional examination (blood morphology, urine,

blood biochemical, EKG); - The practical information about procedures of therapy the most often observed in-

ternal diseases. 2. Veterinary surgery

- Local and general analgesia procedure; - Bandages installation and preparation; - A simple no complicated surgery in animals training; - Accompaniment to small surgery (general surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedic,

dentistry; 3. Veterinary reproduction and gynecology

- The diagnostic procedures of pregnancy (palpation, USG, pregnancy tests) and re-productive diseases;

- Preparation of simple gynecologic and obstetrics surgery; - Accompaniment to simple gynecologic and obstetrics surgery;

4. Among infectious diseases - The diagnostic methods the most often infectious diseases; - The procedures of prophylaxis of infection diseases; - The methods of elimination and procedures among diseases eliminated by official

government’s legislation; 5. Among radiology

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- Advantages and disadvantages of radiological examination; - The procedures of radiological and USG examination, the patient preparation; - The interpretation of RTG and USG pictures;

6. Disease’s Documentation - The health documentation, sheets and computer evidence of patients;

7. Among organization and administration procedures - The rules of organization of work in practical training place; - The practical information about patients registration and evidence systems; - The practical training about pharmacy- evidence, storage etc.;

Table 4.5: Obligatory extramural work that students must undertake as part of their course

Minimum period (2) Maximum period (2) Year (1) in

which work is carried out Nature of work

hours % of total study time

hours % of total study time

breeding 80 1.5 2 clinical 160 3.1 4 Vet inspection 80 1.5 4 clinical 160 3.1 5 Vet inspection 80 1.5 5

1)If these periods of extramural work take place during vacations, then the preceding academic year should be entered

in the last column of Table 4.5

2)Where applicable

4.1.5 SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE PRACTICAL TRAINING IN FOOD HYGIENE/PUBLIC HEALTH

- Describe arrangements for teaching in a slaughterhouse and/or in premises for the pro-duction, processing, distribution/sale or consumption of food of animal origin. - Indicate the distance to slaughterhouses where students undergo training, and the species covered. Outline the structure and the frequency of these visits (group size, number of trainers, duration, etc.).

The practical 2 weeks holiday training program for students after 4th year of study in

slaughter house covers: 1. The structure and organization of slaughter house. 2. The technology and slaughter of livestock and poultry. 3. The sanitary-veterinary examination of livestock and poultry before slaughter.

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4. The role of veterinarian in examination of animals before and after slaughter. 5. The obligatory examination of particular livestock species after slaughter (it’s depend on

slaughter houses properties, additional examination). 6. The regulation procedures with extra risk material (samples) in case of cattle, sheep and

goats slaughter. 7. The refrigeration conditions of carcasses and internal organs of animals after slaughter. 8. The cleaning and disinfection processes in technological slaughter line. 9. The duties and role of veterinarian during slaughter supervision and after slaughter exami-

nation procedures of animals and meat. 10. The documentation of examination procedures after slaughter kept by veterinarian.

The practical 2 weeks holiday training program for students after 5th year of study in meat processing institution (company) covers: 1. The structure and organization of meat processing institution (planes, technological lines

and the main technological processes). 2. Role of veterinarian as supervisor in organization structure of meat processing institution. 3. The partition of corpulence after slaughter on animals and the bleeding of meat (the main

parts of corpulence, additional elements, the qualification of meat). 4. The sausages and preserves production. 5. The greases production and categorization of wastes. 6. The refrigeration systems for meat and meats products storage. 7. The cleaning and disinfection processes in meat industry. 8. The HACCP system in meat processing institution and control of it work. 9. The duties and role of veterinarian in meat processing industry supervision. 10. The documentation carried out by veterinarian during supervision of meat production.

Additionally during regular classes students have access to five different facilities. Unit 1 (approx 17 km from Lublin): Cattle/pig, EU-approval Activities of the students: meat inspection of carcass, postmortem inspection, carcass sur-

face sampling Activities connected with examination of slaughter animals and their raw materials are

conducted in a pig and cattle slaughter house, which is a modern plant equipped with HACCP system and authorized to produce for the market. Transportation by city buses or private cars.

Animal carcasses are stored in a separate room where students learn after-slaughter ex-amination of carcasses. Examination of internal organs is conducted in a specially isolated area of the slaughter hall.

There is a cloakroom and a conference room at students’ disposal where training issues are discussed before and after training sessions.

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Group size per excursion: 8 students under the guidance of 2 workers of Department and 2 workers of Veterinary Inspection Unit .

Unit 2 (Meat processing plant is situated 150 km from Lublin. Transportation costs (buses)

are covered by the excursion budget of the Faculty. A modern plant authorized to produce for the market and equipped with HACCP system.

Activities of the students: Students are introduced to technologies of meat processing. Group size per excursion: 10-15 persons under guidance of 2 workers of Department, a

technologist and an official vet doctor from the Unit . There is a cloakroom and a conference room at students ‘ disposal where particular training issues are discussed before and after training sessions.

Unit 3 Poultry Works are situated in Lublin. Transportation by city buses or private cars. The plant is modern and equipped with HACCP system and authorised to produce for both home and foreign markets .

Activities of the students: Students are introduced to technologies of production of poultry carcasses and meat products.

Group size per excursion: 10-15 persons under the guidance of 2 workers of the Depart-ment, a technologist and an official vet doctor from the Unit .

There is a cloakroom and a conference room at students’ disposal where particular training issues are discussed before and after training sessions.

Unit 4 (Cold storage plant and game animal carcass storage are situated in Lublin. Trans-

portation by city buses or private cars. The storage for game animal carcass is a kind of cold storage. They are both modern, equipped with HACCP system and authorised to produce for home and foreign markets.

Activities of the students: Students are introduced to conditions of storing game meat and the principles of sanitary and veterinary inspection of the production.

Group size per excursion: 30 students under the guidance of 2 workers of the Department and 1 technologist from the Unit. There is a cloakroom in the cold storage plant at students’ disposal.

Unit 5 ( Dairy 70 km from Lublin ; Transportation costs (buses) are covered by the excursion budget of the Faculty. It is a modern plant equipped with HACCP system

and authorized to produce for home markets and export to several foreign countries. Activities of the students: Students are introduced to technologies of milk and diary prod-

ucts production with special regard to production of ripening cheeses , casein, whey and pow-dered milk.

There is a cloakroom and a conference room At students ‘disposal where particular train-ing issues are discussed before and after training sessions.

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Group size per excursion: 15 students under the guidance of 2 workers of the Department and 1 technologist from the Unit . Each student attends 1 excursion lasting 2 hours in a semes-ter. Each student attends 3 excursions during X semester (2 hours each) ante mortem inspection and stunning, hygiene of the slaughter process, meat inspection and 2 excursions in XI semes-ter (3 hours each) – technology

4.1.6 RATIOS

These must be delineated from Table 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3. For explanation about ratios, see the section 'Main Indicators' of Annex I. The indicator derived from the ratios established is the denominator when the numerator is set 1.

4.1.6.1 GENERAL INDICATORS TYPES OF TRAINING

Please give the following values: R6 – R10 R6 Theoretical training (A+B+C) 1864 1 -------------------------------------- = -------------- = ---------- : 1.21 Supervised practical training 2247 0.82 -------------- (D+E+F) R7 Clinical Work (F) 361 1 -------------------------------------- = -------------- = ---------- : 5.26 Laboratory and desk based work 1866 0.19 ---------- + non-clinical animal work (D +E)

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R8 Self directed learning (C) ? 1 -------------------------------------- = -------------- = ---------- : Teaching load 5130 ------------ (A+B+C+D+E+F+G)

4.1.6.2 SPECIAL INDICATORS OF TRAINING IN FOOD HYGIENE/ PUBLIC HEALTH

R9 Total no. curriculum-hours Food Hygiene / Public Health 460 1 -------------------------------------- = -------------- = ---------- : 11.23 Total no. Hours 5130 0.089 ----------- vet. Curriculum1 R10 Total no. curriculum-hours Food Hygiene / Public Health2 460 1 -------------------------------------- = -------------- = ---------- : 0.34 Hours obligatory extramural work 160 2.87 ------------ in Veterinary inspection3 Origin numerators, denominators 1: Total as derived in Table 4.1 2: Total as derived in Table 4.1, Subject 5 3: Figures to be taken from Table 4.5

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4.2 COMMENTS

Please comment on: - the way in which the veterinary curriculum prepares the graduate for the various parts of the veterinary profession, especially under the specific conditions prevailing in your coun-try/region.

Currently in Poland the number of retired veterinarians is balanced by the number of gra-

duates and the majority of graduates are able to find employment. Simultaneously, the demand for official veterinary services is increasing due to the intro-

duction of different programs aiming at prevention of infectious diseases, enhancing food produce hygiene, supervising food processing and others.

In Poland, there is no tracking system or other differentiations during undergraduate stud-ies.

There is a holistic approach to student education and after 2 years of clinical work, the graduate may choose one of 17 specialities offered by the state commission for veterinary medicine specialisation, which is a division of the State Veterinary Chamber. In his way, the educational process extends over the next 4-6 semesters. Thus, it is the specialists who deter-mine the level of veterinary proficiency in Poland. These people appoint veterinarians to spe-cialistic clinics for companion animals, horses, cattle, pigs, certain sectors of state veterinary inspection concerned with public health , food hygiene and anti-zootic prevention. The above mentioned specialistic courses may, by European standards, be accepted as certified specialis-tic courses.

- the way the curriculum is structured and reviewed.

The Faculty has developed a system of evaluating education efficiency ,which is de-scribed In charter V.

- the major developments in the curriculum, now and in the near future.

Lately, the curriculum has been changed in its clinical section from being discipline ori-ented to species oriented. Academic year 2010/2011 marks the first stage of its implementa-tion and the system will be evaluated over the next 3-5 years.

- the local conditions or circumstances that might influence the ratios in 4.1.6.

Privatisation of state agricultural farms and structural changes in private agriculture have led to the decrease in the population of farm animals. Simultaneously, UE market demands and the necessity to comply Polish agriculture with EU legislation, for example, biosecurity standards ,have limited access to farm animals, slaughter houses and meat and food process-ing industries. Consequently, the ratio between practical and theoretical courses have changed in favour of the latter.

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4.3 SUGGESTIONS

If the denominators in 4.1.6 for your Faculty are not meeting the range as indicated in An-nex I, Supplement A, what can be done to improve the ratios?

Currently implemented new system of extramural teaching in addition to intramural practice should within 2 coming years improve theoretical/practical training ratio as well as result in fulfilling all requirements of day one skills.

Moreover, implementing in near future self directed learning system should also influence R8 in-dicator in direction to optimal value.

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CHAPTER 5 TEACHING AND LEARNING: QUALITY AND EVALUATION

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5.1.1 THE TEACHING PROGRAMME

Describe the measures taken to ensure co-ordination of teaching between different depart-ments, sections, institutes and services

It is the Curriculum Board, appointed by the Dean of the Faculty on 21 September 2009, which is in charge of the didactic process coordination. The Curriculum Board replaced the pre-existing Faculty Commission for Didactics and it was appointed due to the University of Life Sciences’ Senate recommendations included in the resolution 37/2008-2009 of 24 April 2009 concerning the internal system of ensuring the quality of education at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. In accordance with the resolution’s recommendations (attachment no. 3) the Board consists of 3-6 members representing important courses in the major and one representative of students. At the moment it is prof. Z. Wrona who is acting as the chairman and who represents clinical disciplines – the Department of Obstetrics. A dean is exercising the formal supervision of works of the Curriculum Board.

In accordance with the Senate’s resolution (attachment no. 3) the basic task of the Curricu-lum Board is to care for proper realization and high standard of teaching. This task is being accomplished especially by:

1. Shaping a suitable graduate’s profile in accordance with standards for a particular fac-ulty and specialty of studies

2. Updating plans and general university curriculum in conformity with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education standards

3. A suitable selection and sequence of subjects, the form of classes and their mutual proportion, offering essential number of laboratory classes required to achieve the de-clared aims of teaching

4. Periodic inspections of detailed courses’ syllabuses with respect to eliminating con-tents repeating itself.

Because of the department’s peculiar situation, resulting from the implementation of the new standard of teaching, adapting the teaching curriculum followed in the department to the requirements of the new standard of teaching introduced in Poland by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education order of 12 July 2007 concerning educational standards for particular programmes of study and levels of study as well as the procedures for creating new study programmes and conditions to be met by the university in order to run interfaculty studies and combination majors was the first task of the newly appointed Curriculum Board. The new standard, in which drawing up actively participated combined university dean colleges of all domestic Faculties of Veterinary Medicine, considers recommendations resulting from the domestic medical and veterinary legislation, Bologna declaration, Ministry of Science and Higher Education and General Council of Higher Education, and especially the requirements

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of the European Union Directive (2005/36/EC). Drawing up a new curriculum was a difficult and long-lasting process as it required challenging numerous stereotypes for years functioning in the department such as: the number of hours devoted for particular courses, their position in the structure of the curriculum and the way of receiving a credit for a course. Currently out of necessity there are two curriculums in the department which are being followed simultane-ously, the new one and the old one. A coordinator, appointed by the dean, who is responsible for designing syllabuses for particular years of studies, cooperates with the curriculum Board. Those syllabuses have to be approved by the Vice-Rector for Students Affairs and Education. The role of the Curriculum Board is also to decide on the form of receiving a credit for par-ticular courses (an exam, a credit with a grade, a credit without a grade). The decisions of the Board concerning that matter take into account students’ opinion and recommendations of the rules of the university. The Board’s working meetings are called if necessary. Issues concern-ing the didactic coordination, which need to be analyzed and discussed in the Department Council forum are presented during the Department Council meetings every month and de-pending on the kind of a problem suitable resolutions are passed. It was the approval of the complete curriculum, which is followed on particular years of studies, which seems to be one of the most important resolutions passed concerning the didactic coordination. The auxiliary function concerning the coordination of curriculum is performed by people who are responsi-ble for running particular courses and who are appointed every time for the next academic year by the Department Council.

The Curriculum Board’s important statutory task is to analyze in detail factual contents of lectures, classes and practical laboratory classes with respect to eliminating contents repeating itself. Conclusions from the carried out analysis are put forward in Department Council fo-rum, which after having a discussion makes its final decision. Such analysis led to eliminating from particular curriculums elements repeating themselves. An advantage which didactic enti-ties gained from such analysis was the possibility of supplementing the contents of curriculum with new issues which replaced the removed ones or to expand the ones which were kept in the curriculum. An advantage which students gained was the fact that all the contents of cur-riculum was catalogued, systematized and divided logically and factually among particular courses. Thanks to that the requirements which students are supposed to meet if they want to receive a credit or pass an exam became clearer. Moreover, in many cases the material re-quired for exams was reduced due to the fact that some information repeated itself in the con-tents of different courses.

What also aids the process of teaching coordination is supplementing and an exchange of lecturers from different didactic entities, which results in students gaining more comprehen-sive knowledge and which seems to be a positive step forward in the development of problem based learning. Unfortunately, such actions are not commonplace.

As far as clinical courses are concerned it is the system of species education which was in-troduced by the new standard of teaching and which replaced the previous disciplinary system that aids the process of teaching coordination. Because of that clinical courses can be run in the form of species blocks by didactic teams which consist of representatives of clinical enti-ties still functioning in the disciplinary system. Moreover, the resources of an intranet, which is used to operate the clinical service, are partly utilized in order to coordinate the teaching of

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clinical courses. This computer network contains among other things: descriptions of clinical cases and results of the laboratory tests which can be used for didactic purposes.

The superior function in the process of teaching coordination and broadly understood pol-icy of teaching in the department is performed by a Vice –Dean for Students Affairs and Edu-cation, who has to report his decisions to the dean, the faculty council and to the Vice –Rector for Students Affairs and Education. It is a Vice- Dean for Clinical Affairs who is in charge of the teaching coordination in the teaching hospital (VTH). Since the department does not have a structurally distinct hospital this function is performed by the existing clinics in the discipli-nary system.

Holiday student training (breeding, slaughtering, sanitary and clinical training) is espe-cially important to the process of teaching. There are two people appointed by a dean who are responsible for coordination of different matters connected with organizing student trainings. The holiday training programs are created in the didactic entities: in the Department of Hy-giene, if they concern the slaughtering and sanitary training, and in the clinical departments in they concern the medical training. The breeding training, which was introduced in accordance with the requirements of the new standard of teaching, is coordinated centrally by the univer-sity unit- The Institute of Practical Training.

Describe the pedagogical approach of the institution. In particular, describe the use of newer approaches, such as problem-based learning, interactive computer-assisted learning, etc.

As far the pedagogical policy is concerned the department is guided by the obligations re-sulting from the university and the department mission, which explicitly says that the main task of these two entities is to adopt a learning-oriented student-centered approach. An ade-quate preparation of graduates for fulfilling their occupational duties in accordance with the principle of omnicompetence written in the EC Directive and the register of day one skills is the essence of teaching. The teaching staff is also trying, within its capabilities, to stimulate students to further broadening their knowledge on their own as part of self-education. Both a student computer room with access to the Internet created in the department, and the libraries –the central and the department one are used for the purpose of encouraging students to ex-pand their knowledge. In the near future the University, thanks to new investments, will ac-quire the full self-reliance in having at its disposal library rooms and collections of textbooks and magazines which will certainly contribute to modernizing the process of knowledge ac-quisition. Innovative accents in the pedagogic policy are also visible in the methodology of conducting classes. Many theoretical, preclinical and clinical departments are trying to popu-larize problem solving skills amongst students as attractive and modern method of knowledge acquisition. Both tendencies are corresponding fully with recommendations of the Bologna declaration. Moreover, students of the department are encouraged to use accessible library resources in a wide range, in the department as well as university reading rooms. Due to the motion that students put forward the working hours of the faculty library were extended and the number of seats of the so-called quiet learning was increased. Currently the library is fully computerized which significantly shortens the time essential to search for literary positions and magazines. It also enables students to have full access to the library’s resources via an

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intranet. There are special library database courses organized for freshmen. Periodically the library is given access to free of charge outside large-format bases of scientific journals, which after logging on can be used by both researchers and students. The up-to-date informa-tion concerning library resources and some basic rules of using electronic systems is available on the University Library website (http://bg.up.lublin.pl). Both the development of the univer-sity computer network and creation of the university and individual departments’ websites contributed significantly to facilitation and modernization of the teaching process in the de-partment. Within the department’s website separate web pages of individual didactic entities were created, where all essential information concerning teaching students and students’ self- teaching is placed. Among other things one can find there detailed timetables; subject matter of lectures, classes and practical classes carried out in the form of clinical internships. More-over, the didactic entities place on their sub pages some information for self-education in the form of summaries of classes, multimedia presentations, descriptions of interesting clinical cases, as well as their own collections of photographs relating to physiology and organs’ pa-thology, microscopic histological and histopathological slides ((http://www.weterynaria.up. lublin.pl/anatomia; and http://www.weterynaria.up.lublin.pl/patologia). Students have access to different domestic and foreign links, which they should use during the process of learning. Currently due to the space availability problem the department has at its disposal only one computer room with 10 stands, available to students 24 hours a day. Moreover, students can use a few university laboratories, in which there are 60 stands together, where particular courses (e.g. Veterinary Epidemiology) are run on regular basis. However, the department realizes that the size of these resources does not meet the needs of the current number of stu-dents because of the outstandingly understated rate of the number of computers to the number of students (1: 80). Providing students with the free of charge wireless Internet in the main building Agro II appeared to be a big facilitation as it enables them to utilize the network’s resources at any time using their own mobile computer hardware. The department is fully aware of the numerous imperfections of the education policy which is being currently fol-lowed. Requirements in the day one skills explicitly point to the increasing significance of practical teaching and its priority to the traditional form of spreading knowledge based on lectures, seminars and recitation classes. However, previous actions aimed at making teaching practical were held by the imposed standards of teaching. The current standard, implemented in 2007, intends to introduce species clinical teaching in place of clinical disciplines to date. In the clinicians’ opinion such a system should modernize and facilitate the process of clinical education thanks to the possibility of arranging traditional classes to date into interdisciplinary blocs devoted to main species of farm and accompanying animals. The strengthening of the practical clinical education will be also achieved as recommended by the new teaching stan-dard by freeing the last term of studies from theoretical classes and devoting it entirely to im-proving practical clinical abilities as part of species internships. Students will be provided with the right number of clinical cases and dead animals for autopsy thanks to signing bilat-eral agreements with different subjects (animal farms, clinics and the like). Implementing the clinical education based on the principles of the new standard is planned for the academic year 2010 2011. That is way at this stage it is difficult to assess the advantages and disadvan-tages of the new system.

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Recently the department initiated the implementation of a new method of teaching – e-learning, which is supposed to supplement the students’ possibility of self-education. The department is aware of certain restrictions of this system, which result from for example: spe-cificities of the practical vocational training based mainly on performing manual activities. Therefore, with reference to many basic and preclinical courses the method of the e-learning can constitute a valuable supplement, or even an alternative to traditional methods of knowl-edge acquisition. However, the department has no experience in teaching with this method, all the more so because it is not used in any of the remaining departments of the University of Life Sciences. Therefore, three people from the university teaching staff were chosen, who decided to participate in training in the usage of e-learning for veterinary students’ education. That is why, the partnership agreement has been signed within LLP Erasmus programme with the Veterinary Department in Hanover, where this system has been used for many years. Af-ter receiving a foreign training we plan to create an initiating group, which will undertake the task of introducing e-learning into its home department. In the meantime, before the new sys-tem starts functioning, preparatory actions will be undertaken with a view to creating space and equipment base, which is essential to the e-learning functioning, in the form of specialist workshops, DTH platform, software, computers and the like.

Indicate the extent to which course notes are used to supplement or substitute for the use of standard veterinary textbooks

The employees of the department are preparing supplementary teaching materials for stu-dents in the form of summaries of chosen issues presented during lectures and classes. More-over, there are teaching films used during classes at students' disposal, descriptions of clinical cases, multimedia and other presentations. Some teaching entities also make procedures of performed exercises available to students. The website of the faculty and the web pages of particular departments functioning within it, to which students have unlimited and free of charge access, are central places where one can find the prepared materials. Apart from the access to summaries and multimedia presentations students also use textbooks for classes, which like most of Polish-language scientific publications are available in the university li-brary. Clinical entities are equipped with the Intranet, which is used especially for the service of the service activity (orders of medicines, invoices). Moreover this network collects docu-mentation of chosen clinical cases in the form of their descriptions, results of the laboratory tests, X-ray photographs, medical ultrasonography, endoscopic and the like. These materials are made available to students taking classes in clinical disciplines and participating in clinical internships. The copying equipment, which one can find in the department and at the univer-sity functioning in the system of self-service or serviced by an internal company, is a help in copying different teaching materials. Students use these devices at competitive prices. Teach-ing materials made available to students in the presented form only supplement the informa-tion and the knowledge spread during classes and included in specialist textbooks and the specialist writing. Students must be aware of the fact that these materials cannot replace their participation in lectures and classes and the necessity to use textbooks and academic and pro-fessional publications. It does not change the fact that auxiliary materials handed over by uni-

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versity teachers to students constitute valuable help and a big facilitation in mastering material required later on during classes, credits and final exams.

Describe, if applicable, any established or contractual arrangements that support under-graduate teaching between the establishment and outside bodies, e.g. farms, breeding cen-ters, practitioners, state veterinary services, factories/processing plants, outside laborato-ries, etc. Briefly describe how these arrangements work out in practice in terms of the con-tact this provides for all students or for selected students.

The department has signed numerous bilateral agreements with different subjects. The aim of these agreements is to give students the possibility of studying in outside bodies as part of classes planned for the time of studies, clinical internships, and summer vocational training. Except for the clinical courses, teaching in the outside bodies also concerns the courses from the group of animal production, the hygiene of meat and slaughter animals, the hygiene and technology of food products processing, pathological anatomy, environmental conservation and some other. Detailed principles of that cooperation are described in particular agreements. Students’ participation in teaching in the outside bodies entails the necessity of covering them by insurance. That is why, the university enters annually into a contract with a chosen insur-ance company, which provides students with an insurance policy separately for vocational training or for participation in all kinds of didactic classes.

List of agreements with external entities: will be provided during visitation

Describe the general learning objectives underlying the veterinary curriculum and how this is ensured

These objectives are defined in the EC Directive of 2005 concerning professional qualifica-tions. The new current standard of teaching veterinary at the veterinary medicine faculties in Poland follows the recommendations in the Directive, under which training in the profession of veterinary surgeon ensures the acquisition of professional knowledge and the following skills:

adequate knowledge of the sciences basic for the veterinary surgeon’s activities;

adequate knowledge of the structure and functions of healthy animals, of their hus-bandry, reproduction and hygiene in general, as well as their feeding, including the technology involved in the manufacture and preservation of foods corresponding to their needs;

adequate knowledge of animals’ behavior and protection ;

adequate knowledge of the causes, nature, course, effects, diagnosis and treatment of the animal diseases, whether taken individually or in groups, specifically knowledge of the diseases transmitted to humans;

adequate knowledge of preventive medicine;

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adequate knowledge of the hygiene and technology involved in the production and distribution of animal or animal origin foodstuffs intended for human consumption;

adequate knowledge of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions in relation to the subjects listed above;

adequate clinical and other practical experience under appropriate supervision

Meeting the requirements of EC Directive, the EAEVE developed the list of necessary skills for graduation in Veterinary Medicine, called “One Day Skills”

The essential competences fall into three main categories:

General professional skills and attributes – describing the distinctive characteristics of a veterinary surgeon

Knowledge and understanding – generally determining the range of knowledge needed for a veterinary surgeon career, and for subsequent professional development in whatever professional sphere the individual wishes to pursue

Practically-based veterinary competences – describing the basic practical competences expected at the graduation, and a further professional practical training

The veterinary graduate should be able to:

Communicate effectively with clients, non-professionals, colleagues and responsible authorities; listen attentively and respond politely to them, using an appropriate lan-guage in a given register

Prepare comprehensive case reports and keep patients’ records in an appropriate form

Work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team

Be aware of the ethical responsibilities of the veterinary surgeon in individual animal care and client relations, and also, in the community in terms of their possible impact on the environment and society as a whole

Be aware of the economic and emotional conditions in which the veterinary surgeon operates, and respond adequately to such pressures

Be willing to use the professional capabilities to contribute to veterinary knowledge advancement of in order to further improve the quality of animal care, animal welfare, and veterinary public health (evidence based medicine)

Have an basic knowledge of the organization and management of a veterinary practice, including:

o awareness of one’s own and the employer’s responsibilities in relation to em-ployment and health

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o safety legislation, and the position relating to lay staff and public liability

o awareness of how fees invoices are calculated, and the importance of record and book-keeping, including:

o computer records and case reports

o ability to use information technology effectively to communicate, share, col-lect, manipulate and analyze information

o importance of complying with professional standards and the practice policies

Understand the need and professional obligation for a commitment to further educa-tion and training, and professional development throughout the professional life

Act in a professional manner with regard to the veterinary surgeon’s professional and legal responsibilities and understand and apply the ethical codes of the appropriate regulatory bodies

Be able to cope with uncertainty and adapt to change

Be aware of personal limitations, and demonstrate awareness of when and where to seek professional advice, assistance and support

Have a basic knowledge of the veterinary services

The new veterinary graduate will need to have acquired a thorough knowledge and under-standing of the following:

The sciences the activities of veterinary surgeons are based on

Research methods and the contribution of basic and applied research to all aspects of veterinary science

Evidence evaluation techniques

Structure and functions of healthy animals and their husbandry

Etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of common diseases and disorders in the common domestic species in the EU

Legislation relating to the welfare (including transport) of animals and notifiable dis-eases

Medicine legislation and guidelines on responsible use of medicines as applied in the member states

The principles of disease prevention and the promotion of health and welfare

Veterinary public health issues including zoonoses

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The veterinary graduate should be able to do the following:

Obtain an accurate and relevant history of the individual animal or animal group, and its/their environment

Handle and restrain an animal safely and humanely, and instruct others in performing these techniques

Perform a complete clinical examination

Attend all common domestic animal species in an emergency and use first aid

Problems to be handled for any species include first aid management of:

o haemorrhage, wounds, breathing difficulties, eye & ear injuries, unconscious-ness, clinical deterioration, burns, tissue damage, internal organ damage and cardiac arrest

First aid to be applied includes

o bandaging, cleaning, immobilising limbs, resuscitation procedures, haemor-rhage control

Assess the nutritional status of an animal and be able to advise the client on husbandry and feeding principles

Collect, preserve and transport samples, perform standard laboratory tests, and inter-pret the results of those generated in-house, as well as those generated by other labora-tories

Use radiographic, ultrasonic, and other technical equipment used as a diagnostic tool, safely and in accordance with current regulations

Follow correct procedures after diagnosing notifiable, reportable and zoonotic diseases

Perform correct certification

Access the appropriate sources of data of licensed medicines; prescribe and dispense medicines responsibly in accordance with relevant legislation and ensure that medi-cines and waste are safely stored and/or disposed of

Apply principles of surgical equipment sterilization

Apply aseptic surgery principles

Safely perform sedation, general and regional anaesthesia, assessing and controling pain

Advise on and administer appropriate treatment

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Evaluate the necessity of euthanasia and perform it humanely, using an appropriate method, whilst showing sensitivity to the feelings of owners, and with due regard to the safety of those present; advise on disposal of carcasses

Perform a basic gross post mortem examination, record details, sample tissues, store and transport them

Perform ante and post mortem inspections of food animals and correctly identify con-ditions affecting the quality and safety of animal origin products

Assess and implement basic health and welfare records (and production records where appropriate)

Advise on, and design preventive and prophylactic programmes appropriate to the species (herd health management) and commensurate with accepted animal health, welfare and public health standards, seeking advice and assistance where necessary from colleagues

Minimise the risks of contamination, cross infection and accumulation of pathogens in the veterinary premises and in the field

Education objectives at the faculty, within the individual subjects are to meet the expected competence of graduates. The Faculty has developed for its own and national use a special list of subjects, made according to a single scheme description of all subjects, called syllabi. They give detailed goals, corresponding to the general or specific qualifications of graduates. The starting point for achieving accepted goals are education and curriculum subjects. By analyz-ing the content, the Faculty Program Committee, guarantees the achievement of its objectives and the acquisition of certain skills (Day one skills).

Describe how the Faculty collects the data required to ensure students are equipped with these Day one skills (evidence of learning)

In the process of students’ education the Department follows the recommendations and re-quirements of the EC Directive and EAEVE, determining the scope of the program and grad-uate skills directory. Verification of these skills in everyday practice of Veterinary Medicine provides the most reliable and objective assessment of the quality of education. The primary source of information for the Faculty about the strengths and weaknesses of graduate educa-tion are the results of surveys of graduates conducted after 5 years after graduation. From the perspective of five-year professional work, our graduates are able to realistically assess how the various stages of studies and the acquired knowledge are useful in performing professional duties. The surveys were compiled by the Senate Committee on Teaching and Quality of Edu-cation and approved by the Senate of our University in the form of a resolution. Since the implementation of this resolution in 2009, the results of graduates’ surveys have not yet been reviewed by a faculty committee for the Evaluation of Quality of Education. Faculty has the results of the first graduate survey, completed by alumni who graduated in 2009. 153 gradu-ates took part in the survey. The results of this survey show that in general graduates are satis-

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fied with the field of study they chose . A little bit above the half of the respondents (50,98%) think that the chosen field of study met their expectations. About 23 % of the respondents judge this fact very well and sufficiently. The graduates express some reservations about the curriculum. 36,6% of respondents judge well its structure and 46,4% judge it satisfactory. Less than 4% of respondents judge the curriculum very well and 11,11% insufficiently. The analysis of the graduates’ answers concerning questions about practical classes which occur during the whole time of studies and conditions of practical teaching during clinical classes is essential to the quality of teaching. Unfortunately, in both cases 50 % of respondents assess the way in which those classes are run just sufficiently whereas respectively 33,3% and 25,0% of respondents assess it insufficiently. In both cases 8,3% of graduates gave the unclassified grade. Out of 11 questions included in the survey there is yet one more question concerning the possibility of access to the specialist writing, the Internet and computer databases which is worth analyzing. In this case less than half of respondents judge well this possibility, 27,45% judge it very well, 22,22% sufficiently, and 4,57% insufficiently.

Another source of information on the quality of education of the faculty and graduates’ qualifications is medical and veterinary self-government, comprising doctors of different spe-cialties, of different age and employed in various positions. Department maintains close con-tact with representatives of the professional self-government, and its employees hold respon-sible social functions. Meetings of the local government – Lublin Veterinary Chamber is a forum for discussing professional and corporate matters, including the current vocational and post-graduate academic problems. Information collected by the department in this way is very valuable as to the quality of education. Thanks to it, immediate and long-term actions are tak-en, to correct any deficiencies and constantly adapt of curriculum to current needs and re-quirements of the labor market.

5.1.2 THE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT

Describe the available staff development facilities, particularly in relation to teaching skills. Describe the available systems for reward of teaching excellence (e.g., accelerated promo-tion, prizes, etc). Describe other measures taken to improve the quality of teaching and of learning opportunities

Currently implemented program of studies, granting the graduates the professional title of the veterinarian does not include preparation for teaching. For this reason, young graduates employed at the Faculty as teachers are supposed to take a special course in pedagogy, sociol-ogy and psychology. The same requirements apply to stationary doctoral students who are required to conduct 90-120 hours of classes per year. An additional form of pedagogical train-ing for young researchers is their initial participation in the classes as observers. Such classed run by older experienced teachers are then discussed and in this way, young scientists gain practical experience of different aspects in the work as academic teachers. Besides, the de-partment offers information on pedagogical trainings organized by external companies, where workers are sent in case of need. A good example of an innovative approach to education

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process and improvement of their teaching skills is a recent initiative of the department to introduce e-learning. Pre-trained group of experienced teaching staff will train the other teachers in this area. This initiative was possible thanks to the college-functioning LLP Eras-mus program, providing funds for foreign trips and training.

Reward for excellence All research and teaching Lublin Life Sciences University employees are subject to a peri-

odic detailed assessment every four years in compliance with the requirements established by the Law on Higher Education - Art. 111, Statutes of the University - § 99, and the scoring sheet. This evaluation includes a separate activities such as scientific, teaching, organiza-tional, educational and implementation. Each of these activities is evaluated by a special key, which is attributed to various factors by number of points. The teaching activity is subject to detailed assessment including didactic publication output, the implementation of the teaching process (lectures), the subject credit score, supervision of completed theses, reviewing theses, consultancy and translation, and conducting classes, assessed on the basis of a questionnaire by the student and supervisor. In order to obtain a positive assessment by the employee is to collect a certain number of points from all types of professional activity. Positive assessment is the prerequisite for the extension of employment for the next four years by the employer, ie, the Rector. From a technical standpoint, this assessment is a self-assessment and is based on self-filling the form by an employee being evaluated, including the specified number of points for each activity. The form and the data contained therein are then reviewed by the faculty committee for the Evaluation of Academic Staff, which issues its own assessment. The final score is the result of both the discussion and evaluation. In the case of positive evaluation, the committee submits a request to the Faculty Council forum and sends all the documentation to the University Human Resources Department. In the case of a negative assessment an em-ployee is entitled to appeal to the institutional review committee.

Didactics is also taken into account in the system of awards granted to employees by the Rector. The requests for distinguished teaching awards are submitted by interested people at the departments of the Personnel Committee. After a preliminary verification, these claims are discussed at the forum of Faculty Councils and secretly voted. In the case of a positive out-come of the vote, the proposal is re-examined by the Personnel Senate Committee, and the final decision is taken by the Rector. Rector's Awards are granted once a year on the occasion of the inauguration of the new academic year and refer to the achievements of the previous year. Detailed principles for the awards granted by the Rector are determined by the resolu-tion of the Senate No. 37/2006-2007 from 18 May 2007 for the Regulations on Rector’s Awarding Academic Teachers.

Perennial, excellent teachers may also be awarded with a special departmental prize - The Commission of National Education Medal, granted by the Ministry of Education. Applica-tions for the medal are submitted to the faculty by interested people, and then the applications are reviewed by the Personnel Senate Committee, and after the Rector’s approval, sent to the ministry. Especially valued award for teaching excellence is the title of the best university

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teacher annually granted by students. The criteria for a plebiscite for the best teacher are de-termined by the faculty council of the student government.

Other Measures to Improve teaching quality

There is the university quality policy initiated by the Rector’s decision of 04.01.2010. The main objective is to pursue a policy of quality at university, the priority of which is to educate students of all levels. The quality of education refers to such as; constant improvement of qua-lifications, research and teaching, the implementation of investment projects, providing the highest possible level of education and services, and continuous improvement of the educa-tion quality in accordance with the development strategy of University. In addition, the uni-versity's internal system has been introduced to ensure the quality of education (Senate Reso-lution No. 37/2008-2009). The system consists of the following elements: 1. Policies and procedures for quality 2. Approval, monitoring and periodic review of programs and their effects 3. Student Assessment 4. Quality of teaching staff 5. Resources to support student learning 6. Publication of evaluation results

An important element of the system with a view to improving the quality of education is student evaluation of teaching staff, conducted every two years. This evaluation is anony-mous, and is performed by specialized equipment and computer software of Testico-Sona company, thus allowing multi analysis of the results. The introduction of such an evaluation effectively mobilizes the workers to improve their teaching skills, which ultimately leads to the quality of education improvement.

5.1.3 THE EXAMINATION SYSTEM

Describe the examination system of the Faculty, in particular: Is there a central examina-tion policy for the Faculty as a whole? If ‘yes’, by whom is it decided? Are there special periods (without teaching) during the year for examinations? What form(s) of examination are used (written papers, multiple-choice questions, oral, practical, clinical examination, continuous assessment, etc.)? Is any use made of external examiners? How many retakes of an examination are allowed? Do students have to pass the examination within a certain time? Do students have to pass an examination before they can start other courses?

There is no “central examination police” in relation to the form of exams (oral examina-tion, written test, practical test). In this regard, the principle of autonomy assigned to individ-ual didactics units, and more specifically to those responsible for teaching subjects. With re-gard to the course completion (exam, with the degree of credit, credit without a degree), a preliminary decision is made by Program Council, and then it is approved by the Faculty

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Council. It is the rank and the number of hours which are taken into consideration when giv-ing credits. An additional, indirect impact on the form of assessment is the subject placement in the course of study, and the University study regulations, which specify the maximum number of exams and credits with a degree in the semester and year. Students, whose repre-sentatives are members of the Program Council, have a strong influence on such decisions. Information on how to complete the course is included in syllabi of the subjects, available on the website of the department. Furthermore, this information is always given to the students in the first class in each subject, and accepted rules can not be changed during the subject course. The general principles relating to credits and examinations are defined by the study regulations.

The university has two designated time intervals, free from teaching, called the exam ses-sions. Winter session, ending the winter semester lasts about three weeks. In the academic year 2010-2011 winter session with the first exam retakes will last from 31.01.2011 to 13.02.2011. The second retake term is form 14/2/2011 to 2/20/2011. Summer session, ending the summer semester begins 6/13/2011 and ends 26/06/2011, taking into account the first re-take session. The second exam retake session lasts from 01.09.2011 to 14.09.2011. Detailed data on timing and duration of the winter, summer and retake sessions are included in the or-ganization of the academic year - a document issued by the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Teaching, which is in force for the entire university. This document is available on the university website.

In the final credits list and the exams there are used all the possible forms of assessment of students' knowledge. In particular, there ar oral, written test and practical exams. The practi-cal test may concern laboratory procedures, clinical skills, recognition and interpretation of histological and pathological preparations, performing anatomopathological examinations, taking case history and others. All forms of exams and credits as well as the subject number realized in the course of study are presented in the table Table 1. Types of examination systems and their distribution

Number of subjects Evaluation method Obligatory Elective

written: short questions, problems etc. 21 5 multiple choice questions 22 11 oral examination 19 18 practical 1o 1 continuous assessment (lecture attendance and practices, aptitude, attitude etc.)

all all

student’s autonomous work (report of practices, presen-tation of clinical cases etc.)

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The Faculty employs a limited number of external evaluators, due to formal, legal and economic respects. There are some subjects assigned by Faculty Council to external evalua-tors, the example of which was Veterinary Administration. The person responsible for con-ducting the subject, including the degree of credit was a District Veterinary Officer. We plan to increase the participation of external evaluators in the assessment of students, mainly with regard to verification of clinical skills, acquired during the clinical internships. To realize this purpose, the contracts will be signed with freelance doctors, who will take students for intern-

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ships and finally assess their practical skills. A limited number of external evaluators are also employed to assess students' summer practice.

The are strict rules concerning the number of the exam retakes. According to the regula-tions, a student who has received the subject credit at the first session is entitled to two re-takes. Failure to get the credit in three subsequent terms results in the whole course repetition, and, depending on the number of failed exams, there are clear consequences for student’s placement in the study course (conditional pass of the session, the need to redo the course, semester, year).

Students are supposed to get successful subject credits during the examination or retake sessions or sessions. Under exceptional circumstances, justified by health or life problems,. with the approval of the dean or vice-rector , the student may take the exam in the period be-yond the examination session.

For all the subjects included in the study course, there are preconditions for the student participation, which creates the whole sequencing subject system. As agreed by the Faculty Council, if the students do not fulfill the initial conditions, i.e. they have not passed the speci-fied subject sequence, they can not continue the course. Prerequisites for individual courses are included in the subject syllabi and are available for the students on the department web-site.

Study regulations also specify other examination rules, the ultimate of which is a student drop-out.

5.1.4 EVALUATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

Describe the method(s) used to assess the quality of teaching and learning in the Faculty. Indicate whether the evaluation is a Faculty procedure, or one set up by individual depart-ments, by students or by individuals. Indicate the use of external evaluators. Describe the role of students in the evaluation of teaching and teachers. Describe the follow-up given to the evaluation

Quality of education at the faculty is evaluated on two levels, university and national. The national level is represented by the State Accreditation Committee, which is an independent institution, operating under a system of higher education in Poland for the improvement of education quality. The primary objective of the Commission is to assist the Polish public and private universities in building the educational standards for best practices as applicable in the European and global academic space. State Accreditation Committee pursues its mission by making compulsory education quality assessments and formulating an opinion on applications for permission to offer university studies. The Commission's concern is that the evaluation of, under the applicable law, should leave the scope for initiatives promoting innovative teaching process and the high education quality. Evaluation of various study courses is made by the Commission every five years. So far, the Faculty has gone through two national accreditations in 2002 and 2007, each time getting the prolongation to educate for the next 5 years. The as-sessment of the given Faculty by the Commission is preceded by the preparation of a detailed

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self-evaluation report in accordance with the guidelines of the Accreditation Commission. The second stage of evaluation is a 2-day working visit of the faculty committee members, during which they inspect classes, lectures and tutorials, and discuss the terms, conditions and quality of education with the science and teaching staff, the college dean and students. At the same time, the committee reviews and examines the records of the study course. Particular attention is paid to the functioning of the internal quality assurance system in education, which should guarantee a good quality of professional training, graduate profile meeting the requirements of national and European standards. After the visits, the committee draws up a report with the final decision and its justifications, which is sent to the University and Faculty. In practice, there are three forms of assessment units: positive, which gives the full right to education in the field for 5 years, conditional, issued for 3 years with the need to make up for deficits and re-visiting after this period and negative, equivalent to the withdrawal of the right to educate. Evaluation by State Accreditation Commission is mandatory. In the country there are also a lot of the environment committees, dealing with the evaluation departments and fields of study. With regard to the Agricultural Sciences, including Veterinary Medicine, this function is performed by the National Accreditation Committee for Agricultural Universities. Environment committee assessment is voluntary.

At the university there exists a system of quality policy, introduced by the decision of the Rector of 01/04/2001, and an internal system of quality assurance, introduced by the Senate Resolution No. 37/2008-2009 dated 24.04 2009. The quality policy makes the entire univer-sity undergo regular audits under the ISO 9001 quality management. Such an audit was held on 12-13 April 2010, the main elements of internal quality assurance system of education were mentioned in an earlier section (5.1.2). From an organizational point of view, the system is controlled centrally by the university Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Teaching. Regulatory Units are the Senate Committee on Quality Assessment of Teaching and Learning, Faculty Committees for the Evaluation of Training and Programme Boards. Detailed respon-sibilities of these units are included in the annexes to the resolution of the Senate No. 37/2008-2009 (see the point. 5.1.1). The main task of the faculty is to collect and analyze in-formation and formulate proposals for quality assurance. The Commission is the body respon-sible for the knowledge of the faculty about the strengths and weaknesses of the learning process and its outcomes, forming the graduate profile. The tasks of the committee are real-ized through:

1. The analysis of questionnaires assessing student satisfaction

2. Survey analysis of the graduate

3. The analysis of the results of surveys of graduates after 5 years

4. Analysis of the results of State Accreditation Commission report, the environmental, external audit and internal control institutions

5. Examination of the applications of Program Councils and Faculty Organisational Units, as well as other information to improve the quality of education

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6. The continuous preparation and giving recommendations to Faculty Council to ensure a high level of education

7. Annual reports of the present quality of education at each faculty, with an indication of the strengths and weaknesses, recommendations for change and the description of the implementation of recommendations contained in previous assessments

8. Recommendations for improving the implementation, monitoring and betterment of quality assurance policy

9. Student surveys

One of the most important elements of the functioning system is the ananymous satisfac-tion assessment survey of students, graduates and alumni. The results of these surveys are analyzed by the Faculty Commission for the Evaluation of Quality of Education and presented in a report on the Faculty Council forum. An important element is the publication of evalua-tion results and corrective actions, which is feedback for those surveyed. The information is available on the website of the department. The Faculty Commission is also a discussion fo-rum on any initiative to improve efficiency and quality of education. The students play an important role in the evaluation of the education program and its quality. They are, among others faculty members of the Program Council and participate in the faculty evaluation. Moreover, 10 student representatives belong to the Faculty Council, which is decisive in edu-cational policy or its changes in education program. Student representatives are also members of the University Senate, which takes strategic decisions concerning the education process of all the university.

The data collected in the process of evaluating the quality of education, such as the ques-tionnaires results of students, graduates and alumni, as well as claims and demands formu-lated in the working committee meetings, are prepared in the form of reports and made public. The aim of this process is to ensure the full disclosure regarding the assessment of qualifica-tions of individual employees by the students, as well as transparency in the activities and projects concerning quality of education. The aim is to continuously improve the quality of education, having a decisive impact on the level of qualifications of graduates, determined in the national standard of education in Veterinary Medicine and in the EC Directive.

5.1.5 STUDENT’S WELFARE

Describe any measures taken to protect students from zoonoses (e.g. rabies) and physical hazards. Describe the facilities (not related to the teaching programme) which the estab-lishment provides for students. Describe the guidance offered by the Faculty (or its parent institution) for students with problems (social problems, study problems) as well as for fu-ture career development or job selection Słuchaj

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The Faculty does not organize students mass prophylactic vaccination campaign against zoonoses. This rule also applies to the staff, including clinicians having everyday contact with sick or infected animals. Upon request, an individual can be vaccinated against, for example, rabies. The prevention functions under the general rules of the health care system and health insurance. Individual prophylactic vaccinations are performed when paid. The department adopted a policy of instructing students in the first classes of each subject on the rules and safety regulations obligatory in a lab. Class teachers are required to familiarize students with the equipment for practical exercises, the principles of its operation and any potential health risks. Students are also instructed on preventive measures and the ways of proceeding in cases of health or life risk. Regardless of the above health and safety instruction, the Faculty has also introduced a new curriculum of an optional subject - First Aid, under which students complete a practical course to provide first medical aid in various life-threatening situations. The students of the Faculty are covered by group insurance against accidents, which includes their stay at the premises of the university, as well as during summer working practice, clini-cal internships and projects outside the Faculty. Selecting an insurance company is done through competitive tenders. The company offering the widest range of insurance at a com-petitive price is chosen.

During the academic year and during summer practice held in Lublin, the students are provided with accommodation in student hostels in the campus or in halls of residence in the district Felin. The payment for the rooms in student hostels is tailored to students' ability to pay.

In their leisure time, off studying, and also during PE classes, our university students are provided with extensive opportunities to develop their physical fitness and to do sports pro-fessionally in the various sports sections. This is possible thanks to our University modern sports and recreation center, of 9600 m2, built in 2007, and consisting of, among others, the sports hall, the olympic swimming pool, the gym, the fitness club, the climbing wall, the combat sports hall and other. The University students can improve their sports skills in the following sections: athletics, swimming, basketball, volleyball, kickboxing and others. During the holiday season, just 50 km from Lublin, the resort lake Piaseczno has the sailing section, with water sport equipment, where the students can improve their sailing skills. This section also organizes summer camps, professional sailing combined with the possibility of obtaining sailor and skipper licences. In the winter the University Sport Unit organizes ski camps in the attractive winter recreation resorts. Students’ various sports disciplines enjoys popularity and interest every year, which includes, among others, the athletic meeting in the first year of study. These events provide not only the possibility of competitive spirit, but also play an im-portant role in integrating the students. Within University there is also a university riding club, which has the training stables, horses and riding equipment, enabling the practice of riding. A small group of students of the Faculty actively participates in Roztocze Horse Guards. It brings together students having a passion for horse riding, giving them the oppor-tunity to develop their own interests and hobbies. At the same time guard members perform social responsible function for the protection Roztocze National Park. Besides the possibility of doing sports, our Faculty students have many opportunities and possibilities for recreation and development of artistic talents. The University boasts of having its own song and dance

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assembly "Jawor”, recently celebrating its 50th anniversary. This assembly gives many con-certs at home and abroad, and performs at most of University Faculty celebrations. The Uni-versity also has an academic choir, presenting a diverse repertoire and being extremely suc-cessful at home and abroad. Both assembly proudly serve as ambassadors for the University, the city, the region and the country. The University has a congress center with a concert hall for 670 seats and facilities allowing for not only organizing symposia, but also cultural events, concerts, exhibitions, previews, etc. University and faculty students belong to numerous stu-dent organizations, including Rural Youth Union and local student government – University Council of Student’s Autonomy, Faculty Council of Student’s Autonomy, the Council of Res-idents and others. Regional structure of international associations of Veterinary Medicine stu-dents (IVSA) is very active. This organization takes a number of initiatives integrating stu-dents and cares about improving students' knowledge. It also organizes many scientific meet-ings, where invited guests –lecturers hold lectures selected problems in science and veterinary practice. IVSA is also co-organizer of scientific meetings held regularly under the name Clin-ical Tuesdays, serving popularization of clinical expertise. The organization members are also involved in symposia and training courses abroad, which is possible thanks to financial sup-port on the part of Faculty and University authorities.

The University Chaplaincy plays an important role, which is chaired by University Chap-lain, Priest Dr Stanislaw Sieczka, a full-time employee of the University. University Chap-laincy takes part in organizing various religious ceremonies and helps students and staff in spiritual support. At the University and the Faculty there are places where, at appointed hours, this type of meeting takes place. Chaplaincy also has its own chapel located in a residential dormitory Felin, hosting an occasional and Sunday Masses.

The convention center runs the restaurant, serving meals at reasonable prices. The students dormitories provide the students with canteens and small bars. Moreover, the students have, at their disposal, fully equipped kitchens and laundries in the dormitories. The university facili-ties are also vending machines, selling beverages and sweets.

The department is always open to any student initiative, some of which are permanently etched into the tradition of student life. These include homeless animal adoption actions, or-ganized at the veterinary clinics, and charity actions for children from orphanages at Christ-mas.

Students who are in difficulty can always count on help and support from the University and Faculty. The Institute has the Department of Student Social Affairs, supervised by Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Didactics, where, in case of problems, the students turn to for support. The university has a system of granting material assistance, which usually specifies the detailed rules of determining the amount of grant and payment of benefits for our Univer-sity students in Lublin. Students may apply for financial support in the following forms: so-cial scholarship, social scholarship for the disabled, scholarships for academic performance, scholarship for sport, a scholarship for food, housing and scholarship grant. On the legal va-lidity of different regulations students can apply for the scholarship of the minister for achievements in science or for outstanding achievements in sport.

There is also the option of applying for accommodation for student's family members - a spouse and a child - in student houses. Financial aid is granted by the faculty scholarship

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committee appointed for a period of one academic year by the Dean at the request of the stu-dent government. This committee is chaired by the Deputy Dean for Student Affairs and Teaching, while most of the committee are students. Scholarships are awarded twice a year, in the winter and summer semesters, based on applications submitted by students on the dates set out in the relevant regulations. The amounts for the scholarships awarded are governed by the Rector's Order No. 9 of 21.04.2009 on the calculation of financial aid benefits for students of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. The amount for social scholarships depends on the income of the student's family member. Currently, the maximum social scholarship is PLN 310, and the lowest is PLN 190. The amount for scholarships for the disabled depends on the degree of disability. In the case of a slight degree it is PLN 250, a moderate degree - PLN 350, and severe degree - PLN 500. The amount for scholarships for board is PLN 80 per month for an income up to PLN 500 net per person in the student's family. Accommodation scholarships range from PLN 110-160 per month, depending on the location. The amount for benefits ranges from PLN 500-1000, depending on the random event. Another form of aid for students who are in a difficult financial situation is a gratuitous grant of a place in a student house or a significant reduction in the payment for a room. In appropriate and appropriately documented cases, the students of evening (paid courses) may qualify for a reduction in the amount of tuition fees or a temporary exemption from payment. The decision in such cases is always taken by the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Teaching, in consultation with the Deputy Dean for Student Affairs. Students with learning difficulties, in addition to aid from other students, can count on the support of teaching staff. All members of the faculty teaching staff give 3 hours of consultations a week, during which students can turn to them with spe-cific learning problems. Such assistance is particularly needed for 1st year students, for whom the first months of learning are also a difficult period of adaptation to new conditions. Univer-sity tutors, who are appointed for a period of the entire course of study, act as intermediaries between students and Dean's authorities, teaching staff and various university institutions. Their job is to help students who are in any difficult situation. In addition, tutors are automati-cally included in the composition of the committees appointed by the Dean at the request of the students, in order to conduct examinations and award credits before a board. The students whose learning problems are associated with health problems may ask the Dean for an exten-sion of the examination session or sick leave. In conflict situations, the students have the right to turn for help and clarification or the resolution of disputes to the students' disciplinary committee.

Students have the right to benefit from free healthcare based on their insurance. The stu-dent (academic) clinic located in the campus provides medical services in all major special-ties. The use of hospital services is based on nationwide rules. Additionally, for the purposes of sickness prevention, students are subject to annual mandatory medical examinations.

Students on final years of studies and graduates who are looking for work can count on aid from the special career office and university promotion functioning within the structures of the University of Life Sciences. The office staff are obliged to constantly monitor current va-cancies on the labor market in the agricultural sector, in order to present the appropriate offers to awaiting students and graduates. The statutory tasks of the office include: 1. Helping students and graduates to enter the labor market through individual and group

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counseling, including preparing them for the formulation of application documents and informing about the potential increase or expansion of professional qualifications;

2. Cooperation with local institutions that organise the labor market;

3. Establishing and maintaining contacts with employers, gathering information about the companies operating in the country, acquiring job offers, conducting the recruitment and pre-selection of job-seeking students and graduates for employers, organis-ing company presentations at the university, arranging job fairs and participating in meetings with employers outside the university;

4. Cooperation and activity within the national network of career offices, including: the ex-change of experiences, exchange of job offers, and participation in meetings of the per-sonnel of academic career offices;

5. Establishing and maintaining contacts with the press, radio and TV, and institutions and publishers that promote University of Life Sciences in the country and the region;

To a limited extent, the intermediary between potential employers and graduates is the fa-culty Dean's office, which provides its bulletin board for posting job offers as veterinarians for the whole country.

5.2 COMMENTS

Please give general comments about the quality of the teaching programme under the above headings.

Taking into account the basic elements impinging on the quality of education at the fac-ulty, including the internal system for ensuring and assessing the quality of education, we can conclude that, considering the assumptions, this quality should be correct. However, it is dif-ficult to prove this statement in practice, for several reasons. Firstly, the faculty is currently undergoing the exchange of teaching standards. The so-called old standard that has been used so far was created in the 90's and has been amended several times, not always for the benefit of learning outcomes. It has been reflected by the numerous discussions, polemics, and criti-cal comments on the standard, published in the professional and scientific journals. The new standard was introduced in 2007, so only the first three years have been conducted in the system so far, during which students have been taking classes within humanistic, basic and preclinical subjects. It is a fact that the greatest curriculum changes in the new standard concern clinical subjects, which will be realised in species blocks instead of the previous disciplinary system. In addition, the last semester of study is free from regular lectures and classes, and is dedicated entirely to the implementation of practical training within clinical internships. Unfortunately, the faculty has no experience in these areas, nor can it rely on the experience and aid of other national faculties, due to the parallel introduction of the new standard in the whole country. However, the faculty is aware that these clinical subjects will decide the graduate's qualifications, and any shortcomings and omissions concerning this phase of study will have a negative impact on the graduate's qualifications, and indi-

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rectly also on the quality of education. Secondly, the system of assessing the quality of education is also functioning on the basis of new rules introduced several years ago. There-fore, there was no possibility to implement all elements of the system as a whole. In addi-tion, the schedule of student's assessment of academic staff is determined centrally by the university section in relation to individual faculties. As a result, this assessment at the Fac-ulty of Veterinary Medicine in this field is planned for the fall of 2010. Currently, the fac-ulty has only one graduate survey, filled in immediately after graduation. This survey applies the old standard of education, and is currently being worked on by the faculty committee. However, the analysis of this survey’s data shows that students judge both the curriculum and the practical forms of clinical teaching averagely. Maybe, the species system of teaching, which was introduced a few years ago and is being currently implemented and devoting the whole term just to serving one’s clinical internship will improve the possibili-ties and the quality of practical teaching. Unfortunately, the department will not receive gra-duates’ opinions concerning the new system until 2012.

Thirdly, the quality of education at the faculty is also difficult to be assessed based on data from previous years, due to the fact that little attention was paid to this issue. As a result, the concept of the quality of education was illusory, and the system for education quality assess-ment, although it existed on paper, was not used or was used in a limited way in practice. However, this negative phenomenon had its causes. What's more, there is a danger that it will influence the quality of education in the coming years. The main reason for this is the under-valuing of teaching activities in the structure of all the responsibilities of scientific and teach-ing staff, subject to periodic assessment. The proof is the assumptions listed in the periodic assessment sheet, which clearly indicate a preference for publishing activity, inevitably mar-ginalising other kinds of activities, including teaching. The consequent need to concentrate the efforts of employees on science and research activities, measured by the number of publi-cations and points, naturally undermines the education process, especially its quality. Another factor inhibiting initiative and innovation in respect of the education of students at the faculty and the university is undervaluing of this type of activity in the financial context. It is a com-mon belief that the reward for fulfilling the obligatory teaching hours, regardless of whether this duty is performed well or not, is the employee's salaries. At the same time, science and research activity, which is also within the duties, is rewarded in the form of ministerial, Rec-tor's and other awards. Exemplary teaching may be sometimes additionally rewarded, but in practice it happens only sporadically, which has an impact on the motivation to work effec-tively and improve the quality of education.

Whether the new standard of education proves to be better than the previous one remains to be seen. It will probably be necessary to make some modifications, as evidenced by the numerous discussions related to the courses currently conducted according to the new stan-dard.

The quality of education and learning outcomes is influenced not only by the involvement of teaching staff, but also by students themselves. In this context, a positive role is played by the activities of students in the process of self-education. This fact is highlighted in the Bolo-gna Declaration, which assumes an approximately equal share of hours spent within curricu-lum courses (lectures and classes) and the student's own work in the system of credit score

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(ECTS), adding up to a credit point or its multiples. Unfortunately, at the Faculty of Veteri-nary Medicine in Lublin, the phenomenon of self-education is not widely practiced among the students, and is practically non-existent. This negative phenomenon is being caused not only by students. Often, the requirements of teachers in relation to students are limited to imparting knowledge only during credits and exams, which reinforces the students in the belief that they are otherwise exempt from studying on their own. One way to resolve this situation would be to increase demands related to students during the intersession period, connected with the introduction of a universal system of continuous assessment. Although such a system is func-tioning at some faculties, it is still not universal. In addition, students are to a limited extent required to give oral reports on selected issues of the implemented curriculum and to conduct scientific discussion based on these reports - this negatively impacts on their communication skills, which is one of the essential competencies. It is worth mentioning that a written exam or test does not serve this purpose either.

Modern teaching methods such as problem-based learning and e-learning are used at the faculty to a very limited extent. The reason for this phenomenon lies in the previously-mentioned lack of motivation for creativity and innovation in education, on the one hand caused by the need to demonstrate achievements in publication and scientific activity, on the other undervaluing of teaching in general. A positive emphasis giving hope for the future in-troduction of problem-based education is the introduction of the species oriented teaching method within clinical subjects in the academic year 2010/2011. The current system of clini-cal disciplines has been replaced with blocks of subjects - the disease of farm animals, equine diseases and diseases of companion animals. However, the species oriented teaching system remains at odds with the traditional disciplinary clinical service, which by definition should be the basis of clinical education.

The organisation of the academic year assumes two examination sessions, between which there is a considerable time disproportion. As a result, in the case of the accumulation of many exams in the winter session, which is short, students do not keep up with credits and exams, and are forced to apply for the prolongation of the examination session. Unfortunately, this has further negative effects in the form of overlapping arrears from the subsequent sum-mer semester, and the subjects that were not passed during the session.

The employment of external examiners in the faculty is generally not practiced. The ex-ception was the veterinary administration course, when Faculty Council entrusted this subject to a retired district veterinarian. However, it should be noted that from the legal point of view, only giving the responsibility for the subject to a signature in student record book and exami-nation card may condition the possibility of examining students by a person from outside the faculty. In any other case, an outsider could be merely an observer of the exam with the con-sent of the examiner. There is no doubt that external examiners would be very helpful in terms of assessing the suitability of the student's knowledge in relation to the profession of veteri-narian in practice, and their comments and suggestions could be valuable not only for stu-dents, but also for the faculty teaching staff. Unfortunately, introducing the possibility of ex-amination by external examiners would require an amendment to the university statutes and study regulations.

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Students have their representatives on all collegiate bodies of the university, as well as in the senate and faculty committees. In this way, students have a real influence on all decisions taken by these authorities. From the standpoint of the interests of students, their presence in the Faculty Council, Senate and the Curriculum Council is especially important, through which they can participate in discussions about issues at the university and faculty, particu-larly relating to the curriculum, assessment of the quality of education, exams, and other is-sues. Students also play an important practical role in assessing the quality of education at the faculty through the assessment survey of teaching staff, and assessment of the whole course of study immediately after graduation (graduate survey). As graduates, they are also asked to assess the curriculum from the perspective of the practitioner (graduate survey). Such an assessment, in accordance with the approved system, includes graduates who ob-tained their diplomas 5 years earlier.

5.3 SUGGESTIONS

A two-semester system of education in universities and the consequent number of two examination sessions are related to the general assumptions of the national higher education system, as described in the Law on Higher Education. The division of the aca-demic year into two 15-week semesters and the consideration of the summer break and time to complete the necessary practice limit the winter session to 2-3 weeks. For many students this short period is insufficient to complete all courses, especially when the ses-sion accumulates a high number of subjects covered by the examination. One way to resolve this situation would be to prolong the winter session at the expense of the sum-mer break, or reduce the number of examinations in the session to a maximum of 1-2. However, the introduction of these changes would mean the need to change the study regulations or modify the curriculum at the faculty. Some academic units, mainly basic and preclinical, use the principle of ongoing, continuous assessment of students, carried out during the classes, as well as checking students' knowledge in the form of credits and examinations. It seems that the propagation of this form of assessment could replace the traditional form of examination or credits in respect to certain subjects.

Given the need to acquire communication skills by students, the best form of testing knowledge is an oral examination. But this option is not feasible with the current exces-sive number of students (about 170), especially during the short winter session. None-theless, many lecturers make this effort, as they consider that an oral examination gives the best chance of an objective and comprehensive verification of knowledge. In addi-tion, it gives students the opportunity to express themselves freely, discuss, polemicise, and justify spoken statements. The faculty should therefore try to gradually move away from the written forms of test examinations, in favor of oral examinations. The faculty should also begin to use continuous assessment of students during classes, preferably based on their oral statements or prepared presentations. As far as clinical subjects are concerned, the assessment of students' knowledge should be conducted primarily on the basis of the practical test of clinical skills in the presence of animals.

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Because of formal and legal reasons, the faculty in practice does not use external ex-aminers. However, such form of examination would be recommended, especially in the group of clinical subjects, when the knowledge of students would be assessed by experi-enced medical professionals. Considering the potential benefits, the faculty should aim at promoting this form of examination. Another issue is finding a legal formula that would allow the assessment of the students by persons from outside the faculty, without having to making them responsible for a given subject, as well as financial resources. One possible form could be a bilateral agreement with general-practice veterinarians, who would provide paid or unpaid consulting services for the faculty.

Unfortunately, quality of education is not a strong point of the faculty. In order to improve the quality of education, it is necessary to introduce significant changes, includ-ing the motivation of teaching staff to continuously improve their own teaching skills and a thorough reform of education methodology. The incentive for improving teaching skills is to reward good teachers through occasional bonuses, salary increases or other means that would express the appreciation of effort put into the educational process. Unfortunately, these elements exist in the university in a rudimentary form. The univer-sity and the faculty should also provide the financial resources for specialised training (courses, conferences) for teaching staff, which would ensure the continuous improve-ment of teaching qualifications. The seriously low financial means allocated to teaching activities in the university budget are also unacceptable. Due to the lack of financial au-tonomy of faculties, the improvement of the situation in this field will require changes in university-wide policy. In addition, the faculty should continue the already-undertaken efforts to increase the profit rate of veterinary studies, which is currently low and does not match the expenditure on training of veterinaries in other European countries. Changing this rate is the responsibility of the Minister of Science and Higher Education.

As far as teaching methods are concerned, it is advisable to promote the widest range of modern teaching methods, such as problem-based learning and e-learning. With re-gard to clinical education, the faculty should adjust the structure of clinics and clinical service to the species oriented teaching, which would give an actual base for creating one structure - a Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

The role of self-education should be increased in the process of acquiring knowledge by students. However, this requires creating an incentive system that would promote the active students, who are working on the chosen issues related to the curriculum or par-ticipating in discussions on indicated topics by themselves. In addition, the faculty should create better conditions for self-education. The faculty library should have more posts, allowing the use of textbooks, other books and professional literature on the premises. The faculty should as soon as possible establish a multi-user computer lab access to the Internet, in which students would benefit not only from network resources, but also the information on the web pages of the university, the faculty and individual academic units. Such a laboratory would also be useful to conduct some classes, such as veterinary epidemiology, or be even necessary for the development of the planned new form of teaching - e-learning. In addition to this form, the faculty should also introduce other modern forms of education, such as problem-based learning. However, this re-

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quires the training of teaching staff and the provision of financial resources for this pur-pose.

For many years, the faculty has been struggling with the problem of too high a num-ber of students, making it impossible to carry out practical classes in small groups. This negatively influences the quality of education, especially in terms of clinical disciplines. Solving this problem requires a change in the university recruitment policy and increas-ing the number of posts for teaching staff.

Generally, financial expenditure on teaching activity is seriously understated and should be increased by several times. The faculty should intensify its cooperation with external entities, general practice veterinarians, local medical and veterinary boards and the employees of the veterinary inspectorate, in order to improve teaching facilities for the students in relation to clinical subjects, animal production, the health of animals, and meat and processing technology. This necessity results from the lack of ability to pro-vide a sufficient number of clinical cases of farm animals for teaching purposes, as well as dead animals for teaching pathological anatomy. Through such cooperation, the fac-ulty would also acquire the ability for independent, external assessment of skills and qualifications of students in terms of the modern labor market requirements.

Abbreviations:

PLN – polish zloty (1 EUR = 3,8936 PLN)

ECTS – European Credit Transfer System

IVSA – International Veterinary Student’s Association

VTH – veterinary teaching hospital

DTH – digital platform

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CHAPTER 6 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

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6.1.1 PREMISES IN GENERAL

Please give a general description of the site(s) and buildings occupied by the Faculty and include a map.

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine owns the building of Collegium Veterinarium lo-

cated at 12 Akademicka Street. The lectures given in the building include basic and preclini-cal subjects. Clinical subjects are lectured in the veterinary clinics located at 30 Głęboka Street. The building of Collegium Veterinarium is situated approx. 150 m from the Rector’s Office of the University of Life Sciences and the Dean’s Office of Veterinary Medicine.

6.1.2 PREMISES USED FOR CLINICS AND HOSPITALISATION

The information to be entered in Table 6.1 is the number of animals that can be accommo-dated, not the number of animals used. Certain premises may be used to accommodate dif-ferent species of animal. If so, the same premises should be entered only once.

Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction Table 6.1.1: Places available for hospitalisation and animals to be accommodated

Species Number of Places cattle 3 stalls or 6 stands horses 4 stalls

small ruminants 1 stall pigs 1 stall

dogs

Room no.1A 12 cages for small dogs or 6 for big

ones

cats Room no. 14 7 cages

Regular hospitalisation

other1) - farm animals and horses -

small animals - Isolation facilities other1) -

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Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery Table 6.1.2: Places available for hospitalisation and animals to be accommodated

Species Number of Places cattle 6 horses 4

small ruminants - pigs -

dogs

Room no. 14 4 cages

Room no. 28 7 cages

cats Room no. 14 4 cages


other1) 8 farm animals and horses -

small animals - Isolation facilities other1) Room no. 28

8 bird cages

Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases Table 6.1.3: Places available for hospitalisation and animals to be accommodated

Species Number of Places

cattle 2 large closed stalls 5 stands

horses 2 closed stalls

small ruminants 1 closed stall 2 stands

pigs 2 closed stalls 2 stands

dogs Room no. 31 - 9 cages for small animals

cats Room no. 29 - 4 cages for small animals


other1) farm animals and horses

small animals Isolation facilities other1)

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Department and Clinic of Infectious Diseases Table 6.1.4: Places available for hospitalisation and animals to be accommodated

Species Number of Places cattle horses

small ruminants pigs

dogs No. 1 – room no.12 Vivarium (4 stalls, 2 cages)

cats No. 1 - room no.12 Vivarium (3 cages)


other1) farm animals and horses

small animals

No. 1 – room no. 19, Epizootiology Department building (dogs – 2

cages, cats – 4 cages)

Isolation facilities

other1)

6.1.3 PREMISES FOR ANIMALS Give a description of the facilities for rearing and maintaining normal animals for teach-

ing purposes. If the Faculty has no farm of its own, please explain in the SER the practical arrange-

ments made for teaching such subjects as animal husbandry, herd health, and the techniques of handling production animals.

Animal Husbandry is taught by the teachers from the Faculty of Biology and Animal

Husbandry. One visit to a farm is included in the curriculum. Moreover, students have obliga-tory holiday practice training on a farm after the 2nd year of the studies. Herd health and han-dling techniques are taught partly during ethology and animal welfare and during clinical sub-jects using didactic animals kept in the clinical facilities as well as during farm visits using the mobile clinic.

Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction Horses - 4 stalls

Cattle - 3 stalls Small ruminants - 1 stall Pigs -1 stall Dogs -1 room with cages Cats -1 room with cages Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction has 2 sheep used for didactic purposes

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Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery

Room for small animals – no. 14 Facilities: 6 easy-to-assemble/disassemble cages for stationary treatment of dogs and cats, 2 coops for post-operative treatment Room for small animals – no. 23 – Major Surgery building Facilities: 6 stationary stands for small animals. Room for large animals – no. 30 - stable Facilities: 4 closed stalls for horses, 1 stall for treating wild animals, 6 stalls for cows, 1 stand for orthopaedic physiotherapy of large animals, 1 anaesthesia emergence stall for large ani-mals, crush for large animals. Aviary – no. 29 Facilities: 1 large roof cage, 4 small roof cages, 3 partial-roof cages which can be rearranged into one cage. Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery has one horse for didactic purposes

Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases

Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases constantly keeps 3 horses in stalls which are 12 m2 in area, 2 cows in stalls of 12 m2 in area, 2 sheep in a 6 m2 stall, a pig in a 6 m2 stall and a goat in a 6 m2 stall.

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dogs – 4 stalls of 2,5 m2 in area each with runs, 4 cages of 1 m2 in area cats – 70,4 m2 cages.

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6.1.4 PREMISES USED FOR THEORETICAL, PRACTICAL AND SUPERVISED TEACHING The same room should not be entered under two or more headings, even if it is used, for example, for both practical and supervised work.

Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction Table 6.2.1: Premises for clinical work and student training

small animals no. consulting rooms no. surgical suites operating rooms

3 2 2

equine and food animals no. examination areas no. surgical suites operating rooms

2 1 1

other1) - - Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery Table 6.2.2: Premises for clinical work and student training

small animals no. consulting rooms no. surgical suites

3 8

equine and food animals no. examination areas no. surgical suites

1 1

other1) Radiology and Ultrasonography Laboratory Table 6.2.3: Premises for clinical work and student training


2


other1)

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Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction Table 6.2.4: Premises for clinical work and student training


No. 34 Ultrasonography Tests Surgery, No. 32 Consulting room for healthy animals No. 37 Consulting room for sick animals No. 38 Cardiological surgery No. 26 Endoscopy surgery


Animals admitted to the clinic for stationary treatment or consultation are kept in stalls or stands devised for particular species (table 6.1), in the Department main building there is a crush for surgical treatment of large animals No. 44 Consulting room for large animals (a room for a veterinary doctor and students, a place for storing files and conducting admini-stration) No. 12 Room for storing tools and equipment

other1) Department and Clinic of Infectious Diseases Table 6.2.5: Premises for clinical work and student training


3 rooms - no.18,19,20 (Vivarium) 1 room – no.6 (Epizootiology Depart-ment building)


other1) Table 6.3: Premises for lecturing

Number of places per lecture hall

Hall Coll. Vet.

A

Coll. Vet. B Clinics no. 4 no. 5 no. 6 no. 7 no. 8

Places 180 135 120 Total number of places in lecture halls: 435

Coll. Vet. A, a lecture hall in the building of Collegium Veterinarium – is used by the

Department of Animal Anatomy and Histology, Department of Animal Biochemistry and Physiology, Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases. The lecture hall is equipped with a multimedia projector.

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Coll. Vet. B, a lecture hall in the building of Collegium Veterinarium – is used by the

Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin, Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sci-ences, Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases. The lecture hall is equipped with a multimedia projector.

The lecture hall in the Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases – lectures on clinical

subjects. The lecture hall is equipped with a multimedia projector.

Table 6.4: Premises for group work (Number of rooms that can be used for supervised group work)

Table 6.4.1: Premises for group work - Clinics (Number of rooms that can be used for su-pervised group work)

no. 1 no. 2 no. 3 no. 4 no. 5 no. 6 no. 7 no. 8

Room Places

Surgical training

room no. 19

45 places

Amphi-theatral room no. 27

30 places

No. 40, 35 places

No.10 – 30 places

105 Vivarium, 80 places

No. 1, 35 places

no. 9 no. 10 no. 11 no. 12 no. 13 no. 14 no. 15 no. 16 Room Places

Total number of places in rooms for group work: 255 The Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction – no. 4 – audio visual system – a

multimedia projector, a laptop computer and a screen, the room is equipped with fire extin-guishers, UV lamps, disinfectants, first aid cabinets

The Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery – no. 1 and 2 (amphitheatre, multimedia projector, Sanyo tv set, fire extinguisher)

The Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases – no. 3 The Department and Clinic of Infectious Diseases – (Vivarium building – no. 5 – mul-

timedia room (computer, multimedia projector, screens, VHS player, indicators, picture chan-nel from consultation rooms to the seminar room)

The Department of Pathological Anatomy – no. 6 Tab. 6.4.2 – Premises for group work - Collegium Veterinarium (Number of rooms

that can be used for supervised group work)

Laboratory

Room 236 Coll. Vet.

Dissec-ting

room A

Dissecting room B

238 Coll. Vet.

120 Coll. Vet.

301 Coll. Vet.

501 Coll. Vet.

401 Coll Vet.

Places 35 120 80 30 40 36 30 35 Total number of places in laboratories: 406

Room no. 236 - Department of Animal Anatomy and Histology, Room no.236, where histology and embryology laboratory classes are conducted, is equipped with: 5 laboratory

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tables, 35 light microscopes, a computer with Internet access combined with a multimedia projector, teacher’s desk and board and 28 illuminated display cabinets with histologic prepa-rations and electrograms, 2 cupboards for storing didactic preparations, a cupboard with slides. In addition, there is a display of old microscopes and microtomes in the room. The room is blacked out with roller blinds.

Dissecting rooms A and B, where Animal Anatomy and Topographic Anatomy classes are conducted, are equipped with 2 teacher’s desks, 2 podiums, 2 folding boards, 2 drug cabi-nets, 28 dissecting tables. In dissecting room A there is a large dissecting table fixed to the floor, used to perform autopsies (exenterations).

The rooms are equipped with dry chemical extinguishers and first aid cabinets. Room no. 238 – The Department of Animal Biochemistry and Physiology, Institute of

Biological Bases of Animal Diseases – Multimedia projector, 11 personal computers with software for computer simulations (the programme PhysioExe), VHS player, electrocardio-graph, Burns spirometers, electronic spirometer, Stolberg spirometer, PowerLab, kymographs, induction coils, pressure measuring instruments, stethoscopes, indoor bicycle, light micro-scopes, myographs, ergograph, tables for counting erythrocytes, leucocytes, protozoans, wa-ter bath, incubator. The room is equipped with first aid cabinet, fire extinguisher, fume cup-board, disinfectants

Room no. 120 - The Department of Animal Biochemistry and Physiology - Multimedia

projector and a computer, 3 centrifuges, 2 water baths, 4 spectrophotometers, 2 pH-meters, small laboratory equipment (pipettes), 2 fume cupboards. The room is equipped with first aid cabinet, fire extinguisher, 2 fume cupboards, emergency eye wash showers, disinfectants

Room no. 301 – The Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin, Department of

Preclinical Veterinary Sciences – laboratory tables with gas and water installation, board, multimedia projector, screen, cupboards for students’ belongings. The room is equipped with first aid cabinet, fire extinguisher and has 2 exits

Room no. 501 - The Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin, Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases - laboratory tables, board, optical character reading. The room is equipped with first aid cabinet, fire ex-tinguisher

Room no. 401 – The Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases - microscopes, magnifying glasses, incubators, multimedia projector, computer, laboratory tables with gas, electrical and water installation, microscopic staining sets. The room is equipped with fire extinguisher, UV lamps, disinfectants, first aid cabinets

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Table 6.5: Premises for practical work (Number of laboratories for practical work by stu-dents)

Table 6.5.2: Premises for practical work (Number of laboratories for practical work by stu-dents)

Laboratory no. 1 no. 2 no. 3 no. 4 no. 5 no. 6 no. 7 no. 8

Places

Endo-scopy room no. 1

30 pla-ces

Ortho-paedic opera-ting

theatre-no. 7

10 pla-ces

Operating theatre for

small animals

no. 9 15 places

Operating theatre for

small animals no. 11

15 places

Eye sur-gery room

no. 19 15 places

Dentistry room no. 9

15 places

Didactic room for

operations on dead animals no. 28

15 places

Operating theatre for large ani-mals no. 1 30 places

Total number of places in laboratories: 145 Laboratory no. 9 no. 10 no. 11 no. 12 no. 13 no. 14 no. 15 no. 16

Places No. 11, 35 plac-

es

No. 1, 30 plac-

es

No. 1, 30 places

No. 2, 30 places

Total number of places in laboratories: 35 The Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery – no. 1 (operating table, lis 1020 la-

ser, arthroscope, instruments for arthroscopy, medical aspirator, endoscope for examining small animals with accessories, monitor and picture channel, digital printer for data backup),

No. 2 (apparatus for inhalation anaesthesia with accessories, pulse oximeter, electri-cally-controlled operating table, wall operating lamp, 2 ceiling operating lamps, sterilamp, oscillating drill, 2 instrument tables, instrument cabinets with instrument sets for orthopaedic operations),

No. 3 (SU-2 operating table, apparatus for inhalation anaesthesia with accessories, 2 ceiling operating lamps, 2 sterilamps, operating microscope, Advisor life functions monitor, electrocauter, electrically-controlled operating table, medical aspirator, instrument table),

No. 4 (operating table, 2 apparatuses for inhalation anaesthesia with accessories, 2 ceil-ing operating lamps, standing bifocal operating lamp, X-ray unit for intraoperative X-rays, X-ray protective screen, X-ray table, NBN sterilamp, Hellige Senson cardiomonitor, 2 instru-ment tables),

no. 5 (operating lamp with camera, picture channel and monitor, apparatus for inhala-tion anaesthesia with respirator, cardiomonitor with an option of bloodless measurement of the blood pressure, microscope with picture channel and monitor, phacoemulsificator, heated operating table, table for minor operations, audio visual system – multimedia projector, laptop computer and Brilant screen, two didactic cupboards for teaching surgical instruments, three fire extinguishers),

no. 6 (electrical operating table, wall operating lamp, dental mobile cabinet, piezodent-ultrasonic dental scalar, X-ray apparatus for dental radiograms, semi automatic X-ray film developer, protective screen, dentistry unit with instruments, 2 instrument tables, dental cur-ing light, didactic aids: dentistry materials and instruments, synthetic models of animal denti-tion, bone specimens – skulls with animal dentition),

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no. 7 (operating lamp, operating table, instrument table, equipment cabinet), no. 8 (Haico hydraulic operating table, B/103/1type rope lift, apparatus for inhalation

anaesthesia with accessories, holofix evaporator, compressor installation, compressor for an-aesthetic apparatus, instrument tables).

Ophthalmological surgery – no. 5 – for small animals - ophthalmoscopes: direct Kel-ler, indirect – Ventage with assistant attachment, ophthalmoscope - Pan-Optic, Nippon slit lamp, Handy fundus camera, lens sets for gonioscopy - Susman, apparatus for measuring in-traocular pressure – Tono-Pen Vet.

Treatment room no. 2 – for small animals- examining table, operating table, instru-ment cabinet, cryotherapy apparatus

Consultating room (dispensary) - no. 3 - for small animals – examining table, Wap 200 scale, standing unifocal operating lamp, wall UV lamp, negatoscope, instrument table, instrument cabinet.

Other rooms of the Clinic: Instrument preparation room – no. 10 – instrument cupboards, instrument sets for

soft tissue operations, instrument sets for ophthalmological surgeries, instrument sets for or-thopaedic operations, sets for minor operations.

Sterylization room – no. 12 – autoclave for instrument sterilization, hematological cen-trifuge, DE-5 distiller, foil sealing machine, Oster shaver, MPW 350 hematological centrifuge

Preparation room for large animals – no. 3 - instrument cupboards – instrument sets for soft tissue operations, angle grinder, lever shears for hoof trimming, device for horn re-moval, crush for large animals, blacksmith’s set, electrical rasp

Preoperative room - Crush for large animals, cart for transporting large animals Rooms for laboratory classes: orthopaedic surgery room no. 7, operating theatre no. 9,

operating theatre no. 11 and ophthalmological surgery room no. 19 are equipped with steri-lamps. Disinfectants can be found in all the rooms of the Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery. Fire extinguishers are in each building.

The Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases – no. 9 (Mindray 6200 ultrasono-graphic instrument with 3 transducers, krusse ps 250 animal scale, simens maz lamp, Aohua vme 2000 endoscope, oxygen concentrator

Dermatological Surgery Analyser to determine biophysical parameters of skin MPA 5, 3 microscopes, dermatoscope, 2 Wood’s otoscope lamps, EKG BTL-08MT, Simens Kardio-stat 701, Simplicard E 10, Holter Mortar+, Fonendoscope Welch Allyn, portable leash ena-bling leading animals for didactic purposes, 5 computers and 5 microscopes, multimedia pro-jector

In rooms– lecture hall, seminar room 116, room No. 11, as well as in the main building of the Clinic (the Stable) there are fire extinguishers; in the rooms of animals’ examination there are first-aid kits; in room No.32 there are disinfectants, and in the dermatological sur-gery there are ultraviolet lamps

There are medical waste bins in the rooms of animals’ examination. Department of Pathological Anatomy – No. 11, - 35 chairs with writing desks, projec-

tor, No. 12 - 30 microscopes for students, projector, device for receiving and recording image, Autopsy room - 5 tables for post-mortem examination of small and big animals, scale, boiler,

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Autopsy room: ultraviolet lamp, insecticide lamp, autopsy room’s disinfecting agents /Aerodesin 2000, Lysoformin, Rapicid/ and disinfectants to hands and skin /AHD 2000, Manusan /

Laboratory for Radiology and Ultrasonography In the Laboratory there are: X-ray machine Philips Super 80 CP, device for denoting X-

rays in diurnal system, developer with base Optimax, mammography X-ray cassettes with films containing elements of rare soils 200 and 400, negatoscope NGP 31, browser Luminax, hemodynamic gloves, ultrasound scanner Honda 4000 with three probes, biopsy gun, Moser device, computer hardware for patients’ records

Currently a new digital camera is being installed, and it will come into use in spring 2011. Fire extinguisher, disinfecting agents, first-aid kit, lead rubber aprons Pb 0,5, thyroid protection Pb 0,5, X-ray gloves Pb 0,25 i 0,5

While taking X-rays the students are in the safe zone (outside the radiation range) Department and Clinic of Infectious Diseases – No. 10 Room 18 (Vivarium):

1. videogastroscope KARL STORZ 1,4 m long, diameter 10 mm, outlet duct 2,8 mm used for diagnosing affections of upper alimentary tract and upper air-

ways of small animals – it enables imaging and conducting macro-scopic evaluation of changes of mucous membrane, as well as doing biopsy, removing a foreign body, conducting minor operations e.g., polyp ablation.

the number of conducted operations a year – 60 2. videogastroscope for big animals KARL STORZ

3 m long, outlet duct 2,8 mm used for diagnosing affections of upper alimentary tract and upper air-

ways of big animals – farm animals and horses the number of conducted operations a year – 15

3. fiberoscope KARL STORZ 1m long, diameter 3mm, outlet duct 1,8 mm used for diagnosing affections of upper alimentary tract and upper air-

ways of small animals the number of conducted operations a year – 40

4. cystoscope set with optical route the set for bitches contains trucks and additional equipment 30 cm long enables imaging changes of mucous membrane of urethra and bladder,

sampling bioptates, and conducting minor operations the number of conducted operations a year – 10

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5. camera processor KARL STORZ Telecam SL II 202130 20 6. source of light KARL STORZ 7. image archiving system KARL STORZ AIDA Control 200960 20 8. portable camera processor with archiving system KARL STORZ 9. aspirator Victoria II CHEIRON

for suctioning of secretions and fluids used while e.g., gastroscopy to remove gastric contents by suction to

make the mucous membrane visible 10. elektrocauter EMED ES350 Surgilogic

specialistic elecrosurgerical system employed in endoscopy the number of conducted operations a year – 10

11. insufflator STORZ hamou endomat 26331020 enables leading gas, e.g., to fill the stomach and observe its mucous

membrane the number of conducted operations a year – 20

12. oxygen concentrator for continuous oxygen therapy KRÖBER 02 enables conducting oxygen therapy in any circumstances the number of conducted operations a year – 40

13. oxygen cage for small animals 14. patient’s monitor MINDRAY PM-9000 Vet

portable patient’s monitor enabling observation of the basic hemody-namic parameters ECG, Resp, NIPC, SpO2, 2Temp, and direct meas-urement of the blood pressure

the number of conducted operations a year Room 19 (Vivarium):

1. Ultrasound scanner ALOKA prosound SSD-4000SV hi-tech device for ultrasound and echocardiological examination of

small animals the number of conducted operations a year – 150

2. ECG SCHILLER VET AT-1 device for electrocardiographic examination of small animals the number of conducted operations a year – 150

3. Holter ROZINN RZ 153+ device for Holter’s examination, enables 24-hour heart rhythm monitor-

ing of small animals the number of conducted operations a year – 20

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Room 6 (Building of Department of Epizootiology) – laboratory for dialysis 1. Device for continuous kidney-replacement therapy and blood plasma FRESENIUS MUL-

TIFILTRATE SYSTEM The rooms are equipped in fire extinguishers, automatic fire-fighting protection, sprin-

kler systems, first-aid kits, disinfecting agents, sinks, fume cupboard; medical, microbiologi-cal, and biological waste bins, ultraviolet lamps

6.1.5 DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES AND CLINICAL SUPPORT SERVICES

Diagnostic laboratories

Briefly describe the facilities available for clinical diagnostic work. The current diagnosis is conducted by each clinic according to its own needs. The equip-

ment of the laboratories is presented below. Not only is biochemical denoting made, but blood cell count, urine milk and sperm analysis as well.

Central clinical support services

Indicate the nature of these services and how they are organised (e.g. diagnostic imaging, anaesthesia, etc.)

Laboratory for diagnostic imaging makes X-rays and ultrasound scan tests according to all clinics needs, as the patients from all clinics are directed here. Additionally, all clinics and the mobile clinic are equipped in ultrasound scanners. Anaesthesia is conducted in individual clinics appropriately to the operation

Building of Collegium Veterinarium Department of Biochemistry and Animal Physiology Room No.202 – laboratory for cells culture, laminar chamber, incubator CO2, reflection

microscope, centrifuge, microplates washer, microplates reader; Room No. 208 – device for the strength of biomaterial examination (Zwick/Roell), pro-

jector, video player; Room No. 320 – histology laboratory - spectrophotometer, bath, rotary centrifuge HM

355 with a device for moving sections, centrifuge Sigma 3-18 R with freezing, microscope, fume cupboard;

Room No. 307 – biochemistry laboratory – microscope, microplate reader; Rooms No. 439-441 – biochemistry laboratories – spectrophotometer, spectrofluorime-

ter, liquid chromatography, equipment for electrophoresis and blotting; Room No. 521 – laboratory for computer tomography - tomogram, densitometer

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Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin a) microbiology laboratory– (No. 331; surface 33,85 m2) – microbiological examination of

the food of animal origin (preparing samples for examinations, checking bacteriological culture, incubation, the quantity and quality of bacteria determination, preparing materials for the laboratory classes with students) - 2 microbiological chambers, laminar chamber, 3 thermostats, 2 dryers, mi-crowave oven

b) chemical laboratory I and II – (No. 327; surface 52,00 m2 , No. 341; surface 17,50 m2) – chemical examination of the food of animal origin (preparing samples for examinations, chemical composition of food determination, preparing materials and reagents for the laboratory classes with students). - Soxtec device ( f-ma Tecator ) for fat content determination,1 colorimeter 2 pH meters, 3 water baths, fume cupboard, Kjeltec’s device ( f-ma Tecator ) for protein content determination, 1 freezer, 2 dryers, centrifuges, furnace.

Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences

Sub-Department of Toxicology and Environmental Protection

- Spectroscopic determination room No. 510 (3 rooms) – surface 40 m2 (spec-trometer for atomic absorption Varian, spectrometer for atomic absorption AVANTA PM, mercury content analyser MA-2

- Laboratory for preparation and wet mineralization No. 516 (2 rooms) – surface 30 m2 (microwaves mineralizer Multiwave 3000 Anton Paar, separator MPW – 375, scale WPE 600, scale dryer WPE 305, fume cupboard

- Dry mineralization laboratory No. 562 - 11,53 m2 (furnace FCF 22SP) - Preparation room for the lecturers of Veterinary Toxicology No. 116 - 16,387

m2 (spectrophotometer UV – VIS Recording UV – 160A, reader, pH meter, scales)

Sub-Department of Pathophysiology - Laboratory (room No. 312) – surface 23 m2 (liquid chromatography Beckman, ana-

lyzer ABL-80 Lex, pH meter Beckman, vacuum pump PL-2, centrifuges, spectrophotometer Cecil CE-2021

- in vitro laboratory (room No. 313) – surface 24 m2 (incubator CO2 Lab-Line model 490, laminar chamber Aura 2000 M.A.C., autoclave, microplate reader, microscopes MBL-120, 3 gas cylinders CO2, device for electrophoresis of polyacrylamide gel

- Chromatography laboratory (room No. 113) – surface 24 m2 (renovation) - Room No. 311 - polyacrylamide gel archiving, in vitro cells archiving, reflection mi-

croscope – surface 18 m2 – at the same time, the room of scientific workers Sub-Department of Pharmacology - Biochemistry laboratory No. 323 – surface 25 m2 (device for water purification Milli-

pore, centrifuges, homogenizer Diax 900, pH meters - Chromatography laboratory No.322 – surface 18,7 m2 (chromatograph (HPLC), preci-

sion balance Sartorius)

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- Microbiology laboratory No. 324 – surface 25 m2 (laminar chamber, rotary burner, haematological and biochemical analyser

- Laboratory No. 546 –surface 15 m2

Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases Sub-Department of Fish Diseases and Biology Room No. 429 (15 m2 - device for electrophoresis, thermocycler, thermostat, mechani-

cal and ultrasound homogenizer), room No. 435 (30m2 laminar table, fume cupboard, ther-mostats, sterilizer, microscopes, photometer, centrifuge, refrigerator)

Range of laboratory tests performed - immunological, haematological, electrophoresis, and biological tests Sub-Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases Rooms No. 437 – 35 m2, No. 438 – 18 m2 – light microscopes, magnifying glass, labo-

ratory devices, centrifuges, thermostat, dryer, device for moving boundary electrophoresis, precision balances

Range of laboratory tests performed Parasitological diagnosis. Sub-Department of Veterinary Prevention Rooms No. 402 -21 m2, No. 403 – 16 m2, No. 404 – 16 m2, No. 423 – 20 m2, No. 424 –

20 m2 Range of laboratory tests performed Animals’ peripheral blood leucocytes isolation, viability and quantity of cells determi-

nation (Bürker chamber), cell culture, enzymeimmunoassays, PCR reaction, protein and nu-cleic acid electrophoresis, immunoblotting, bacterial agents isolation, liquid hypotension pro-tein chromatograph, chemotaxis determination, phagocytosis and reactive oxygen species in leucocytes production

Particular rooms’ equipment Laminar chambers, chromatograph FPLC, thermostats (traditional, with CO2, with freez-

ing), microplate readers, spectrophotometer, protein and nucleic acid electrophoresis devices, thermocycler, gel analyser device, device for immunoblotting, (light and reflection), micro-scopes, ultracentrifuges, cell disintegrator, freezers -70º, autoclaves.

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Veterinary Clinic Głęboka 30 St. Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction

Bacteriological laboratory: Laboratory I- 14 m2 - thermostats- 2, refrigerators- 2 centrifuges: biological and hema-

tocrite, microscopes-4, ELISA test, haematological device, basis, pigments, antibiotic discs. Laboratory II- 19 m2

Sterilization room- 11 m2

Chemical and laboratory reagents stock- 7 m2

Laboratory for sperm examination:

Registration: room for sampling and giving results- 14 m2

Office for small animals sampling - 21 m2 Laboratory for sperm examination - 23 m2 (sperm examination computer system SCA

Microptic, microscope with support for fluorescence, stereoscopic microscope, photometer Sperma-Cue, Biogenet device for controlled sperm and embryos freezing, freezer for keep-ing samples in deep freezing, container with liquid nitrogen for keeping freeze sperm and embryos).

Range of laboratory tests performed Inoculation and culture of aerobic microorganism and antibiotic-sensitivity assess-

ment. Cytology assessment vaginal swabs of domestic and farm animals. Full sperm control of domestic and farm males.

Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases Nr 130 15 m2 - Spectrometer for atom absorption Perkin Elmer 4100, acid- base equilib-

rium determination device Ciba Corning 238, electrolyte determination device AVL 488-4 Spektrofotmoetr Marcel Media Pehametr Pm 600, 2 Microscopes nr 126 12 m2 – Biochemical analyser Mindray BS 130, Spectrofotometer Marcel S 330,

Spectrofotmeter Epoll 20, microplate reader Biogenet, Fluorimetr 244, acid- base equilibrium determination device Idexx Vet Stat

nr 124 10 m2 –Thermostat, electrolyte analyser 9180, Microscope, haematological ana-lyser MS 9, urine analyser

nr 120 12 m2 - Baths 2, Thermostat, centrifuges, hematocrite separator nr 111 25 m2 - Centrifuge MPW 350 R, Laminar chamber HuV 2436, Microscopes,

Thermostats nr 105 8 m2 – Biochemical analyser IDEX VET TEST 8008, Centrifuge Range of laboratory tests performed haematological examination, blood serum biochemical examination (enzyme activity

ALAT, Aspat, AP, CK, GGT, GLDH, amylase, glutathione peroxidase examination, dismuta-

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tion of peroxide examination, anti-oxidizing status, urea level, creatinine level, total choles-terol level, glucose triglyceride level, bilirubin level, total protein level, total calcium level, magnesium level, Ca++, NA, K, Fe, Cu, acid- base equilibrium determination, urine examina-tion, statoscopy, liquid from body cavity examination, breeding examination for bacteria and fungus, antibiotic-sensitivity assessment, specific antibody IgE level determination.

Department and Clinic of Infectious Diseases Vivarium Building– No.16, surface 20m2, No.103 surface 20m2, No.104 surface 30m2 Department of Epizootiology Building – No.15 surface 10m2, No.16 surface 15m2, No.27 surface 7m2 No.29 surface 15m2 Range of laboratory tests performed haematology, biochemistry, determination of ions and blood pH, urine testing, parasi-

tological testing, microbiology (bacteriological, mycological, virus testing), antibiograms, serological testing, molecular testing – PCR, electrophoresis, flow cytometry

Room equipment Room 26 Vivarium – laboratory room: - digestorium – chemical reagent storage - Microcentrifuge type 300, Sigma 1-13 Centrifuge – centrifugation of Eppendorf

test tubes - Wortex Heidolph Reax 2000 – mixing of Eppendorf test tube contents - LW 102 Water Bath – test tube incubation within temperature range of 20-60°C - WPE 60 Scales – chemical reagent weighing within range of 0,02-60 g - Heraeus Biofuge 22R Centrifuge – refrigerated centrifugation of Eppendorf test

tubes - CG840 pH-meter – pH determination of solutions - Techne PHC-3 Termocycler – amplification of tested genetic material - ORBITAL INCUBATOR S150 Combined Incubator and Shaker – incubation of

bacterial cultures in liquid media - T3 BIOMETRA Termocycler – amplification of tested genetic material - stereoscopic microscope – viewing of specimens - OLYMPUS BX40 Fluorescent Microscope with camera – viewing of immunofluo-

rescent or otherwise stained specimens - OLYMPUS CH20 Optical Microscope (3 pcs.) – viewing of bacteriological speci-

mens and blood films

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VIVARIUM BUILDING Laboratory Room 16 - Haematological apparatus MS9 vet. - Urine analyser URYXXON Relax - Electrolyte and blood gas analyser IDEXX VETSTAT - Ion analyser Biomaxima

Microbiology Laboratory Room 103-104 - OLYMPUS BX 41TF Research Microscope Mfg. Number: 7D17493 - Microscope data storage system OLYMPUS - SIGMA 3-16K Centrifuge Polygen - SIGMA 1-15K Centrifuge Polygen - Shaking Water Bath V/His230/50-60 - DEN-1 Densimeter BIOSAN - Analytical Scales AS 160/c/2 Rad-

wag - Laminar Chamber, Class II LAMIL PLUS - Automated Microplate Reader 708001504

Department of Epizootiology Building Room 15 Serology Laboratory - Laminar chamber - SIGMA Refrigerated Centrifuge - MPW-120 Homogenizer for grinding of biological material - Light microscope - CO2 incubator for cell breeding - Water distiller

Room 16 Virology Laboratory - Laminar chamber - Real-Time HRM PCR Corbett Termocycler - Millipore Water Deionizer - Reverse light microscope for analyzing cell cultures - Liquid nitrogen containers for blanking cell cultures and storing viral strains - Light microscope

Room 27 - KUCHARCZYK Electropheresis Set, with STABNAP 20 power supplier

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- BRL HORIZON 11-14 Electropheresis Set, with INCO Warszawa power supplier - Cole-Parmer Transilluminator – for UV gel viewing - KUCHARCZYK Vertical Electropheresis Set using poliacrylamide gels - VILBERT LOURMAT Gel Storing Set – JPG files supported

Room 29 – Immunology Laboratory

- COULTER EPICS XL Flow Cytometer - Scales: WS-21, AXIS AD500 - CONSORT C561 pH-meter - MPW-360 Centrifuge - LABLINE CO2 Incubator - BIOAIR Laminar Chamber

Department of Pathological Anatomy

Diagnostic Laboratory No. 4, 29.5 sq. m. large – redistiller, distiller, sledge microtome, mi-croscope Histochemistry and Immunohistochemistry Laboratory No. 9, 33.81 sq. m. large – digesto-rium, cryostat, water bath, pH-meter, refrigerated microtome, sledge microtome, microscope Technical Room No. 20, 10.5 sq. m. – tissue processor, incubator, paraffin embedding appara-tus, refrigerator

Scope of laboratory research

post-mortem, histopathological, histochemical, immunohistochemical examinations

6.1.6 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FACILITIES

Describe briefly the slaughterhouse facility to which the Faculty has access, including dis-tances from the Faculty and level of activity.

Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin In slaughterhouses, students have a cloakroom and a conference room at their disposal.

“Animex” Group S.A., Starachowice Branch, ul. Krańcowa 4, 27-200 Starachowice “Indykpol” S.A., Lublin Branch, ul. Zimna 1, Lublin „Ł-meat” Meat Plant Łuków S.A., ul. Przemysłowa 15, 21-400 Łuków “Ryjek” Meat Processing Plant, Sp.j., Nasutów 173, 21-025 Niemce

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6.1.7 FOODSTUFF PROCESSING UNIT

Describe briefly any access that the Faculty has to foodstuff processing units.

Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin In processing plants, students have access to a cloakroom. “Animex” Group S.A., Starachowice Branch, ul. Krańcowa 4, 27 – 200 Starachowice „Indykpol” S.A. Lublin Branch, ul. Zimna 1, Lublin „Las – Olsztyn” Sp. z o.o., Game Export Centre, ul. Garbarska 8, Lublin „Biomlek” Dairy Cooperative, ul. Chemiczna 4, Chełm „Michowianka” Dairy Cooperative, ul. Tysiąclecia 19, 21 – 140 Michów „Spomlek” Dairy Cooperative ul. Kleeberga 12, 21 – 300 Radzyń Podlaski Dairy Cooperative in Ryki, ul. Żytnia 3, 08 – 500 Ryki „Ł-meat” Meat Plant Łuków S.A., ul. Przemysłowa 15, 21-400 Łuków “Ryjek” Meat Processing Plant, Sp.j., Nasutów 173, 21-025 Niemce

6.1.8 WASTE MANAGEMENT

Briefly describe the systems and equipment used for disposing of waste material; cadavers, carcasses, biological waste of different types, excreta, etc.

The REMONDIS Sp. z o. o. Company, 02-981 Warszawa, ul. Zawodzie 16, Dąbrowa

Górnicza Branch, ul. Koksownicza 7, 45-523 Dąbrowa Górnicza (Agreement on waste collec-tion and disposal No. LUB/M/392/00) collects and disposes of the medical waste, e.g. needles and syringes. Medical waste is stored in waste containers. Such containers are located in re-spective administrative units as well as in all animal surgeries.

Biological waste, such as animal cadavers from the Department of Pathological Anat-

omy or trichina-infected rat cadavers from the Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Ori-gin, are transferred to the P.P.P. “Bacutil” Szpetko, Szeptko sp.j. Company, Zastaw Branch. 24-170 Kurów (Agreement with the University, without a number).

Pharmaceutical waste, such as overdue reagents, are transferred to the “Arcadis Ekok-

onrem” sp. z o. o. Company, Lublin Branch (an agreement has been signed between the Ar-cadis Ekokonrem Company and the University of Life Sciences)

Chemical reagents and used x-ray film are disposed of by the Argo-film Work Coopera-

tive, 03-459 Warszawa, ul. Skoczylasa 4, Plant No. 4 in Lublin, ul. Graniczna 21 (Agreement No. 1/92)

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6.1.9 FUTURE CHANGES

Outline any proposed changes in the premises that will have a substantial effect on the Fa-culty, and indicate the stage which these have reached.

Veterinary Theory Building, ul. Akademicka 12, 20-033 Lublin Classroom No. 236 requires new furniture as well as 5 new modern optic microscopes

for students to work with. Department of Animal Biochemistry and Physiology

Room No. 238, which is currently at the disposal of The Department of Animal Physi-

ology, needs refurbishing, including replacing the furniture (tables and cupboards) so as to meet required standards.

Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin A trichinoscopy laboratory is planned. Architectonic blueprints for the conversion of the

rooms have already been developed. The plans have been approved by the University’s au-thorities, as well as the District Veterinary Doctor, who has designated the laboratory as the local centre for trichina testing of meat intended for personal consumption. Test subjects are swine and game. Accreditation of the trichinoscopic method is also intended. Construction works are to commence later in the year 2011. The creation of the laboratory shall provide a constant access to material that can be used during curricular teaching activities.

Sub-Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases Any future changes concerning the localisation of the Sub-Department depend on the

planned extension of the clinic building and the re-location of the Sub-Department into the new premises. This would enable a constant contact with clinic’s patients as well ensure that our laboratory participates in clinical procedures.

Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction

Refurbishment of the Clinic of Small Animal Reproduction – final stage of refurbishment works Refurbishment of Animal Reproduction Laboratory – final stage of refurbishment works Refurbishment of the Clinic of Big Animal Reproduction – planned thorough refurbishment and modernisation

The aim of the above mentioned works is achieving current diagnostic and medicinal

standards by the Clinic of Animal Reproduction, which is a sine qua non condition for practi-

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cal training of veterinarians on a level that is comparable to that achieved in other Depart-ments of Veterinary Medicine throughout Poland.

Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery The Small and Big Animal Surgery Buildings are in need of a complete modernisation

and remodelling. Currently, a blueprint for the construction of a small animal and big animal hospital is being developed. The successful carrying out of these plans will enable to conduct classes in accordance with modern teaching standards.

Laboratory for Radiology and Ultrasonography New, fully equipped rooms are needed in order to conduct ultrasonography tests on

small and big animals (together with a testing stand); a classroom for students is also required. Currently, the Laboratory for Radiology and Ultrasonography does not have such rooms at its disposal, which seriously limits its teaching capacities.

Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases Refurbishment of farm buildings and their conversion into classrooms are planned. The

refurbishment works are in their initial stages. The endoscopy room is to be equipped with cabinets and cloths for cleaning endoscopes. In relation to the rising number of dermatology patients, a second examination room in the Dermatology Clinic is planned.

6.2 COMMENTS

- Comment on the adequacy of the buildings in general for undergraduate teaching. - Comment on the adequacy of the equipment in general for undergraduate teaching. - Comment on the maintenance of buildings and equipment.

The current technical state of the buildings is unsatisfactory, thus two projects have

been drafted: an investment, and a refurbishing project. The first project aims to demolish the Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases Building and the garages located immedi-ately behind it to make room for two four-storey buildings intended to house a clinic for ac-companying and farm animals. In accordance with the second project, the remaining buildings have been redesigned to provide the background for the two above mentioned new clinics. These plans should be carried out in the coming five years and satisfy all the demands placed by the modern world and the EAVE.

Further projects include refurbishing other rooms in the Collegium Veterinarium Build-ing. Lecture room “A” will also be refurbished. The teaching equipment seems to satisfy the demand. The equipment is maintained by the respective units. Current repairs are carried out by technician teams and paid for from the university’s fund.

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6.3 SUGGESTIONS

If you are unhappy with any situation, please list any improvements you would make in order of preference.

1. Classrooms in the Collegium Veterinarium Building need refurbishing and reequipping

(post-mortem examination rooms “A” and “B”, rooms 236, 238, 501) 2. In the Collegium Veterinarium Building, a vivarium for laboratory animals that could be

used in classes should be located 3. A lift could be installed in the Collegium Veterinarium Building, ul. Akademicka 12 4. The localisation of the Sub-Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases in the Col-

legium Veterinarium Building makes it possible to conduct lessons with the help of teach-ing aids stored in the Sub-Department (permanent specimens and laboratory material). However, no direct contact between students and clinic’s patients with respect to invasive diseases is possible. Building new premises may remedy the situation.

• Clinic of Big Animal Reproduction

A thorough refurbishment and reequipping is needed in the following areas: 1. Non-slippery surfaces need to be laid in surgery room, pre-surgery room and in sta-

bles. 2. A recovery box for big animals, a box with a sling for intensive care of big animals,

and a box for intensive care of infants need to be constructed. 3. A new room for difficult deliveries needs to be constructed. 4. A hoist for transporting big animals to the surgery room needs to be installed. 5. New equipment, preferably with a respirator, needs to be purchased. 6. A surgical aspirator, an aspirator for respiratory tracts and dielectric heating needs to

be acquired.

• Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery, Department and Clinic of Animal Inter-nal Diseases

By creating a hospital for small and big animals, proper conditions for treating animals

will be ensured. Both buildings shall incorporate classrooms, as well as rooms for state-of-the-art laboratory and instrumental diagnostics (CT, MRI) and therapy.

• Laboratory for Radiology and Ultrasonography

The lack of a classroom and a room for self-study hampers the teaching process. A clo-akroom for students is needed as well.

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• Department of Pathological Anatomy

- a gantry needs to be installed on the ramp in order to facilitate the process of trans-porting cadavers from the refrigeration container into the surgery room

- a sanitary lock by the post-mortem examination room needs to be installed - a CCTV camera needs to be installed on the ramp - a treatment room for performing biopsy needs to be boxed off and equipped

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CHAPTER 7 ANIMALS AND TEACHING MATERIAL OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

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7.1.1 ANATOMY Indicate the materials used in practical anatomical training, and how they are obtained and stored.

The following materials are used in practical anatomical training with students: bones, inner organs and cadavers of various species of domesticated animals (dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, poultry).

Dog cadavers are obtained from the Veterinary Medicine Faculty Clinic of the Univer-sity of Life Sciences in Lublin. Horse, cattle and sheep cadavers are obtained from those ani-mals’ owners in the Lublin area. In general, the cadavers belong to animals which died from non-infectious diseases. The cadavers are partially obtained free of cost, and partially bought by the Department of Anatomy.

Inner organs and body parts of various species of slaughterhouse animals are obtained from slaughterhouses. Poultry cadavers come from the Poultry Processing Company (Zakłady Drobiarskie) in Lublin.

Some cadavers and inner organs are used in classes in the fresh state. Some small-animal cadavers and parts of large-animal cadavers are preserved and stored in formaldehyde for a period of 12 months.

The Department of Anatomy has a complete set of bones and skeletons of various spe-cies of domesticated animals in its possession, which are used in student training.

The Department of Anatomy has a museum, and its collection is also used in teaching. Tabela 7.1. Material used in practical anatomical training

dog ruminant equine other Material 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009

Live animals Cadavers 17 17 8 8 8 8 Specimen Other Porcine

and bo-vine inner organs (livers, kidneys, hearts, lungs, spleens, uteruses, penises) – 20 sets; hen ca-davers – 25 pieces

Porcine and bo-vine inner organs (livers, kidneys, hearts, lungs, spleens, uteruses, penises) – 20 sets; hen ca-davers – 25 pieces

Eg ultrasound Computer assi-sted teaching

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7.1.2 PATHOLOGY

Table 7.2. Number of necropsies over the past 3 years Number of necropsies Species

2010 2009 2008

Average 12 9 12 4 8 30 6 3 20

Food-producing animals: cattle small ruminants pigs other farm animals - 1 1

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Equine 8 8 6 7 Poultry 2

298* 1

317* 5

293*

Rabbits 5 13 7

11/314*

266 306 300 29 23 38

Companion animals/exotic: dogs cats other 4 7 1

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Explanations: * - necropsies of poultry cadavers as performed in the Poultry Diseases

Department. Poultry cadavers are usually obtained from large-scale poultry farms.

Indicate the nature and extent of any additional sources of material for the training in ne-cropsies and pathological anatomy, including slaughterhouse material.

Small-animal cadavers are delivered for necropsies from the Veterinary Medicine Fac-ulty Clinics of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin and from private clinics in the Lublin area. Large-animal cadavers come from the Faculty Clinics, from private clinics in the Lublin area and from large animal farms.

Tissues with pathologic changes are used in practical classes in histopathology. They are obtained from biopsies or from cadavers delivered from the Faculty Clinics and from pri-vate doctors into the section at the Department of Pathological Anatomy.

In addition, the new system of extramural teaching is supposed to extend the existing agreement with Bacutil, a waste disposal company, allowing the performance of necropsies in the carrion disposal centre in Krasnystaw (approx 52 km). Students will arrive in small groups with a junior member of teaching staff for a whole day, and they will perform a series of ne-cropsies on livestock. The transportation will need to be managed by the students themselves. Additional necropsies are also performed in the field, during farm visitations: they are per-formed either on deceased animals, or after the diagnostic slaughter aimed at achieving a more precise diagnosis and at collecting samples for laboratory examination.

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7.1.3 ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Indicate the availability of food-producing animals for the practical teaching of students a. onsite within the institution; b. on other sites to which the institution has access.

ad. a) The faculty does not possess any slaughterhouse-animal farms where students of the Veterinary Medicine could have practical classes in animal production.

b) As a part of regular classes in animal production, the students are given the possibil-ity to visit farms cooperating with the Faculty of Biology and Animal Breeding.

The newly implemented system of extramural teaching includes agreements with animal farms, where students can acquire practical knowledge in animal production and improve their professional skills in the field of diagnosis and management of various diseases.

7.1.4 FOOD HYGIENE/PUBLIC HEATH

Indicate the availability of farm animals and products of animal origin for the practical teaching of students in veterinary public health, food hygiene, inspection and technology.

Students participate in practical training in food hygiene, inspection and technology, uti-

lizing animals and products of animal origin in different ways: - a part of the practical teaching on this topic is performed in the rooms belonging to the Fac-

ulty - in the laboratory of the Department Of Animal Origin Food Hygiene. Practical train-ing includes handling of products of animal origin, such as fresh meat (pork, beef, poultry), meat products, eggs, and fish. All these products come from meat processing factories or from retail;

- milk and milk products (yoghurt, cheese, butter and cream) used in the training come from retail;

- as a part of the practical classes, students can acquire additional training in: 1) meat packing plants – covering the pre- and post-slaughter examination of slaughterhouse

animals, and the official procedures related to edible and non-edible animal products - Meat Processing Plant „Ryjek”, Nasutów, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 15 km); - Meat Plant „Łmeat – Łuków S.A.”, Łuków, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 100 km); - Meat Plant Z. J. Cioczek, Lublin; - Meat Plant „Constar S.A.”, Branch: Animex S.A. in Starachowice (Świętokrzyskie Voi-

vodship, approx. 120 km);

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2) meat processing plants – covering the technological processes utilized in the processing of edible animal products, and the administrative procedures related to the official inspection of meat processing: - Meat Processing Plant „Ryjek”, Nasutów, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 15 km); - Meat Plant „Łmeat – Łuków S.A.”, Łuków, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 100 km); - Meat Plant Z. J. Cioczek, Lublin; - Meat Plant „Constar S.A.”, Branch: Animex S.A. in Starachowice (Świętokrzyskie Voi-


3) milk processors – covering the technological processes utilized in milk processing, as well as the administrative procedures related to the official inspection of milk and milk prod-ucts’ processing, storage and transportation: - „Spomlek” – Cooperative Dairy in Radzyń Podlaski, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 72

km); - „Biomlek” – Cooperative Dairy in Chełm, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 80 km); - Cooperative Dairy in Ryki, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 80 km); - Regional Cooperative Dairy in Piaski (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 23 km);

4) poultry processing plants – covering the pre- and post-slaughter inspection of poultry and

the procedures related to the official sanitary-epidemiological inspection of poultry slaughterhouses: - Indykpol S.A., the Lublin branch.

5) cold storages – covering the conditions under which food is to be stored, especially includ-

ing food of animal origin, and the official procedures related to the sanitary-epidemiological inspection of the stored food: - Meat Processing Plant „Ryjek”, Nasutów, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 15 km); - Meat Plant „Łmeat – Łuków S.A.”, Łuków, (Lublin Voivodship, approx. 100 km); - Meat Plant Z. J. Cioczek, Lublin; - Meat Plant „Constar S.A.”, Branch: Animex S.A. in Starachowice (Świętokrzyskie Voi-


6) game meat purchase centres – covering the sanitary-epidemiological treatment of game meat and the official inspection of its storage: - Las Olsztyn Ltd. , Game Meat Purchase Centre, Lublin.

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7.1.5 CONSULTATIONS AND PATIENT FLOW SERVICES

7.1.5.1. Consultation

State the number of weeks in the course of the year, during which the clinics are open. State the number of consultation days each week. State the consultation hours.

The Veterinary Medicine Faculty Clinics are open 24 hours a day, every day of the year (52 weeks a year, 7 days a week). Consultations for small and large animals are held daily in the Clinic of Internal Diseases, in the Clinic of Infections, in the Clinic of Surgery and in the Clinic of Animal Reproduction, between 8AM and 10PM. From 10PM until 8AM of the next day, one doctor is on duty, providing emergency service for both small and large animals. In case of emergency, a team of clinicians is called as required. Specialist consultations in dermatology are held Monday through Friday between 10AM and 1PM, and between 3PM and 6PM. Specialist consultations in cardiology are held twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) be-tween 10AM and 3PM. Specialist consultations in gastroenterology are held Monday through Friday between 9AM and 2PM. Specialist consultations in dentistry are held twice a week (Wednesdays and Fridays) between 9AM and 1PM. Specialist consultations in ophthalmology are held twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) between 10AM and 12PM. Specialist consultations in orthopedics are held twice a week between 8AM and 3PM. Specialist consultations in oncology are held twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) between 10AM and 12PM. Specialist consultations in radiology and ultrasonography are held on working days and on Saturdays between 8AM and 2PM. Specialist consultations in poultry diseases are held Monday through Friday between 8AM and 2PM.

7.1.5.2. Patient Flow

The number of animals to be stated are for all disciplines combined (medicine, surgery, reproduction, etc.). In Table 7.3 only animals coming into the Faculty should be included. Animals studied in practical teaching outside the Faculty should be entered in the section entitled “Ambulatory Clinic” (Table 7.4). The term “consultation” refers to outpatient visits during daily consultation hours. “Hospi-talization” refers to patients retained in the clinic as inpatients.

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Table 7.3. Number of cases: a) received for consultation, and b) hospitalized in the Fac-ulty clinics, in the past three years.

Number of cases 2010 2009 2008

Average Species

a b a b a b Bovine

620

37

228

17

139

15

Ovine, caprine

4

3

5

3

6

2

Porci-ne

161

21

157

7

179

1

Food-producing animals

Other farm ani-mals

535

Poultry

111

-

127

-

131

-

Rabbits

146

32

113

38

107

30

278

Equine

63

87

20

91

60

71

131

Canine

6638

272

6052

447

7466

257

Feline

1229

106

1037

138

1201

73

Companion animals /exotics

Other

68

-

44

-

79

-

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7.1.6 VEHICLES FOR ANIMAL TRANSPORT

State the number and the nature of the Faculty vehicles that can be used to bring sick ani-mals to the clinics.

The Faculty Clinics have one vehicle at their disposal (a van) and two trailers used for the transportation of sick horses and cows. At a client’s request, these vehicles can be used for the transportation of their animals to and from the Clinics. The transport costs are incurred by the clients, excluding the cases when an animal is transported for special teaching or scientific purposes. In those cases, the transport costs are covered by the Faculty.

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7.1.7 ON-CALL EMERGENCY SERVICE

Outline what emergency service is available (full-time, 24 h service, ON-CALL or 8-22 h duty) and discriminate for species.

The clinics provide a 24-hour on-call service for urgent cases. Every day between 8AM and 10PM, the doctors who are on duty in the respective Clinics answer calls related to all animal species and drive to the patients’, if needed, by means of their own transportation or using the vehicle at the Clinic’s disposal (a Ford Transit). Most cases of on-call service are related to livestock (horses, cattle, pigs). In the remaining time (10PM-8AM), the night duty is covered by one doctor who answers phone calls to urgent cases, and either drives to the sick animal himself or herself, or calls a team of the appropriate experts.

7.1.8 ON FARM TEACHING AND OUTSIDER PATIENT CARE

7.1.8.1 Ambulatory (Mobile) Clinic

The Ambulatory (Mobile) Clinic is defined as a unit which provides on-call outside services to farms and other institutions and is generally operated on a commercial basis. - State the number of hours of operation per week. Is emergency service provided 24 h/ day, 365 Days per year? What is the degree of student participation (include duties) - State the number, the type and the seating capacity of the vehicles used to transport stu-dents Workingin the ambulatory (mobile) clinic. - State the approximate number of sick animals (specify cattle, swine, equine, poultry or small ruminants, others) seen by the ambulatory clinic per year during the past three years (Table 7.4). - State the average number of visits in a year made by the ambulatory clinic to farms and other Institutions.

There is “mobile veterinary clinics” operating in the Clinics. Veterinary visits for large

animals are available 24 hours a day (52 weeks a year, 168 hours a week). Visits for both ill and healthy animals are made with the use of the Ford transit (the property of the Faculty) with 7 passenger seats to transport students.

Furthermore, the Faculty owns a specially-equipped animal ambulance adjusted to per-form basic laboratory procedures. The vehicle in question has space for 4 students, a veteri-nary surgeon and a driver.

In the case of emergency, veterinary surgeons on duty use either their own vehicles or transportation arranged by animal owners. Depending on the number of seats available, stu-dents may also participate in these situations. They are usually fifth and sixth year students who would like to specialize in the treatment of large animals in the future, and who voluntar-

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ily establish contacts with bovine and equine practitioners. Students stay in telephone contact with the veterinary surgeons who inform them in the case of emergency.

The average number of farm visits provided by the Clinic amounts to 176 a year.

Table 7.4 a. Number of cases seen by the Ambulatory (Mobile) Clinic in the past three years Number of patients Species

2010 2009 2008 Average

Cattle

1388

207

88

Small ruminants

500

955

304

Pigs

219

93

7


Other farm animals

1254

Poultry (no of flocks)

3

1

1

Rabbits (no production units)

86

97

20

69

Equine

225

45

101

124

Other

133

(123 apiaries; 4 roe deer; 5 foxes)

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(128 apiaries; 3 foxes )

123

(118 apia-ries; 1 roe

deer; 4 foxes)

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7.1.8.2 Other on farm services and outside teaching

If there is no on duty Ambulatory (Mobile) Clinic, a Faculty may have defined contracts with farms or other institutions to allow for outside teaching and patient care. Similarly, a Faculty may provide herd-health services. Please indicate if and to what extent this applies to your Faculty. If applicable please pro-vide no. of patients seen on outside teaching.

On the basis of agreement with animal farms owners, the Clinics provide health care for herds of cattle, pigs and horses. Veterinary services include physical examination and pre-ventive care taken for healthy animals, as well as medical consultation when needed.

The Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine provides medical support for cattle herds (a few hundred animals) on three farms:

- “Agromarina” Farm in Kulczyn; (approx. 80 km) - “Różanka” Farm in Różanka; (approx. 110 km)

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- “Agrokompleks” Farm in Żółkiewka (approx. 40 km) - and on stud farms: - Stallion Depot Białka; (approx. 67 km) - “Arizona" Riding Club in Lublin; - “Wieża” Riding Club in Dominów; (approx. 12 km) - “Drwal” Riding Club in Abramowicze; (approx. 8 km) - “Piker” Riding Club in Jakubowice; (approx. 15 km) - “Pólko” Riding Club in Pólko; (approx. 14 km) - Riding Club in Elizówka; (approx. 10 km) - Lubelski Riding Club in Lublin;

As a part of their clinical practical training, fifth year students participate in examination of herd at cooperating farms.

The Department and Clinic of Reproduction and the Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases offer veterinary practice for fifth and sixth year students at the University of Life Sciences Experimental Farm in Uhrusk (approx. 110 km), in the field of: gynaecology, mammary gland diseases, andrology and infectious diseases. There are 183 milking cows and heifers, as well as a few bulls at students’ disposal. Students are allowed to work with farm animals during their internship in return for pregnancy diagnosis and examination of cows’ reproductive system performed by employees of the Department and Clinic of Re-production.

The Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases is responsible for consultation, preventive treatment and treatment of sick animals, including:

- The Michałów Stud; (approx. 210 km) -Stud Farm in Kozienice; (approx. 86 km) - The Janów Podlaski Stud; (approx. 145 km) -Stallion Depot Białka; (approx. 67 km) - Fur Animals Farm in Chorzelów; (approx. 175 km) - Apiaries of Agricultural School Complex in Pszczela Wola; (approx. 12km) In addition, the Department participates in the monitoring of notifiable diseases such as

tuberculosis, leukemia and brucellosis in cattle, as well as Auyeszky's disease in pigs. The Sub-Department of Avian Diseases conducts practical classes with students on the

Broiler Chickens Slaughter Farm in Brzeziny (approx. 80 km) Furthermore, as a part of extramural teaching, there are agreements concluded with oth-

er farms, where students have access to both healthy and sick animals in order to gain experi-ence in the field of animal production and veterinary practice.

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Table 7.4b. Number of patients seen on outside teaching in the past three years. Number of patients Species

2010 2009 2008 Average

Cattle

1558

342

238

Small ruminants

500

955

304

Pigs

215

86

2


Other farm animals

1400

Equine

145

12

17

58

Other

123

(apiaries)

128

(apiaries)

118

(apiaries)

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7.1.9 OTHER INFORMATION

Indicate any notable additional outside sources of material for clinical training purposes, such as animal charities, animal awaiting slaughter, etc.

The Clinics cooperate with local Animal Care Societies (Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zwierzętami), Animal Guard, and animal shelters in the scope that includes the provision of medical care for homeless dogs and cats, as well as sterilisation of homeless female cats and both female cats and female dogs in shelters, prior to the adoption of these animals. The De-partment and Clinic of Animal Surgery cooperates with the Department of Environmental Protection of the Municipality of Lublin in the scope that includes the provision of medical care for sick wild animals and wild birds. Veterinary students participate in all medical proce-dures and treatment related to the said animals as a part of their clinical internship and practi-cal classes on animals reproduction and surgery.

Indicate how the level of clinical service that is offered by the Faculty (In small companion animals, equines and production animals) compares with outside practices in terms of fa-cilities, hours of service, equipment, expertise, responsiveness, etc.

Buildings of the Clinics are old and they require considerable financial outlays that would allow for their modernisation and adaptation to the standards of modern and innovative veterinary clinics. Still, none of private practice clinics can compare to the Clinics in terms of premises (operating rooms, out-patients’ clinics, rooms for animals etc).

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In relation to small animals, the location of the Clinics in the city centre is very conven-ient. It impedes, however, the transportation of sick large animals.

The Clinics ensure medical care for sick animals 24 hours a day, throughout a year. They also offer in-patient treatment to both small and large animals, which cannot be pro-vided by the majority of private practice clinics.

The Clinics have professional diagnostic equipment allowing for, among others, X-radiation, ultrasound and endoscopy. The above cannot be obtained in the majority of private practice clinics.

The Clinics also have an on-site laboratory allowing for various types of tests: hemato-logical ones, bacteriological, histological, immunohistochemical, endocrinological, biochemi-cal blood test, urine test, smear test, semen analysis. Private practice clinics do not provide such a range of diagnostic tests.

Veterinary practitioners working in the Clinics are either species or disciplinary special-ists who present a high level of theoretical and practical knowledge. Furthermore, our em-ployees constantly improve their skills and raise their qualifications by means of didactic and research activity, internships held in the country and abroad, as well as participation in foreign and domestic conferences and congresses.

Provide an indication in percentage terms of the proportion of cases that are primary (i.e. first opinion), and referrals (provide a breakdown by species, if helpful). If the Faculty has a particular aim or policy as regards this mix, describe it.

Overall, the percentage of cases in which these are the Clinics of the Faculty of the Vet-erinary Medicine of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin that are patients' first contact with a doctor, amounts to 70%. Depending on the specialty of a given Clinic, the proportion may vary from 50% to 90%. The remaining percentage refers to patients previously treated in private practice clinics.

In order to establish and maintain partnership-based relations with private veterinary practitioners, their patients sent to the Clinics for consultation, are sent back afterwards with all tests results. In order to acquaint private veterinary practitioners with diagnostic and thera-peutic possibilities of the Clinics, as well as to encourage them to cooperate with the Clinics, there are meetings organised with the Dean of Faculty, employees of the Clinics and private veterinary practitioners themselves.

Indicate what areas of clinical specialisation are covered, and the extent of the coverage (for example, a veterinarian with particular specialisation may see patients in the clinic for one day a week, 3 afternoons, etc.).

The Clinics provide a wide range of services carried out by species specialists (equine diseases, ruminant diseases, pig diseases, fur animals diseases, rodent diseases, useful insects diseases), as well as by disciplinary specialists (internal diseases, surgery, infectious diseases,

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reproduction, ophthalmology, dentistry, dermatology, cardiology, gastro-enterology, ortopae-dics, oncology, radiology, clinical analysis).

Veterinary practitioners specialising in: animal internal diseases, animal surgery, animal infectious diseases, animal reproduction are available 14 hours a day (from 8 to 22).

Species specialists are available for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. Dermatology specialists are available for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. Cardiology specialists are available for 5 hours a day, 2 days a week. Gastroenterology specialists are available for patients for 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Dentistry specialists are available for patients for 4 hours a day, twice a week. Ophthalmology specialists are available for patients for 2 hours a day, twice a week. Ortopaedics specialists are available for patients for 7 hours a day, twice a week. Oncology specialists are available for patients for 2 hours a day, twice a week. Radiology specialists are available for 6 hours a day, 6 days a week. Avian diseases specialists are available for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. Clinical analysis specialists are available for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week.

Indicate the relationship the Faculty has with ouside practitioners (in small comapnion animals, equines and production animals) in terms of matters such as referral work, pro-viding diagnostic or advisory services for private practitioners, practitioners participating in teaching, holiday or “seeing practice” work for students, feedback on the level of clini-cal training.

The Clinics not only maintain good relations with private veterinary practitioners, but

also provide them with their support in difficult diagnostic and therapeutic cases. There is, however, some tension related to competition and struggle for patients, which results from a great number of private clinics, as well as from the fact that a significant number of veterinary practitioners employed at the Faculty have their own private practice.

Since the Clinics are in possession of appropriate laboratory facilities and specialist equipment, they are referred to in the cases of patients requiring specialist tests and expertise. These cases, including all animal species, are consulted with doctors from a particular Clinic by private veterinary practitioners.

The Clinics carry out diagnostic tests ordered by private veterinary practitioners and

provide the said practitioners with consultation regarding diagnosis and treatment. In particu-larly difficult cases and at the request of a practitioner in charge, the Clinics themselves may continue treatment.

Many students, individually, make contact with private veterinary practitioners and vol-untarily work for them in order to gain more practice.

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After fourth and fifth year respectively, students have a monthly holiday practice in pri-vate clinics.

On the basis of agreements concluded with private clinics, abattoirs and meat packing plants, fifth year students have the possibility of taking additional practical training aiming at improving their knowledge for meeting all necessary day one skills requirements.

Describe (if applicable) any other relationships with outside organizations that are rou-tinely used to provide students with training (in particular practical training) in other clini-cal subjects (e.g. pathology work, interaction with state veterinary work).

Classes on veterinary administration are conducted with the participation of members of

the General Veterinary Inspectorate, as well as employees of the Border Veterinary Inspector-ate.

Provide an outline of the administrative system(s) used for the patients, e.g. in terms of how case records are kept, how date are retrieved, whether systems are centralized, etc.

All patients are registered by being entered into the clinical book in the paper form, as

well as by being entered into the centralised computer data base (Klinika 3000). Registered cases are available for inspection at terminals found in all units of the Clinics. A patient is registered by a veterinary practitioner on duty. Data are copied every day to be stored on a hard disc.

7.1.10 RATIOS

See the section „Main Indicators” In Annex Ia for the figures needed for calculating ra-tios. Give the figures for numerators and denominators. The ratios should then be ex-pressed by taking the numerator as 1. Table 7.5. Animals available for clinical training (In the clinics of the Faculty or seen through the Ambulatory Clinic) as ratio to number of students in last full year of clinical training* R 11:

No. of students graduating annually / no. of food-producing animals seen at the Faculty 157/535 1/3.41

R 12: No. of students graduating annually / no. of individual food-animal con-sultations outside the Faculty 157/2654 1/16.9

R 13: No. of students graduating annually / no. of herd health visits 157/176 1/1.12 R 14: No. of students graduating annually / no. of equine cases 157/131 1/0.83

R 15: No. of students graduating annually / no. of poultry + rabbit cases 157/278 1/1.77

R 16: No. of students graduating annually / no. of companion animals seen at 157/8369 1/53.31

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R 17: No. of students graduating annually / poultry (flocks) + rabbits (produc-tion units) seen 157/69 1/0.44

R 18:

No. of students graduating annually / no. necropsies food producing animals + equines 157/42 1/0.27

R 19: No. of students graduating annually / no. necropsies poultry + rabbits 157/11

157/314* 1/0.07 1/2.00

R 20: No. of students graduating annually / no. necropsies companion animals 157/325 1/2.07

* - necropsies performed in the Department of Avian Diseases included

7.1.11 OTHER SPECIES

Indicate how the Faculty deals with fish and other food producing species Clinical activity of employees of the Sub-Department of Fish Diseases and Biology is

limited to veterinary consultation of patients provided as part of the research and development activity.

7.2 COMMENTS

Feel free to comment on all data provided in his Chapter. Comment on major developments in the clinical services, now and in the near future. Comment on local conditions or cir-cumstances that might influence the ratios in tables 7.5 and 7.6.

Current and future projects related to clinical services, implemented by the Faculty:

- to improve the quality of diagnostic imaging by applying digital X-rays apparatus; - to launch a physiotherapy room aimed at rehabilitation of injured animals (tender in

progress); - to implement methodology allowing for determination of characteristic antibodies in an-

imals with atopic dermatitis, which ensures more effective diagnostics and treatment of the disease in question in dogs and horses;

- to erect new, modern buildings for the Clinics, with hospitals for small and large ani-mals (construction shall be launched within two years).

- to launch nephrology/urology units using hemodialysis techniques (in progress) - to modernise intensive care unit and emergency room

Comments on local conditions that may influence the rate of healthy and sick animals, as well as of necropsied animals that are available at the Unit for students’ purposes.

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- the number of companion animals necropsies is satisfactory; the number of cattle and equine necropsies, however, should be increased. Nevertheless, the implementation of this project is impeded on the account of sanitary regulations concerning BSE.

- although running private practice by a number of veterinary surgeons employed by the Faculty is in compliance with the applicable law, it is regarded as a clash of interests;

- the Faculty is not in possession of an animal farm

7.3 SUGGESTIONS

If the denominators in tables 7.5 and 7.6 for your Faculty are not meeting the range as in-dicated in Annex I, Supplement A, what can be done to improve these ratios?

In order to make the animals more accessible to students at the Faculty, an additional

specialized vehicle was bought, the transportation of animals to the clinics was improved as well as contracts with different entities were signed and they definitely improved the ratios.

Additionally, it is planned to: - build, near Lublin, academic animal farm; - prepare together with waste treatment plant Bacutil additional place to perform post-

mortem examination in an adopted building located on the site of carrion container in Krasnystaw (52 km).

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CHAPTER 8 LIBRARY AND LEARNNG RESOURCES

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8.1.1 LIBRARY AND OTHER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Give a general description of the library/libraries of the Faculty/university that are available to students. Indicate how the library/libraries are managed (e.g. library committee). For each major library of the Faculty, please provide the following information, either in narrative or tabular form. Main library: - is this specific to the veterinary training establishment? - is this common to two or more establishments? - Full time equivalents of part time employees - Number of full-time employees - Number of journals received each year as hard copies, - Numbers of full access electronic journals - Availability of online literature search - Availability of textbooks - Number of student reading places - Library opening hours: weekdays weekends

during term-time ........... ........... during vacations ........... ...........

- Indicate how the facilities are used by students Subsidiary libraries of the Faculty - Please describe the subsidiary (e.g. Departmental) libraries of the Faculty, and arrange-ments for student access. - Indicate whether the main library holds a list of individual books of the subsidiary libraries. - Describe any other information services and how are they supported and how student access is regulated

Academics, postgraduate and undergraduate students of the Veterinary Medicine Fac-

ulty have access to two libraries: The Main Library of Life Sciences University located in the grounds of a building shared with Marie Cure-Skłodowska University (both universities share the reading rooms, however, laboratories, storerooms and the loan department are separate), as well as the branch of the Main Library located in the building of Collegium Veterinarium. The libraries of specific departments and sub-departments are run in the majority of faculty organisational units. The Main Library is an all-university unit, which serves didactic, educa-tional and service purposes.

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The Vice-Rector for Personnel and Investment Fund is responsible for direct supervi-sion of the Main Library. Rector’s advisory authority is the Library Board, which is com-prised of Faculty Council representatives, Library Board representatives and the students. The library Director submits an objective and financial project plan of the library and is responsi-ble for its completion after the validation. The four sectors (collecting and editing of non-serial publications and serial publications of scientific information, allowing access to the collection. The storage and conservation section and the three branches, including one at the Veterinary Medicine Faculty are responsible to the Director. The library holds about 380000 volumes of books, magazines and special collections. It increases the collection annually and acquires several hundred volumes/units each year. Thirty-eight people are employed by the library including two employees of the Veterinary Medicine Faculty branch. The standard service of the library includes providing an access to:

The Lending Department - it houses Polish and foreign literature connected to the sci-entific and didactic work carried out by the academics. In general, the library is thematically concerned with agriculture, horticulture, zootechnics, veterinary medicine, food technology, agro business, agriculture engineering, machine orientation in food industry(selectively) med-icine, mathematics, physics, chemistry, fundamentals of technology. Students can access the Polish textbooks related to the courses conducted by the Faculty or are recommended by their teachers.

Mathematics and Biology Reading Room – the reading room contains the collections, which students use the most. There are also atlases, albums, encyclopedias and dictionaries.

The Polish Standards (PN) and International Standards (ISO) are also stored and al-lowed access to in the reading room. Before the final exams, doctorial dissertations are dis-played for viewing. The reader is able to use books, which cannot be borrowed.

Journal reading room – a few hundred journals and periodicals in print can be viewed in the Main Library. The recent items may be found on shelves while the archives can be searched in a computer catalogue and ordered or they may be checked in printed catalogue.

Interlibrary Lending Department – the library borrows material from national librar-ies when academics and postgraduate students place an order. The library lends its own col-lection to other libraries.

Scientific Information Department – it helps to find the materials, provides profes-sional assistance with bibliography, guidebooks, abstracts, databases and the internet library service.

Since 1995 the library has been using the integrated system VTLS (Virginia Tech Li-brary System) and since 2003 its improved version VIRTUA, which allows its users to access the catalogues at any place in the world. The introduction of VPN (Setup BG UP) system en-ables the library account holders an entry to all electronic sources (databases, books and magazines), which are licensed by the Main Library. The database: ‘A bibliography of the Life Science University employees’ was created on the basis of an index published in Scien-tific Information Department.

The library has about 800 periodicals and journals related to Veterinary Medicine with on-line access to full text analysis or abstracts, depending on what is being made accessible by the publisher.

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As the result of participation in numerous consortiums and science services, the library gained the access to several thousands of full text journals and books (Elsevier, Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, Willey-Blackwell). All computers located on the premises of students’ buildings and hostels connected to University servers, help the students reach the full library service. Publications and journals mainly archive, unavailable on line, may be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan from national libraries if required by academics and postgraduate students.

The main library collection contains the bibliography of Life Science University em-ployees. This database is the generally available documentation of the written work produced the University academics. The information contains title, author, place and the date of publi-cation. The data has been available in library database since the beginning of 1995. The li-brary also has an access to the Internet database, which helps finding scientific journals and information etc.

The Loan Department is opened on Mondays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesdays to Fri-days between 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The branch of the main library is located in the grounds of Collegium Veterinarium, which belongs to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. It is opened for students and University employees between 8.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday. The opening time is ad-justed to the time at which students and academics reside on campus. It was agreed several years ago that the library is closed in August as the personnel are on leave at that time.

There are 15 places designed for self-learning. According to library employees’ opinion, the number of these places is not always sufficient, despite the fact that most students use the library via Internet by connecting with the servers outside the library headquarters. The main library branch stores 14972 books and 33 titles of veterinary or veterinary related journals published this year. The copies from previous years are held in the main library.

Students often use the textbooks available in Loan Department or they can use scientific literature and journals in the reading room of the main library or Faculty library. There is also a possibility of borrowing some items for one night or weekend from the Faculty library. At the beginning of the academic career, every new student receives library training.

All students can use Faculty library during its working hours. They also may use the items from departmental libraries. The collection of each Faculty unit is thematically linked with the faculty domain. Students can use serial(journals) and non-serial(books) which are related to their study domain. According to information obtained from Department Heads, the postgraduate students and the members of scientific association use this collection most fre-quently.

Medycyna Weterynaryjna The oldest Polish periodical Medycyna Weterynaryjna is strongly connected with the

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. It was launched after the Second World War and appears incessantly until nowadays. Medycyna Weterynaryjna has been linked to the Polish Associa-tion of Veterinary Science and became its official body. It is the only Polish journal that ap-pears on ISSI Master Journal list and from 2011 will reappear in Science Citation Index Ex-

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panded. The periodical publishes review articles, original articles as well as issues on science and profession, veterinary history and the chronicle containing short information highlighting the progress of Veterinary Science and profession. Generally, the majority of readers are vet-erinary practitioners and the students. Editorial office has the library that contains recent vet-erinary journal received in form of exchange between the offices. The students of the Veteri-nary Medicine Faculty in Lublin also have an access to the journals.

8.2 COMMENTS

Please comment on the adequacy of the books and accessible journals, of the opening hours and of the provision of reading spaces and support personnel. Please comment on the Faculty’s provision of IT - facilities and the approach to self-learning, and on the further developments in this area.

After the renovation, the Faculty library acquired more space for self-learning. The number

of study stations appears to be sufficient since the majority of students choose their own study places. Usually the choice is influenced by the free access to the Internet. The construction of the new edifice of the Main Library has recently begun. Its assumption is to provide students and em-ployees with modern approach to the use of hard copies, journals, books, electronic database and articles available through direct authorized access to publishers. Unfortunately, this will result in disposal of the Faculty library branches, which could be the disadvantage for the students of the Faculty. Self directed learning and closely related e-learning are the forms of education which are being recently introduced in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Each department inserts infor-mation for students regarding lectures, syllabus and practice materials (http://www.biochfiz.up.lublin.pl) For instance, the Department of Histology has the micro-scope photos of histology sections (http://www.weterynaria.up.lublin.pl/anatomia) Students’ access to the patients’ clinic records is also planned.

8.3 SUGGESTIONS The 21st century is the time of modern technology and innovative didactic methods. In

order to fulfill students’ expectations the Faculty must put more emphasis on e-learning.

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CHAPTER 9 STUDENT ADMISSION AND ENROLMENT

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9.1 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

9.1.1 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT NUMBERS

Table 9.1 asks for numbers of undergraduate students in the veterinary training institution. This means students enrolled for undergraduate training and paying the corresponding tui-tion fees (if applicable), except for those students who do not participate in the teaching of-fered. Some veterinary curricula require students to successfully complete all courses pre-sented in an academic year before they can start the subjects in the following year. In other establishments students have to complete all the subjects in the curriculum before graduating, but can do so in a more flexible way. In the latter instance, it may be difficult – perhaps im-possible – to place some of the students in a specific year of the programme. If this is so, table 9.1 may: Be omitted, or be an approximate figure, or be calculated by refer-ence to the course of year that corresponds to the largest number of subjects taken. In any case, please indicate the minimum no of years (MNY) allowed to successfully complete the curriculum.

MNY : 5. 5 years

Table 9.1. Undergraduate students composition in year priori to visitation

Total number of undergraduate students 1060 Total number of male students 393 Total number of female students 667 Foreign students - - from EU countries - - from non-EU countries -

9.1.2 STUDENT ADMISSION

State the minimum admission requirements. - Indicate whether there is a limit to the number of students admitted each year. - Describe how the number of government-funded student places is determined. - Outline any selection process (or criteria) used in addition to the minimum admission - requirements. - Describe whether students applying for and/or starting veterinary training have an

equal or - very variable knowledge base in scientific disciplines from their previous studies. - Describe any circumstances under which extra students may be admitted to the under-

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- Outline any changes foreseen in the number of students admitted annually. If applica-ble,

- describe how the Faculty plans to adjust to these changes. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UP in Lublin gives possibilities to study veterinary

medicine in two ways: full time and so called extramural. In fact the difference is based on financial costs of studying – full time studies are costless while extramural are paid.

The maximum number of admissions to the full time and extramural studies is estab-lished each year by the Rector of University of Life Science in Lublin after the consultation with the Council of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In the academic year 2010/11 in accor-dance with the Rector of UP, Lublin, Regulation No. 12 of 12.05.2010 the maximum number was consequently 150 and 160 candidates for full time and extramural studies.

The students apply for the studies (full time and extramural) on Faculty of Veterinary Medicine electronically, via the Internet.

The condition which decides about a candidate’s admission is to log in on the Internet as well as paying an entrance fee, established by the Rector, to a candidate individual registra-tion account.

Requirement procedure is based on the results of the subjects taken on Matura exam and the ones that are required during the admission to Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UP in Lub-lin.

Obligatory subjects Maximum number of ranking points

in basic Matura Maximum number of ranking points in extended Matura

- modern foreign languages 130 200 - chemistry 100 200 - biology 100 200

Full-time studies Part-time studies

evenings Minimum number of points /total/ - recruitment 2010 400.4 308.0

The procedure is finished with announcing the decision about a student’s admission.

Based on the gained results, a ranking list is prepared, which states the order in which stu-dents are accepted according to the Rector’s regulations for Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Another possibility to get a place at the Veterinary Faculty is to take part in one of the contests organized among the secondary school students. The winners or the one that got to the finals of Contest of Agricultural Knowledge and Abilities, Biology Contest and Chemistry Contest are accepted on the basis of delivered documents and the documents that state their achievements from the above mentioned contests.

The full-time studies are free of charge for the UE citizens. The extramural and evening studies are paid, the fee per term is established by the Rector UP in Lublin. The candidates accepted to that kind of studies are obliged to pay the fee for the next 6 terms. After that time they are moved to full-time studies and they are freed of charge for the next 5 terms.

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In 2010 the fee for one term of extramural studies was 3 900.00PLN. The candidates, who are accepted to 5 years masters’ studies, full-time or extramural studies deliver in a spe-cific time necessary documents, that is:

- entrance application; - Matura certificate or its copy; - secondary school certificate; - three photos; - the copy of ID; - confirmation of the entrance fee; - application for electronical students ID; - declaration of the chosen language; - medical certificate; Probably, no special admission for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lublin will

take place such as government grants and others, for the candidates who are Polish citizens. The foreigners can apply for the place at the full-time and extramural studies if they

have appropriate knowledge of Polish language stated by a suitable certificate and they have legalized certificates or documents which they got abroad and which are equivalent to Polish Matura.

Moreover, they should have confirmation of validation of Matura exam issued by De-partment of Education suitable for the place of living. The validation is not necessary, if a candidate has a diploma of International Matura or European Matura (Regulation MNiSzW of 12 December, 2006). The foreigners can apply for admission to the studies by means of direc-tors on behalf of ministers, where they had training by Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange or by recruitment just like Polish citizens.

The foreigners can study on the basis of international agreement, the agreement that is made with foreign entities by the university, on the basis of the minister’s decision as well as the Rector’s decision as the scholars from Polish side, by means of payment, without payment and scholarship benefits, as the scholars of the country they were sent from or as the scholars of the university. The foreign scholars of the RP government are freed from the fees and they receive the scholarship on the basis of the two way agreement, stated by the separate regula-tions (MNiSzW Regulation of 12 October 2006)

The foreigners can apply for the place at the university without recruitment procedures by means of payment. To get this, they should submit application form within a suitable pe-riod for a place at university directed to the Rector of UP, Lublin. Starting the full-time or extramural studies in veterinary faculty they pay annually not less than 4 500.00 Euro. Polish citizens pay for the same studies 30 % less.

The candidates applying for a place at the first year of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lublin have certificates from different types of secondary schools, such as secondary school, technical secondary school, specialized secondary school so their level can be varied.

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That is why, at the first year, there are classes in basic subjects to equalize the students’ know-ledge level.

No special circumstances of extra students’ admission will probably take place except for the mentioned above which would allow to accept more candidates for the first year of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine among secondary school graduates. The students of other faculties, no matter what they study, have to undergo the same recruitment procedure and there will not be any special recruitment procedure for them. The number of candidates regis-tered in electronic recruitment system of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 2010 was as fol-lows: - full-time studies 1112 - extramural studies 318

In accordance with the Rector of UP in Lublin Regulation of 17 May 2010 in the aca-demic year 2010/ 2011,147 candidates were accepted for full-time studies and 64 candidates for extramural studies. Altogether there were 211 students at the first year of veterinary.

Table 9.2 asks for the numbers of undergraduate students admitted to the Faculty over the last five

years. Apart from the ‘standard’ intake, the Faculty may also be taking in students as trans-fers from other courses, privately funded students, etc. Please indicate any supplementary intake of

this kind in the last column of the table.

Table 9.2. Intake of veterinary students in the five past years

Number admitted Year Number applying for ad-mission Full-time studies Extramural studies

N* (2010) 1430 147 64 N-1 (2009) 1569 121 63 N-2 (2008) 1230 122 64 N-3 (2007) 1116 122 65 N-4 (2006) 1120 122 59 Average 1293 126,8 63

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9.1.3 STUDENT FLOW

Table 9.3 establishes to what extent students make progress in their studies. To this end, we look at the students who were admitted initially and which year they have reached after the MNY (see page 63) has elapsed. - Describe the requirements (in terms of completing subjects and examinations) for progres-

sion to a subsequent year of the course. - Describe the academic circumstances under which the Faculty would oblige students to

leave the course. Table 9.3. Student flow and total number of undergraduate veterinary students

Number of students present after admitted year 1 Number of additionally admitted students

1st year 1) 211 1p 2nd year 183 19w/13p 3rd year 183 33w/12p 4th year 158 51w/3p 5th year 181 38w/2p 6th year 144 19w/5p Number undergraduate veterinary students 1060

1) - year prior to visitation; w- warunek, p – powtarza The term or the year of studies is completed on the basis of the regulations stated in the

resolutions of the Senate of University of Life Science in Lublin: - No 36/2008-2009 of 24 April 2009 regarding enactment of the Studies Regulations of

University of Life Science in Lublin; - No 39/2009-2010 of 26 March 2010 regarding the introduction of annex to the Studies

Regulations of University of Life Science in Lublin. 1. Term is the grading period. The subjects taken from the study plan can finish with: 1) an exam, 2) a credit with a grade, 3) a credit without a grade. 2. The term is completed on condition that all the exams and credits are passed with sat-

isfactory grade in the period stated in a precise academic year regulations as well as all the required points ECTS stated in a study plan are accomplished and attending the practical classes. It is assumed that by getting the signature of the person responsible for the class stu-dents complete the subject successfully without a grade (credit) in case when it is stated in the study plan.

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2. A student, who didn’t get a credit in the first stated period of time, has a right to have a retake, but the second retake is final.

3. A student can take an exam on condition that they have satisfactory grade in subjects from which they will take an exam.

4. There is a following exam and credit grade scale signed to the students’ index: very good (5,0) good plus (4,5) good (4,0) satisfactory plus (3,5) satisfactory (3,0) failed (2,0). 5. In case when a student fails an exam, they have a right to retake the exam twice in

every subject, but the second retake is the final exam. 6. A student, who does not get a credit or fails the exam in one or two subjects in a term,

has a right to retake a subject/ subjects in the nearest term, in which the classes from a subject/ subjects are in accordance with a study plan.

7. In some exceptional, documented cases if a student fails the subject/ subjects from which they have a conditional credit, a dean can give agreement to another conditional credit and a student can continue the studies in the higher term, if the content of the failed subject is not necessary to continue the studies on the higher term.

8. A student can get a dean’s agreement to repeat not more than two subjects in a term. The total number of repeated subjects for the first and more time cannot be more than three in an academic year.

9. A dean crosses out a student from a student list in case when: studies are not started, students’ resignation, a thesis or a final exam is delivered behind schedule, a student is ex-pelled from a university because of progressive disciplinary. A dean can cross out student from a student list in case when: no progress at studying is made, a term or a year is not com-pleted in a specific period of time, fee for the studies is not paid.

Table 9.4. Number of students graduating annually over the past five years:

Year Number graduating N* (2010) 157 N-1 (2009) 154 N-2 (2008) 122 N-3 (2007) 130 N-4 (2006) 120 average 136,6

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Table 9.5. Average duration of studies (distribution of students in years)* Duration of attendance number Years 0 1) 2004-2010 133 Years -1 2003-2010 14 Years -2 2002-2010 2 Years – 3 2001-2010 3 Years – 4 2000-2010 1 Years – 5 1999-2010 1 Years - >5 1998-2010 3

1) - Year matching MNY allotted to the veterinary curriculum, * - year prior to visitation

9.2 COMMENTS

- Comment on standard of the students starting the course. - Comment on the ability of the Faculty to satisfactorily decide the number of students it

can accept. - Comment on the factors that determine the number of students admitted. - Comment on the adequacy of the facilities and teaching programme to train the exist-

ing number of students. - Comment on the progress made by students in their studies, and the Faculty's ability to

en sure that satisfactory progress is maintained. - Comment on the percentage of students that will eventually graduate.

1. Students who apply for a place at the veterinary studies have a varied knowledge be-cause they graduate from different schools. The lack of possibility to verify their ability to study veterinary (no oral exam and psychological examination)

2. the number of students accepted to full-time and extramural studies depends on Rec-tor/ financial situation/ ministry donation

3. Too many students in relation to available rooms and patients.

In the last two decades there was a liberalization of the regulation connected with studying at the universities. It gives more opportunities for students in repeating the subjects and some years. The resolution concerned with higher education gave the students permanent influence to create local law (25% share in faculty council). The same requirements for University of Life Science does not mean to create higher requirements to students of Faculty of Veterinary Medi-cine where the studying is subject to regulations and can be verified not only by PKA but also by EAEVE.

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9.3 SUGGESTIONS

If you are not satisfied with the situation, please state in order of importance any suggestions that you may have concerning this Chapter if you feel unhappy about:

The number of students admitted; The drop-out percentage and reasons, if known The average duration of studies; Other aspects.

The situation can be improved by building new teaching – clinical objects which is

planned as well as giving more power in decision making to the dean. The faculty independence should be expanded and some academic credentials should be

taken from the Rector on the Dean so that some decisions would be good for the faculty and not necessarily for the whole university. It is suggested to come back to the previous regula-tions.

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CHAPTER 10 ACADEMIC AND SUPPORT STAFF

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10.1.1 OUTLINE HOW THE ALLOCATION OF STAFF TO THE FA-CULTY IS DETERMINED and

10.1.2 OUTLINE HOW THE ALLOCATION OF STAFF TO THE DE-PARTMENTS (OR OTHER UNITS) WITHIN THE FACULTY IS DE-TERMINED.

The rules of employing and firing university teachers are stated in the Act of 27 July

2005. The law of higher education (with some changes made later on), the Regulation of Min-ister of Science and Higher Education and created on their basis: the Statute of University of Life Science in Lublin, the Senate’s Regulations and the Rector’s Ordinance. In accordance with the regulations the agreement to create a position of full-time professor, associate profes-sor and visiting professor gives the Rector of University of Life Science, on the request of the Dean of the Faculty, and for the creating other positions the agreement is given by the Rector of the University on the request of the directors supported by the Dean of the Faculty of Vet-erinary Medicine. The people for the posts are chosen by means of open contest. Open con-tests for all available posts except for assistants posts are announced by the Rector of Univer-sity of Life Science in Lublin.

Anybody who has been employed on a post of an associate professor or full-time pro-fessor and with appropriate academic record not smaller than stated by the Senate of the Uni-versity and who has achievement in managing the science team and creating their own science school, and who has good organizational skills can be employed as a full-time professor.

For the post of an associate professor a dr. Hab. or a person who has the title of a pro-fessor with appropriate academic record described by the scale with points but not smaller than stated by the Senate of the University and who has achievement in managing the scien-tific subjects, evaluate the proposals and scientific compilation, teaching new scientific staff can apply.

For the post of a visiting professor a person can be employed who works at the different university and who dr. hab. or the title of a professor, a person who will introduce something new in an academic or scientific-research process.

For the post of an assistant professor a person can be employed who has at least Doctor degree who has a high level of scientific work, who has large and valuable enough academic record described by the scale with points but not smaller than stated by the Senate of the Uni-versity, who has documented practical record and has a certificate in a foreign language at Advanced level (B2).

For the post of an assistant lecturer, the Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine an-nounces the open contests with minimum requirements, described in the Statute of the Uni-

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versity, and which are based on the Regulation of higher education. For the post of assistant lecturer a person can be employed who has at least the title of the veterinary doctor or MA degree who proved, during the studies or at previous job, to be extremely interested and has abilities for a scientific work aw well as has essential skills to work as a scientist.

For the post of a senior permanent lecturer a person can be employed who has at least MA degree or its equivalent and who has worked at higher education at the post of an associ-ate professor or who has worked at least for 12 years as a university teacher, including 7 years as a lecturer or an assistant lecturer. A university teacher starts working on the basis of nomi-nation or work contract. On the basis of nomination the academic and scientific workers are employed only on a full-time basis. The nomination is on a limited or permanent period of time. On the basis of work contract the academic workers are employed on a part time basis as well as dr. hab., the workers who, because they have reached the age of 65, are now pen-sioners as well as academic teachers. The work contract with a university teacher is stared and terminated by the Rector. The period of time for the assistant professor who does not have doctor degree can be no longer than 8 years. The employment period of an assistant lecturer who does not have Ph.D is 12 years, in some exceptional cases that period can be prolonged for 3 years. The employment period of an assistant lecturer who does not have academic title is 4 years, the employment period of that person can be prolonged for another 4 years on re-quest of the Dean of the Faculty after the evaluation of the Faculty Council.

Obligatory teaching hours (240 hours/Lear for academic teachers; 360 hours/year for lecturers) at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (intramurial studies and doctor degree stud-ies) consist of:

1. lectures 2. audio, laboratory and field classes 3. diploma seminars, MA classes 4. clinical training

One teaching hour is 45 minutes. If teacher perform extra duties at the University, he/she can obtain the reduction of

teaching hours: 1. 90 hours less for rector 2. 75 hours less for vice-rector 3. 60 hours less for dean 4. 50 hours less for vice-dean

University teacher performing duties as a professor managing scientific projects worth not less than 100 000 zl from outer sources, obtains the reduction of 30 teaching hours during all the academic year, while the projects are carried out.

University teacher managing diploma thesis obtains 8 hours for every positively graded one, but not more than 6. These hours are included in the obligatory hours only in the case when the didactic deficit occurs.

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If the amount of hours exceeds the obligatory amount, once a year he/she receives extra money for them.

The rule is to match the obligatory hours amounts for the teachers with the amount of didactic hours at the department.

The amount of posts for technical employees at the Faculty is conditioned by: the factor regulating the number of technical employees in relation to one didactic employee, and this factor was established by the Resolution AR nr 25/2002-1003, March 7th , 2003. It is calcu-lated according to the formula:

0,5 x amount of other teachers + employees + 0,3 x amount of other teachers + 0,0007 x amount of extra teaching hours + 0,1 x postgraduate students.

According to this formula in 2010 the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine exceeded the fac-tor of the employment of technical employees about 5,27 posts.

10.1.3 INDICATE WHETHER THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES IN RE-CRUITING OR RETAINING STAFF.

There are no difficulties in recruiting at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UP, Lublin.

There are competitions to recruit staff, with many candidates, and the best one is chosen. However, recently the number of people employed has decreased. Because of the law the process of dismissal is difficult and time-consuming.

10.1.4 DESCRIBE (IF APPROPRIATE) ANY RELEVANT TRENDS OR CHANGES IN STAFF LEVELS OR THE ABILITY TO FILL VACANCIES OVER THE PAST DECADE.

10.1.5 DESCRIBE (IF APPROPRIATE) ANY RELEVANT TRENDS OR CHANGES IN STAFF LEVELS OR THE ABILITY TO FILL VACANCIES OVER THE PAST DECADE.

Because of specifical scientific research performed there is a possibility to employ staff

outside the Faculty but inside the University. According to the contract of commission it is also possible to employ staff outside the University, usually these are specialist lectures fi-nanced by the University expenses. Any extra staff to perform some parts of scientific pro-jects are financed by these projects.

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10.1.6 DESCRIBE THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING OUTSIDE WORK, INCLUDING CONSULTATION AND PRIVATE PRACTICE, BY STAFF WORKING AT THE ESTABLISH-MENT.

27th July, 2007 Resolution about higher education and the Statutes of the University

limit possibilities of employment. Rector must be informed about any extra outside job per-formed by the University staff. The Senate and the Faculty Council must be also informed about the fact. If a teacher performs other University function, he/she must be given a permis-sion for outside work.

Limitations of multi-jobs refer only to University teachers. The other employees have only to obey the working hours described in the Labour Code.

Some University teachers of the Faculty have private practice, which, in a way, creates embarrassing competition, However, because of law salaries, such a situation is permitted by the Department.

10.1.7 DESCRIBE THE POSSIBILITIES AND FINANCIAL PROVI-SIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC STAFF TO:

a) attend scientific meetings; b) go on a sabbatical leave. Only active staff can take part in conferences (lectures, research, presentations). To ob-

tain permission for a conference a participant must apply for it presenting summary of his/her lecture together with the punctuation of MN i SZW where the conferecial material will be published. Firstly, the application must be accepted by the manager of the department and later it is passed to the Department of Science and International Cooperation. Such documents must be sent earlier. The expences of taking part in scientific meetings may come from:

- inside sources (BW, DS, grants, and even didactive sources) - outside sources – European programmes, eg Erasmus, company sponsoring, national

institutions or private contacts. There is a wide offer regarding possibilities of attending scien-tific training outside the University financed by the Ministry of Higher Education and other Polish and foreign institutions. Any employee going for scientific training may apply for a sabbactical leave up to 12 months. The final decision is taken by Rector after consultation with the Faculty Council and University Senate. Unpaid leave is also possible if applied for. In 2010 the staff of Department of Veterinary Medicine attended 19 scientific meetings, 7 trainings and 6 scientific practices and the total cost was financed by the Department means, 122 410 zl (about 30 756 Euro).

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The staff took part in the European programme of exchange ERASMUS. On 31.12.2010 the University of Natural Science had 16 contracts of Erasmus concerning international ex-change for the staff of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (table xx).

In 2010 10 people attended Teaching Assignments (STA), 12 people attended Staff Training Mobility (STT), and 1 person attended Intensive Programmes (IP).

Foreign universities cooperating in Erasmus programme-exchange of academic staff of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

nr

Country

UNIVERSITY PARTNER

Code ERASMUSA

1 Austria UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE VIENNA Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

A WIEN 04

2 Belgium GHENT UNIVERSITY Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

B GENT 01

3 Czech Republic UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTI-CAL SCIENCES BRNO

CZ BRNO 06

4 Spain UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

E CORDOBA 01

5 Germany GEORG AUGUST UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

D GOTTING 01

6 Germany UNIVERSITI OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER Veterinary Medicine

D HANNOVE03

7 Slovakia UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE IN KOŠICE Weterynaria

SK KOŠICE 01

8 Turkey MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY Facuty of Veterinary Medicine

TR BURDUR 01

9 Turkey MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY Facuty of VeterinaryMedicine

TR HATAY 01

10 Turkey KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

TR KIRIKKA 01

11 Turkey UNIVERSITY OF SELCUK Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

TR KONYA 01

12 Turkey ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

TR SAMSUN 01

13 Italy UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

I BOLOGNA01

14 Italy UNIVERSITY OF PISA Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

I PISA 01

15 Italy UNIVERSITY OF TORINO Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

I TORINO 01

16 Sweden SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

SE UPPSALA 02

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Table 10.1. Personnel in the establishment provided for veterinary training Budgeted posts (FTE) Non budgeted

posts (FTE) Total (FTE)

1. Academic staff VS NVS VS NVS VS NVS Teaching staff (FTE) 115,3 10 - - 115,3 10 Research staff (FTE) - - - - - - Others (please specify) (FTE) - - - - - - Total FTE 115,3 10 - - 115,3 10 Total FTE (VS+NVS) 125,3 - 125,3 2. Support staff a) responsible for care and treatment of animals + stable workers

1+2+4+3+1+3+1+2 =17

1 18

b) responsible for the preparation of prac-tical and clinical teaching

3+3+3+1+1+3+3 =17

- 17

c) responsible for administration, general service, maintenance, etc.

1+1 =2

- 2

d) engaged in research work only 2+2+1+1+1+1=8 - 8 e) others (please specify- laboratory work) 1+1+3,5+1+2+5+3+1+1+2+3

=23 0,5 23,5

Total support staff 67 1,5 68,5 3. Total staff 192,3 1,5 193,8

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Table 10.2 Allocation of academic (veterinary surgeon and non veterinary surgeon) teaching staff expressed - as FTE and support staff to the various departments

Academic teaching staff Support staff

Prof. zw. Prof. nadz. z tyt. prof

Prof. nadz. ze st. dr

hab.

Adiunkt dr hab.

Adiunkt dr

Asystent Wykładowca/st. wykładowca

Doktorant Technical/ (b+d+e)

Animal carers (a)

Admin./ (c)

Departament name

VS NVS VS NVS VS NVS VS NVS V S

NVS VS NVS VS NVS VS NVS

Departament of Veterinary Microbiology

1 1 2 1 6

Departament of Bird Diseases

1 3 2

Departament of Parasytology and Invasion Diseases

2 1 2

Departament of Veterinary Prevention

1 1 1 1 1 1

Departament of Ichiotology and Biology

1 1 1

Departament of Prechinical Va-terinary Science

1 1 1 1 4 1 2 7

Departament and Clinic of Internal Diseases

1 2 9 3 3 5 2+2

Departament of Animal Repro-duction

1 2 1 4 1 2 1+3 1

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Departament of Animal Surgery

1 1 7 2 1 1 4+3 1

Pathological Anathomy

1 1 3 3

Departament of Epizothology and Infections Diseases

3 3 4 1 4 4,5 2

Departament of Animal Ford Hygiene

1/3 1 1 3 1 3

Departament of Biochemistry and Animal Physiology

1 3 6 3 1 1 1 1 6 1

Departament of Animal Anatomy and Histology

3 1 3 1 3 1 6

Total acc. To Personel Office

10 6 7 12 53 22 5

Total acc. To Dean Office

8,3 7 6 12 54 21 5 12 68,5

125,3 /115,3 VS 68,5

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Students of Veterinary Medicine have also classes with the teachers from Faculty of Bi-ology and Animal Breeding and from intercollegiate departments. On the basic of hour calcu-lations the number is 17,5 post. These persons are not included in the table below:

Table 10.3a. Ratio student/Staff ( only Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)

R1 no. total academic FTE in veterinary training3)

no. undergraduate veterinary students 2)

125,3 1060

1 8.46

Denominator 8.47

R2 no. total FTE at Faculty 3)

no. undergraduate students at Faculty

193,8 1060

1 5.47

Denominator 5.49

R3 no. total VS FTE in veterinary training3)

no. undergraduate veterinary students 2)

115,3 1060

1 9.19

Denominator 9.25

R4 no. total VS FTE in veterinary training3)

no. students graduating annually

115,3 136,6

1 1.18

Denominator 1.19

R5 no. total FTE academic staff in veterinary training 3)

no. total FTE support staff in veterinary training 3)

125,3 68,5

1 0.55

Denominator 0.55

10.2 COMMENTS

10.2.1 COMMENT ON THE NUMBERS OF PERSONNEL IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES.

It seems to be reasonable to increase the number of technical staff at the Faculty of Vet-

erinary Medicine. These are people who, depending on needs, do laboratory research for di-agnostic or scientific needs, prepare classes or work in administration. At present the Faculty has only two administration posts (secretaries), and, as the amount of administrative work increases every year, technical staff are responsible for many duties. The algorithm of em-ployment at the University in Lublin limits possibilities to apply for technical, administrative jobs. Such a situation makes university teachers accomplish some technical duties, which diminishes their time meant for scientific research. Thus, it would be necessary to create extra technical vacancies only for scientific research. These departments with more technical va-cancies (more than the algorithm established), must finance a part of the earnings of this per-sonnel from expenses obtained and meant for statutory activity. In 2010 the total number of extra vacancies at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine exceeded 5,27 post.

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10.2.2 COMMENT ON THE SALARY LEVELS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN RELATION TO THE LEVEL OF INCOME IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

The salary level at the University of Life Science is not high comparing to the level of income in the private sector;

PROFESSOR 4 918-6 100 PLN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 4 358 PLN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR with dr hab. 3 815 PLN Lecturer dr hab. 3 618 PLN Lecturer dr 3 129 PLN Assistant 2 025-2 134 PLN Senior Lecturer dr 3 161-3 314 PLN Lecturer 2 100 PLN Postgraduate student

The average earning in Poland in October 2010 was 3440 zl. The specific feature of work at the university demands much devotion and constant

training, both scientific (courses, trainings, meetings etc.) and didactic. Although there is a motivation system, it is not satisfactory enough. Rector awards prizes for successful scientific work, but the funds are not sufficient to satisfy all the staff. What is more, the system of awards is not clear enough to help choose the outsanding persons in an objective way. Costs of living increase and that is why many staff members take extra job in private veterinary sec-tor or even outside their profession. Such a situation clearly diminishes the efficiency and disposal of the staff.

10.2.3 COMMENT ON THE EASE OR DIFFICULTY OF RECRUIT-ING AND RETAINING PERSONNEL

There are no difficulties in the recruitment of new staff. However, the extension of obli-gatory teaching hours for scientific and didactic staff in recent years has caused the decrease of vacancies. This has also resulted in much more duties for the smaller number of people and less time for their scientific research and training.

Earlier leaving post for the reasons different than retirement or illness is very seldom.

10.2.4 COMMENT ON THE PERCENTAGE OF VETERINARIANS IN THE ACADEMIC STAFF

The majority of academic teachers of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Univer-sity of Natural Science in Lublin have veterinary doctor diploma.

10.3 SUGGESTIONS Diminishing of obligatory teaching hours together with diminishing of the number of

students would improve the ratio between teacher student. Those changes would surely result in better didactic work and more successful scientific research.

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CHAPTER 11 CONTINUING EDUCATION

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11.1. FACTUAL INFORMATION

Please describe the role of the Faculty in providing continuing education. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is deeply committed to providing opportunities for

graduate students to facilitate their further research development, deepen and extend the pro-fessional knowledge they acquired. That concerns chiefly the veterinary clinical sciences, where novel diagnostic approaches are developed to aid in the appropriate therapeutic proce-dures and practices. The Dean and Department authority centers are responsible for the or-ganization and management of a wide range of tailored and flexible training and courses for students to foster advanced knowledge and its improvement.

Table 11.1. Courses organized by the Faculty in 2007-2008

Title of course Organization and Co-Organization

Number of par-ticipants

Total course dura-tion (hours)

Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in chosen dermato-ses in companion animals

Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases 60 12

Current problems in internal diseases in farm and compan-ion animals


Some allergic and bacterial dermatoses


Canine and feline dermatoses Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases 30 34

Canine and feline ophtalmology Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery 140 7

Head trauma in dog Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery 50 2

Dental roentegenodiagnostics in dog and cat

Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery 30 10

Diagnostics and therapy of chronic keratitis


Corneal injuries Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery 30 2

Parodontium diseases in small animals


Ophtalmic diseases in dog and cat


Some disorders of the hip joint Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery 30 2

Dental roentgenodiagnostics of rodents


Fertility disturbances in cattle Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction 20 216

Fertility disturbances in dogs and cats

Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction 30 8

Canine and feline diseases Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Dis-eases

30 300

Epizootiology and veterinary administration

Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Dis-eases

60 360

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Number of par-ticipants


Regulations on apiculture Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Dis-eases

60 15

Biological bases of bee popu-lation health status


80 10

Diagnostics and prophylaxis of helminth and bee diseases


60 18

Diagnostics of thoracic organ disorders

Department of Pathological Anatomy 50 2

Rules for histopathology sampling of material


Prophylaxis of animal infec-tious diseases

Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases 30 10

Bioethics in animal breeding Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases 60 6

Fish immunology Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases 20 4

Laboratory analytics in envi-ronmental protection – bacte-rial intoxications


Pathogenic fungi and their diagnostics


Parasitological diagnostics of canine and feline diseases


Possibilities for European Union fund acquisition for agricultural sciences devel-opment

Department of Preclinical Vet-erinary Sciences 60 210

Toxicology of food products Department of Preclinical Vet-erinary Sciences 60 10

Environment protection in EU laws

Department of Preclinical Veteri-nary Sciences 40 210

Animal and human physio-logy

Department of Preclinical Veteri-nary Sciences 40 6

TOTAL 1570 1557 Table 11.2. Courses organized by the Faculty in 2008-2009


Number of partici-pants

Total course duration (hours)

Dermatology diagnostics Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases 40 46

Canine and feline dermatoses Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases 30 34

Skin diseases of dogs and cats Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases 20 6

Corneal ulcers – diagnostics and therapy


Malformations in brachocephalic dogs


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Major issues in dental veterinary Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery 60 18

Diagnostic imaging in veterinary practice – cranial radiography


Treatment of some hip joint dis-orders


Diseases of vision organs in dog and cat


Diagnostic imaging in veterinary practice - benign and aggressive bone lesions


Fertility disturbances in dairy cattle


Insemination –benefits and drawbacks


Regulation of animal repro-duction


Canine and feline diseases Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases 30 300

Epizootiology and veteri-nary administration

Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases 60 360

Novel methods for beekeep-ing management in the con-text of veterinary science


Canine borreliosis – diagno-stic procedures


Control and prophylaxis of helminth and bee diseases in relation to bee product turnover


Diagnostics of thoracic or-gan disorders


Anatomopathological diag-nostics in prophylaxis and control of swine and cattle diseases


Rules for histopathology sampling of material


Fish histopathology Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases 20 4

Pathogenic fungi and their diagnostics


Quality management system in food production –food microbiology


Bacterial intoxications Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases 60 24

Parasitological diagnostics of canine and feline diseases

Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases 60

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Animal and human physio-logy


Possibilities for EU fund ac-quisition for the agricultural sciences development


Toxicology of food products Department of Preclinical Vet-erinary Sciences 60 10

Environment protection in EU legislation


TOTAL 1331 1356 Table 11.3. Courses organized by the Faculty in 2009-2010


Number of parti-cipants


Canine and feline dermatoses Department and Clinic of Ani-mal Internal Diseases 30 17

Laboratory diagnostics in dermatology

Department and Clinic of Ani-mal Internal Diseases 30 6

Novel procedures in therapy and prophylaxis in some bo-vine disorders


Skin diseases within nasal plate and nasal dorsum


Glycocorticosteroids in veter-inary dermatology


Allergic disorders in dog and cat


Canine and feline endocrinol-ogy


Dentistry workshops Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery 12 4

Ophthalmology works-hops


Ultrasonography in diag-nostics of companion (pet) animals


Therapeutic procedures in some knee joint diseases


Canine and feline oph-thalmic diseases


Causes of bovine fertility disturbances


Insemination- benefits and drawbacks


Canine and feline diseases Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases 30 300

Epizootiology and veteri-nary administration


Syndrome of massive bee colony collapse in Poland


Parasite complexes of bees Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases 50 10

New disease entities in bees


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Number of parti-cipants


Disorders and develop-mental anomalies in moth-er bee


Epidemiology of canine borrelliosis


Bee and its products as indicators of environ-mental pollution


Evaluation of bee health status in Polish apiaries


Chemical intoxications in bees


Anatomopathological diagnostics in prophylaxis and control of swine and cattle diseases


Histopathological diagnostics of animal diseases


Foundations of epidemiology Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases 30 4

Laboratory procedures for envi-ronment assessment to ensure optimal animal welfare stan-dards


Fungal toxins and their diagnos-tics


Food microbiology Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases 60 10

Toxicology of food products Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences 60 10

Environment protection in EU legislation

Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences 40 210

Animal and human physiology Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences 40 6

TOTAL 1313 1153

11.2. COMMENTS

- Comment on the quality of the continuing education programmes in which the Faculty is involved.

- Comment on the degree of participation of veterinarians in the continuing education programmes in which the Faculty is involved.

The continuing education programme has been given priority by the Deanship authori-

ties. They have strong commitment to offer professional training through courses developed to upgrade and improve the core body of knowledge of veterinary surgeons as well as pursue their in-career professional development. The Faculty staff takes active role in the training courses. Besides, they participate in the courses organized by the public institutions managed by The Training Center of the Veterinary Institute in Puławy. The research workers of the Faculty are the members of The Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences whose regular meet-

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ings provide occasion to present lectures and share professional experience with the practi-tioners of veterinary medicine ,who, being the members of the Society as well, take part in meetings and thus, encompass new ideas and developments. The educational programmes cover the health issues of farm and companion (pet) animals. They focus on new diagnostic procedures and therapy of viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases. An educational program deal-ing with the EU funding possibilities to promote agricultural sciences, in that veterinary med-icine development has drawn more and more attention of the participants.

Currently , 17 veterinary specializations are offered In Poland :

• Ruminant diseases • Equine diseases • Swine diseases • Canine and feline diseases • Diseases of poultry and ornamental birds • Fur-bearing animal diseases • Use and pathology of laboratory animals • Fish diseases • Diseases of beneficial insects • Diseases of undomesticated animals • Animal reproduction • Veterinary Surgery • Veterinary radiology • Veterinary prophylaxis and feedstuff hygiene • Hygiene of slaughter animals and food of animal origin • Veterinary laboratory diagnostics • Epizootiology and veterinary administration

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lublin takes part in a dozen out of 17 veteri-nary specializations available. Three of Faculty Professors are the heads of specializations. The training programme is run by The National Council of Veterinary Specialization. Con-tinuing education is realized in the form of courses held from 2 up to 5 times per semester. The duration of such study depends on the kind of specialization and ranges between 3 and 6 semesters. After completion of the study and passing the exam, participants appointed by the National Council obtain the national specialist competence.

The Faculty closely cooperates with The National Veterinary Research Institute in Pu-lawy while organizing the postgraduate training courses.

The University and Dean authority centers of our Faculty organize the annual event - Science Festival in Lublin. Its aim is to create a discussion forum for scientists and society, an open platform, where the research workers and doctoral degree students present their scien-tific and research achievements for the general public to understand the importance of science in skillful combination with social activity. This very popular and successful science event will be regularly held in Lublin.

Besides, The Faculty academic members host or co-organize scientific congresses with foreign visitors participation.

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11.3 SUGGESTIONS The continuing education system should be launched as mandatory for practicing pro-

fessionals of veterinary medicine and The Faculty should handle this kind of postgraduate training courses. The current courses have gained and enjoyed popularity among the veteri-nary surgeons who through their participation, can upgrade their knowledge and enhance professional expertise. Consequently, the diagnostic procedures they perform are faster and more accurate that translates into more effective therapeutic practices and more complete re-covery. The veterinary surgeons are aware of the fact that postgraduate training courses offer development and career opportunities, higher quality veterinary services followed by more positive therapeutic outcomes which usually result in more respect and appreciation from the animal owners.

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CHAPTER 12 POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

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This heading covers all further training leading to a diploma - special postgraduate studies, Ph.D. courses, research training programmes, and national or European College specialised qualifications. Please provide details of all postgraduate training opportunities in tabular form under “Factual Information”.

12.1.1 CLINICAL SPECIALTY TRAINING (INTERNS AND RESI-DENTS)

- Indicate whether students involved in this training receive a grant or a salary. - Indicate any programmes that are certified by the European Board of Veterinary Spe-

cializations. In Poland, no residential module courses are offered .The postgraduate specialty train-

ing programme for veterinarians is realized in the form of courses organized by The Na-tional Council of Veterinary Specialization (see Chapter 11).

12.1.2 RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES The postgraduate research studies have been organized at the Lublin universities and

higher schools from 1970. Initially, this type of higher education was offered by the Univer-sity of Maria Curie Skłodowska and the student admission to postgraduate research pro-gramme was based on the decision of each Faculty authorities, in that of former University of Agriculture. Nowadays, the authorities of our University manage the postgraduate educa-tion programme and the Vice-Rector and Deans have responsibility for its handling. Faculty Council posses the right to give the title of Doctor in Veterinary Medicine after completing appropriate procedure. The academic admission requirements are laid down in the internal regulations of the University (Act No 47/2008-2009 Senate of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin of 13.05.2009). The rules and procedures concerning the admission of candidates to the full-time third degree study (Ph.D. doctoral study) in the University of Life Sciences in Lublin 2010/2011 are based on the executive regulations issued by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education dated 19.12.2006 on the postgraduate research programme realized by the university organizational units (with the later changes of 09.02.2009).

The candidates for Ph.D. students are conventionally required to complete graduate studies with a GPA 4 or above, they are qualified by the Commission having certified the required level of competency in English and shown relevant academic and research abilities and interests. Degree candidates should have predisposition for research activities performed under the supervision of a full time Faculty member. The postgraduate studies last for four years when a Ph.D. student is obliged to realize the research project and attend the English, statistics and philosophy courses. Besides, students are required to participate in the specialist lectures delivered by The Faculty members and visiting guests, take part in seminars and

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practical classes. The Ph.D. students must report on the successive stages of the research progress and prepare papers related to their main area of research and related fields. They are to conduct 90 didactic hours with the Faculty students and receive a 1044zl doctoral scholar-ship that constitutes 60% of assistant lecturer’s salary. The money comes from the University didactic means. The examples of PhD students activities are in tables 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5.

Tab 12.1 Number of students enrolled in postgraduate education on Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lublin

Year Number of students

2007/2008 13

2008/2009 13

2009/2010 10

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Tab. 12.2 Framework programme for postgraduate studies at The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lublin

HOURS IN TOTAL I YEAR II YEAR III YEAR IV YEAR Lp. SUBJECT

w. ćw. w. ćw. w. ćw. w. ćw. w. ćw.

COMMENTS

1. Specialist lectures 90/60 - 30 - 30 - 30 - - - credit 2. Doctoral seminars - 90/60 - 30 - 30 - 30 - - credit 3. Doctoral workshops - 75/45 - 30 - 15 - 15 - 15 credit

TOTAL AT THE FACULTY

90/60

165/105

30

60

30

45

30

45

-

15

4. Foreign language - 120/80 - 40 - 40 - 40 - - exam 5. Computer Science - 45/- - 45 - - - - - - 6. Statistics and mathematical methods for experimental design 15 30/- 15 30 - - - - - - 7. Philosophy,economy (consultations) ** - 15/15 - - - - - 15 - - exam 8. Pedagogical training,

Including research ethics – (5h) 45 60/- 45 60 - - - - - - exam

COMMON CLASSES IN TOTAL

60

270/95

60

175

-

40

-

55

-

-

** - optional subject

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Tab. 12.3 Detailed curriculum of postgraduate research studies in 2007/2008 postgraduate research programme curriculum in 2007/2008

NUMBER OF HOURS

SUBJECT

Lec. Clas I. Specialist lectures

30 -

1. Nutritional value of slaughter animal fat and histamine and tyramine content in cho-sen foods

3,5 -

2. Glutathione- a tripeptide of vital importance 3,5 - 3. Regulation and sex determination in mammals and birds – 1h

Regulation of farm animals reproduction and its impact on genetic defect incidence in offspring – 1h Fertility disturbances in dairy cattle – current conditioning of their incidence, preven-tive and therapeutic methods – 2h

4,0 -

4. New emerging zoonoses - current epidemiological hazards 4,0 - 5. Infusions and intravenous injections in animal treatment 3,5 - 6. Characteristics of hormones playing critical role in reproduction biotechnique – 2h

Biotechnological methods in animal reproduction – 2h 4,0 -

7. Drug-resistance - increasing problem in mycology 3,5 - 8. Some parasitic zoonoses 4,0 - II. Doctoral seminars

30

1. Trichina detection methods - 3,5 2. Reactive oxygen species and stimulants of 21st century - 3,5 3. Current tests for assessment of breeding animal sperm cells -2h

Practicality of studies on chemio-therapeutics effect on domestic animal semen quality -2h

- 4,0

4. Impact of enzymatic reaction inhibitors on PCR assay course and performance - 4,0 5. Chromatographic analysis of chosen antibiotics - 3,5 6. Oocyte apoptosis in in-vitro culture – 1h

Apoptosis of in in vivo produced embryos and maintained at low temperatures -1h Study protocols of oocyte and embryo apoptosis – 2h

- 4,0

7. Procedures for in-vitro assessment of fungal sensitivity to antimycotic preparations and their therapeutic value

- 3,5

8. Parasitological diagnostics – current status and perspectives - 4,0 III. Doctoral workshops/ each Ph.D. student ***

- 30

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lec. clas. IV. Foreign language** - 40 V. Computer Science * - 45 VI. Statistics and mathematical methods for experimental design * 15 30 VII

. Philosophy,economy (consultation)** - 15

VIII Pedagogical training including research ethics (5h) * 45 60

TOTAL

90 250

* Computer Science, Statistics, Pedagogical training – classes at I year of the post-graduate research studies

** Optional subject – consultations and exam after the doctorate procedure opening *** Doctoral workshops - 30h in I year, 15h in II, III, IV year Tab. 12.4 Detailed curriculum of postgraduate research programme in 2008/2009

I. Optional seminars(lectures) * Hours in semester ( 15h required)

1. 2. 3. winter semester

1. „Biotechnological methods of animal reproduction” 3,0 2. „Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacteria” Drug-resistance assessment of

chosen pathogens in Poland and world ”. 3,0

3. „Current procedures applied to regulate farm animal reproduction in Poland and world „

3,0

4. „Immune status of animals” 3,0 5. „ Operation of some disinfectants towards parasite eggs” 3,0

1. „Epidemiology of canine distemper virus infections” 2,0 2. „Epidemiology of canine parvovirus infections” 2,0 3. „Hygienic quality of slaughter animal meat” 4. „Current issues in diagnostics and treatment of cardiac diseases in small animals” 2,5 5. „Rules for urologic disorders treatment in small animals in the light of recent

research studies” 2,5

6. „Present conditioning for fertility disorders in high yield dairy cattle” 3,0 II . COMMON SUBJECTS

Cl. Form of credit

1. • Management of natural resources 30 30 Exam

2. • Methodology of science 30 - E

3. • Statistics and experimental design 15 30 E

4. • Common agricultural policy – EU 30 - E

5. • English language 30 L Course credit

6. • Specialist subject – „Toxicology and environment protection” 15 - Course credit

7. • Analytical procedures 15 30 E

8. • Independent study - - -

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Tab. 12.5 Detailed curriculum of postgraduate research programme in 2009/2010 I. Seminars(Lectures ) *

Semester hours

1. 2. 3. 4. 2. „Factors affecting nutritional and processing value

of meat” 2 Course credit

3. „Maintenance conditions of gilts and piglets in pig facilities under different management system”

2 „

4. „Bacteriophages as an alternative to antibiotics “ 2 5. „Perspectives of Suidae use in human medicine „ 2 „ 6. „Characteristics of calf rearing under intensive and

organic farming system” 2 „

7. „Nutritional value and technological usability of milk from different farm animal species ”

2

8. „Odors – a problem concerning not only agricultural environment”

2 „

1. 2. 3. 4. III year of study –(sem. VI) - sum-

mer

r.No 236 – Wet. Tuesday 1000 – 1200

1. „Antibacterial peptides – properties and potential use”

2 Course credit

2. „Meat tenderness and its improvement methods” 2 „ 3. „Effect of management conditions on blood haptoglo-

bin level in cows, pigs and sheep” 2 „

4. „New physical, chemical and biological techniques in air protection”

2 „

5. „Biotic contamination in farm facilities at different management systems of cattle, pigs and sheep”

2 „

6. „Bovine genetic disorders” 2 „ 7. „Some molecular techniques in analysis of polymor-

phism and gene expression in swine” 2 „

The Ph.D. students take an active role in the Symposia, Conferences and Congresses,

they are principal authors or co-authors of research papers published in prestigious high IF science journals.

Table 12.2: Number of research students enrolled in different programmes Please indicate when and where and whether the students require a grant or salary

Upon completion of the postgraduate study, a Ph.D. student is obliged to present a final

written doctoral thesis .The thesis is divided into chapters/sections that contain introduction, mate-rial and methods, results -description of research findings obtained and discussion presenting the research project and the final results in the wider context of existing knowledge available in scien-tific works by other authors addressing the same or similar problems. Then, two reviewers (one or two external academics) are designated to evaluate the Ph.D. dissertation. After the acceptance of two positive reviews, public defense date of the doctorate thesis is arranged. During the oral defense, a Ph.D. candidate should respond thoroughly to all the questions put by the Doctoral Committee members or attendees to demonstrate the mastery of a given research subject. The reviewers evaluate the dissertation and the performance of the candidate at the oral defense exam, The Faculty Council moves to the private session to vote by secret ballot and prepare its judg-ment. Consensus to pass is awarded with conferring of degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

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Tab. 12.6 Number of doctorates awarded in 2007-2010 Department The title of doctoral thesis Year Department of Animal Biochem-istry and Physiology

„Antioxidative properties of cow, pig and sheep colostrum”. 2007

Department and Clinic of Ani-mal Internal Diseases

„Immunostimulation and zinc supplementation influence In course of enzootic trichophytosis In cattle” 2007

Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases

„Epidemiological aspects of dogs babesiosis and ehrlichio-sis” 2007


„Studies on modulation of antibacterial immunity of the worker honey bee, Apis mellifera L., using biological and synthetic immunomodulators”

2007


„Improvement of diagnostic methods of Rhodococcus equi intravital infections In foals” 2007


„The application of the cells releasing cytochrome P450 activating cyclophosphamide in canine mammary gland tumors therapy”

2007


„Comparative studies on anti-infectious immunity of four different Polish lines of the honey bee (Apis mellifera; Api-dae)”

2007

Department of Preclinical Vet-erinary Sciences

„Determination of cefacetril pharmacokinetics after its in-tramammary applications during the inflammation of the mammary gland and normal location in cows”

2008

Department and Clinic of Ani-mal Reproduction

„Research on the participation of some cytokines and acute phase protein In implantation period with relation to the early embryonic death”

2008

Institute of Biological Bases of Animal Diseases

„The quantitative and qualitative analysis of bacterial mikro-flora of hen’s eggs and its epidemiological aspects” 2008


„The early dIagnostics and prevention of subclinical ener-getic-mineral disorders of draft mares In the periparturient period and early lactation”

2008

Department and Clinic of Ani-mal Reproduction

„Effectiveness of selected methods In the treatment of pla-cental retention In cows” 2008

Department of Preclinical Vet-erinary Sciences

„The study of protective effects of silymarin In course of cytotoxic action of selected ionophore antibiotics” 2008

Department of Animal Anatomy and Histology

„The development of the claustrum In the fetal life of pig” 2008

Department and Clinic of Ani-mal Surgery

„The influence of propofol, inhalant and dissociative anaes-thesia on liver function based on morphological and bio-chemical blond examination In dogs”

2008

Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin

„The impact of various chilling methods on the quality and self life of the meat of slaughter chickens” 2008


„The optimization the diagnostic and therapeutic procedure In case of atopic dogs treated by specific immunotherapy with Dermatophagoides allergens”

2008

Department of Animal Biochem-istry and Physiology

„The comparison of antioxidative/oxidative properties of colostrum, milk and blood of cow as well as blood of new-born”

2009


„Immunohistochemical localization of the selected biologi-cally active substances In the duodenum of the sheep and chemical coding of the cultured dudodenal myenteric neu-rons”

2010


„Examinations on progesterone and estrogen receptors’ expression In neurons of amygdala In rabbit males” 2010


Immunocytochemical examination of calcium binding pro-teins and morphometric analysis of hippocampus and den-tate gyrus in chinchilla males (chinchilla lanigera)

2010

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12.2 COMMENTS

Comment on the number of postgraduate diplomas/titles awarded annually. Comment on the percentage of veterinarians participating in postgraduate research training programmes.

This subsection includes the critical comments of the Ph.D. students concerning the

postgraduate research study.

1. Lack of funding to cover travel to scientific conferences and congresses. 2. No stipend in the first semester as well as in August and September each year . 3. No stipend revalorization. 4. The criteria for awarding scholarship should include points for academic publishing in

scientific journals . 5. The research seminars should address problems relevant to Ph.D. students research and

scientific interests, they do not. 6. No extra courses or trainings. 7. A course in English is too short. 8. A pedagogy course should be restored. 9. A procedure for handling statistics is no way modern . 10. Lack of good computers.

12.3 SUGGESTIONS The postgraduate education programme should be continued owing to a fact that a

large number of graduates from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with a very good GPA wish to further extend their professional knowledge. Enthusiastic young people intend to be highly involved in research projects and that motivates the professional researches to more active and creative activity in their scientific field. Consequently, a higher number of scien-tific publications may be produced that contributes to positive evaluation of the Faculty by The Ministry of Science and Higher Education .

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CHAPTER 13 RESEARCH

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Indicate the involvement of undergraduate students in research, including the time spent, per-centage of students involved and outcome required. The details requested under this heading relate only to research experience offered to stu-dents during their undergraduate training, for example through project work.

Not only do the academic employees of the Faculty work on 26 research projects as part of

their work and self research but they also work on 11 projects granted from other sources. How-ever, as much as postgraduate students participate actively in the projects, the undergraduates are less involved.

The students’ Scientific Association is divided into several units. The most active appears to be the Pathological Research Unit. It analysed 8 problems thematically related to the research conducted by the sub-department of Pathophysiology. The results of this research were presented at the International Conference of Students’ Scientific Association, Sejmik SKN in Wroclaw. In the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 the presented work was very much appreciated and awarded with the first place in Veterinary Science Sector. 1. ‘The influence of CCK, CCK and L-NAME or CCK and L-argininum on LH and NO excretion

by the cells of Pituitary gland of in vitro sows’ – the author Marcin Mandziak, scientific su-pervisor dr hab. Urszula Kosior-Korzecka – XIII International Conference of Students’ Scien-tific Associations, XV Sejmik SKN, Wroclaw 2008.

2. ‘ The influence of GH, IGF-I and insulin on selected aspects of nuclear and cytoplasm matura-tion of in vitro ooccyte pigs’ – author: Krzysztof Żurewicz, scientific supervisor dr hab. Urs-zula Kosior-Korzecka, XXXI Sejmik SKN, Wroclaw 2009

3. ‘The disruption of growth and excretal functions of somatotrophic axis in lambs in their postna-tal life as a consequence of obesity in ewes’- author: Aleksandra Patkowska, scientific super-visor: dr hab. Urszula Kosir-Korzecka, XV International Conference of Students’ Scientific Associations, XXVII Sejmik SKN, Wroclaw, 2010.

The students of Physiology and Horse Management unit, who actively participate in Aca-

demic Horsemanship Club conducted some experiments and presented the results as follows: 1. Izabela Kwiatkowska, Katarzyna Fornalczyk: ‘The various methods of horse utilization in

Academic Horsemanship Club in Lublin’. XIV International Conference SKN, XXVI Sejmik, Life Science University of Wroclaw 14-15.05. 2009, the conference materials p. 134.

2. Katarzyna Fornalczyk, Izabela Kwiatkowska: ‘ The effect of exercise test on metabolizm in Polish Konik stallions’ XIV International Conference SKN, XXVI sejmik, Life Science Uni-versity of Wroclaw 14-15.05. 2009, the conference materials p. 137.

3. Kamil Dobek, Angelika Ganszczyk: ‘ The effect of training type on lipid metabolism in sport horses’ XV International Conference, XXVII Sejmik, Life Science University of Wroclaw 13-14.05.2010, the conference materials p. 115.

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The scientific supervisor in this unit is dr Witold Kędzierski from Department of Animal Biochemistry and Physiology and the subject of students’ research is a part of unit’s research pro-gram.

The Internist Unit is also very active. For many years, the students of our Faculty have been participating in annual scientific meetings for students from Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia, which are organized in Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology. The invita-tion to a conference was the result of the dialogue between the two Universities. The students presented the results at the Lviv Conference: 1. Barszczewska B., Capiga D.: ‘Tumor diagnosis of central nervous system in cats and dogs’;

scientific supervision: dr Krzysztof Buczek 2. Deja A., Klimiuk P., Jedrzejewicz M., Dziedzic M.: ‘Ultrasound diagnosis of bladder diseases

in dogs’. Scientific supervision: dr Andrzej Milczak. In the academic year 2009/2010, the students from Internist Unit participated in research

conducted by dr Andrzej Milczak in collaboration with the National Academy of Agriculture in Poltava (Ukraine). The aim of the research was: defining the activity of plasma anticoagulants in dogs during an illness. The results of this work were the aim of International Scientific Confer-ence, organized by the National University in Bila Tserkva (Ukraine). The Internist Unit organ-ised a science camp during summer holidays. At the camp the students practiced the techniques of feces analysis in order to find and differentiate gastrointestinal parasites’ eggs and larvae. The students’ practice enabled the examination and research of potential danger of Wlodawa’s resi-dents being infected with gastrointestinal parasites of meat eating animals for the City Council of Wlodawa.

In the past the students from Anatomy Unit participated and were awarded in the contests of anatomical knowledge Vena Nostra.

A small group (2-6 students) interested in animal extract food hygiene participates in annual two-week training in the Food Safety Department Ministry of Agriculture.

Tables present titles of current scientific interests and realized projects of Faculty De-

partments

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Tab. 2 The subjects of own research conducted in 2008-2010

Item no.

Subject of individual research

1. Development, structure, and histomorphology of the central nervous system of animals 2. The intensity of invasions by various species of Trichinella in muscle tissue of infected rabbits 3. Microbiological contamination in meat industry 4. The influence of the absence of growth promoters in broiler chicken feeding on meat quality 5. Pathology of selected diseases and poisonings in animals 6. The use of modern techniques and drugs in clinical surgery 7. Research on the incidence of osteochondrodysplasias in domestic animals 8. Research on animal ophthalmologic diseases and anaesthesia

9. Research on the health status of the mammary gland in female domestic animals 10. Selected aspects of reproductive physiology, pathology, and biotechnology of domestic animals 11. Improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic methods, and clinical case studies 12. Research on improvements in the diagnosis and prevention of secondary dermatoses in allergic

conditions of cats and dogs 13. Pathogenesis and improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic methods with regard to farm ani-

mals and horses 14. Research on infectious and environmental factors, and on the response of the organism in health

and disease 15. Research on biochemical changes in the blood of sports horses at different stages of training 16.

Research on the oxidative and anti-oxidative status of the bovine placenta during the retention of foetal membranes

17.

Dietary, metabolic, and hormonal determinants of animal growth and development with particu-lar focus on the growth and mineralization of the skeletal system, and on secretory and digestive functions of the digestive tract

18. Cellular response to hormones, cytokines, and xenobiotics in vivo and in vitro 19. The development of new applications for determining drugs in biological material by biological

and chromatographic methods 20 The analysis of toxic derivatives of selected elements and the assessment of their impact on

living organisms 21. Research on the etiopathogenesis and epidemiology of infectious and genetic diseases 22. Research on material evidence in forensic veterinary medicine with particular focus on the dy-

namics of changes in the signs of death in animals depending on individual characteristics of the animal and environmental conditions

23. Experimental and clinical research on the disorders of regulatory functions in animals aimed at the improvement in diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting farm animals and horses.

24. The influence of sanitary conditions of obtaining, processing, storing, and selling food of animal origin on its health safety

25. Research on the improvement of diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders in domestic animals.

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Tab. 3 The subjects of statutory activities (DS) research conducted in 2008-2010

Item no.

Subject of statutory activities (DS) research

1. Cellular structure of nerve centres in the animal brain 2. Changes in the quality of food of animal origin depending on environmental factors. 3. Pathology of selected animal diseases and poisonings 4. Research on the diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases in animals 5. Radiological and ultrasonographic research on the neoplastic development and invasion of tissues in

animals 6. Research on the etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of fertility disorders and mammary gland

diseases in domestic animals 7. Research on the pathogenesis, prophylaxis, and therapy of selected metabolic diseases 8. Improvements in the methods of diagnosing and treating selected immunological disorders 9. Improvements in the methods of diagnosing, preventing, and treating animal diseases. 10. The influence of biologically active dietary components and metabolites of digestion on the regulation of

digestive factors of the digestive tract and on the processes of organ and system development in the post-natal period

11. Animal metabolism with particular focus on changes in enzymatic profiles of blood and tissues resulting from physical stress and environmental conditions

12 The response of ecto-, endo-, and mesodermal cells on hormonal stimulation 13. Research on the pharmacokinetics of new antibacterial drugs in veterinary medicine. 14. Ecotoxicological and bioactivating action of selected xenobiotics in target areas 15. Improvements in the methods of diagnosing and treating infectious and genetic animal diseases 16. Examination of material evidence in forensic veterinary medicine 17. Determination of the expression of genes in animal neoplasms from the toxicological perspective

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Grants realised at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine between 2008 and 2010

Title Head of project Time of realisa-tion

Costs (PLN)

1 Influence of prenatal of alphaketoglutarate and 3- hydroksy 3-methylobutyrate on programming of skeletal system development in pigs.

Dr Marcin Tatara 2 P06Z 012 29 1108/P06/2005/29

16.11.2005 15.08.2008

199 520

2 Influence of alphaketoglutarate and 3- hydroksy 3-methylobutyrate supplementation on bone tissue metabolism in fundektomy pigs.

Dr Ewa Śliwa 2 P06K 036 29 0979/P06/2005/29

21.11.2005 20.11.2008

214 840

3 The influence of chosen stress reaction parameters on metabolism and immunological efficiency of the immumological cells.

Dr Renata Urban-Chmiel 2 P06K 037 29 0980/P06/2005/29

21.11.2005 20.05.2008

159 000

4 Assessment of the malignancy and biological aggressiveness of the neoplasms of the mammary gland in female dogs.

Dr Wojciech Łopuszyński N 308 004 31/0655 0655/P01/2006/31

17.10.2006 16.10.2008

112 000

5

Applicability of in vitro methods based on cell-lines to assessment of protective effect of sylimarine in course of cytotoxity induced by ionophore antibiotics: relation to in vivo feeding studies on broiler-chickens.

Dr hab. Wojciech Cybulski N308 013 32/1351 1351/P01/2007/32

10.04.2007 09.03.2008

40 000

6 Role of apelin and obestatin in regulation of pancreatic juice se-cretion in rats.

Dr Małgorzata Kapica N303 043 32/1447 1447/P01/2007/32

24. 04. 2007 23. 08. 2009

190 000

7 Assessment of selected parameters of immunological response in the course of canine atopic dermatitis.

Dr Iwona Taszkun N308 016 32/1409 1409/P01/2007/32

11. 05. 2007 10. 05. 2010

150 000

8 Therapeutic usefulness of oval cells during rat liver injures. Prof. dr hab. Ryszard Bobowiec

N N308 3169 33 3169/B/P01/2007/33

23. 10. 2007 22. 10. 2010

200 000

9 Intravascular activation of the hemostatic system in dogs with primary diseases.

Dr Andrzej Milczak N N308 075334 0753/B/P01/2008/34

05. 06. 2008 04. 06. 2010

99 000

10 Obtainment of Babesia canis antygen for immunization of the dogs.

Prof. dr hab. Stanisław Winiarczyk N R12 0058 06/2009 0543/R/P01/2009/06

01. 09. 2009 31. 08. 2012

150 000

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11 Immunohistochemical localization of the selected biologically active substances in the duodenum of the sheep and chemical cod-ing of the cultured duodenal myenteric neurons.

Dr hab. Marcin Bartłomiej Arciszewski N N308 310437 3104/B/P01/2009/37

13. 10. 2009 31. 08. 2010

23 000

12

Researches on melatonin levels behavior in dog blood in the round the clock cycle and seasonal changing for clinical application point of view.

Prof. dr hab. Cezary Jacek Kowalski N N308 386137 3861/B/P01/2009/37

20. 10. 2009 19. 10. 1012

220 000

13

Effectiveness of pharmacological and surgical treatment of hor-mone-dependent tumors in dogs monitored with a use of DNA adducts concentration in relation to receptors type and applied therapy.

Dr Adam Brodzki N N308 295937 2959/B/P01/2009/47

03.11.2009 02.11.2012

203 188

14

Pharmacokinetic researches describing risk degree for consuments after ß - lactam antibiotics application in cows with mastitis.

Dr Artur Burmańczuk N N308 603438 6034/B/P01/2010/38

17. 05. 2010 16. 05. 2013

237 000

15 Prenatal and postnatal programming of puberty rate and its effect on leptin and KiSS-1/GPR-54 expression in pituitary gland of sheep.

Dr hab. Urszula Kosior-Korzecka N N308 598439

30.09.2010 29. 09.2013

290 000

16 Application of recombinant DNA and protein of virus AMD home isolates for Aleutian mink disease diagnostics.

Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Kostro N N308 599939

25.10.2010 28. 10. 2013

350 000

17 Epidemiological study of borreliosis in farm and pet animals in eastern Poland.

Prof. dr hab. Stanisław Winiarczyk N N308 599539

28. 10. 2010 27.10. 2012

50 000

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13.2 COMMENTS

Comment on the opportunities for students to participate in active research work. The rate of student participation in scientific projects of units depends on each unit activity

and applies to each unit individually. The participation in the projects is unlimited and everyone who wishes to improve his or her knowledge is welcome. It can be observed that there is greater interest in clinical subjects than theoretical issues. Students’ involvement in all aspects of scien-tific activities is not always possible because they have to participate mainly in their didactic du-ties.

13.3 SUGGESTIONS

Will students be given more opportunity to participate in research activities? If so, how will this be done?

Not only is students’ participation desired for the reason of physical assistance but it is their

professional and intellectual development as well as education of future Faculty’s teaching staff that should be considered. The method to increase their activity is to maximize motivation of aca-demic employees (periodic performance appraisal) to:

1. Searching, during didactic activities, for students willing to improve their knowledge in a

given domain 2. work based on partnership, student or group - academic teacher 3. adjusting of research to study plan 4. Individual tuition for students who are exceptionally active in research This problem should be addressed to chosen for their particular interest students.

ERRATUM – page 71

The following text should be removed:

“List of agreements with external entities: will be provided during visitation”

The following text should be inserted at the same place:

Selected arrangements between the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lublin and outside bodies are listed below:

1. Private veterinary practice – Biegaj Arkadiusz in Cyców, 35 km from Lublin. Three vets permanently employed specializing in farm animals can take care of 3-4 students. Students can be trained in all practical skills related to farm animals listed in Chapter IV pages 31-34.

2. State stallion stud farm in Białka located 50 km from Lublin specializing in horse breeding. The stud is involved also in cattle breeding. One vet permanently employed can take care of up to 5 students. Students can be trained in all practical skills related to horses and cattle listed in Chapter IV pages 31-34.

3. Private farm in Łuszczów near Lublin (16 km) owned by Pietrzak Ryszard. Farm is specializing in breeding of cold blood horses. Students (2-3 persons) can be trained under supervision of academic teachers from our Faculty.

4. Private pig farm owned by Przybylski Stanisław, located in Osowiec 70 km from Lublin. Farm contains 1000 pigs. One vet taking care of animals can train 5 students in pig diseases and breeding.

5. Private meat cattle farm owned by Przybylski Stanisław located in Hańsk (70 km from Lublin) containing 500 cattle. One vet taking care of animals can train 3-4 students in all skills related to cattle diseases.

6. Dairy cattle farm “Agromarina” located in Kulczyn (70 km from Lublin) and containing around 500 animals. One vet permanently employed can train 5-6 students in practical skills related to milking cows.

7. Dairy and meat cattle farm in Różanka near Sobibór, 100 km from Lublin containing around 250 animals. Students can be trained in all skills related to cattle under supervision of academic teachers and/or local field veterinarians.

8. Dairy cattle farm in Pszczela Wola, 10 km from Lublin containing around 40 cows. Students can be trained in all skills related to cattle under supervision of academic teachers and/or local field veterinarians.

9. Five agreements with sanitary veterinarians in slaughterhouses (see Chapter IV page 34) are signed

Students will obtain the list of skills (described in Chapter IV pages 31-34) and the list of outside bodies where external training can be realized. These activities should take place during XI semester which is free from other didactic duties.

It is planned to sign another set of arrangements involving state veterinary services and outside laboratories. Full list of arrangements will be provided during the visit.

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