Duration
Veterinary law and deontology : 17h Th
Legal provisions : 13h Th
Meeting with the veterinary profession II : 4h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Veterinary surgeon | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Veterinary law and deontology : Pascal Gustin, Benoît Kohl, Claude Saegerman
Legal provisions : Hugues Guyot, Claude Saegerman
Meeting with the veterinary profession II : Antoine Clinquart
Substitute(s)
Veterinary law and deontology : Céline Joisten
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Veterinary law and deontology
In the part of the course allocated to deontology (P. Gustin - 5 h), the structure and functioning of the order of veterinaries are explained and the articles of the deontology code are commented.
In the part dedicated to "Law and veterinary medicine" (C. Joisten et C. Saegerman - 12 h), students receive simultaneously an initiation to the Belgian legal system and the essential legal rules to be respected in their professional practice.
Legal dispositions
In the part Legal dispositions in the veterinary practice (C. Saegerman - 8 h), the following chapters are presented:
- Introduction
- Legal framework
- Identification, registration, traceability, mandatory notification, sectorial guides for self-control
- Laboratory information management system (LIMS)
- Epidemiosurveillance in veterinary public health
- Emerging/ re-emerging zoonosis: challenges and opportunities.
- Enzooties
- Epizooties
Meeting with veterinary professionals
Organization of a meeting between students and veterinary professionals (A. Clinquart - 4 h).
Meeting with the veterinary profession II
This activity consists of a interactive face-to-face meeting with veterinarians representing different disciplines of veterinary medicine.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The teaching unit aims two distinct learning objectives, i.e.:
1° Veterinary law and deontology and legal dispositions
2° Meeting with veterinary professionals
Veterinary law and deontology
The objective of the Deontology course is to inform on the necessity to respect a certain number of rules when practicing veterinary medicine.
The objective of the course of Law and veterinary medicine aims to give to the future doctors in veterinary medicine an initiation to the law rules under which their professional practice will be implemented. This course has two parts. The first part of the course is dedicated to the study of the five most frequent norms encountered by the veterinarians:
- international norms
- laws and decrees
- royal decrees
- ministerial decrees and
- agreements between individuals.
The second part of the course is dedicated to the implementation of legal sanctions. It contains:
- Presentation of the legal system with a special focus on the legal expert role and function,
- Presentation of the civil responsibility rules, especially in regards to animal facts and professional responsibility insurance,
- introduction on animals sales and redhibitory defects in the case of animal sales and
- a summarised description of the actual enforcement of legal sanctions.
The learning objective of the course on legal disposition is to raise the awareness of the veterinary students on their future role regarding veterinary public health.
Meeting with veterinary professionals
The learning objective of the meeting with veterinary professionals is to present the filed reality and the diversity of possible
Meeting with the veterinary profession II
Students will learn about the diversity and changing career paths of veterinary surgeons. This session helps students to think about their career plans.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Veterinary law and deontology
None
Legal dispositions
Co-requisite: immunology and pathology of viral, bacterial and parasitological diseases.
Meeting with the veterinary profession
None
Meeting with the veterinary profession II
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Veterinary law and deontology
- Course in auditorium (17h)
- Interactive session
- The teachers are available at the end of the class in order to answer students' questions.
- Course in auditorium (13h)
- Interactive session largely illustrated by a computer assisted presentation.
- The teachers are available at the end of the class in order to answer students' questions.
- Testimonies from professionals
Meeting with the veterinary profession II
This meeting is organised in collaboration with the "Union Professionnelle Vétérinaire" (UPV). It consists of experience sharing by veterinary surgeons from a variety of disciplines, looking back on their professional careers.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
Veterinary law and deontology
- On campus
- On campus
- Presentation in an auditorium
Meeting with the veterinary profession II
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Mandatory attendance at the meeting session. The date of this session appears in the course timetable (CELCAT).
Recommended or required readings
Veterinary law and deontology
- Course notes available on e-Campus.
- Code of deontology (http://www.ordre-veterinaires.be/)
- Recommended readings:
- Kohl B., Nicks B., Saegerman C. (2011). Exercice de la médecine vétérinaire. Sélection de la réglementation. Les codes thématiques Larcier, Edition De Boeck, Bruxelles, Belgique, 397 pages, ISBN : 978-2-8044-4910-0.
Legal dispositions
- Course notes available at the « Office des cours".
- Reference book: no recommended books but a list of internet websites with available and useful information are mentioned in the course notes.
Nothing
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
Additional information:
Evaluation modalities and criteria:
The meeting with veterinary professionals is no subject to any formal evaluation but effective presence at the meeting is compulsory. Indeed, an absence from this activity gives rise to an overall score of "A" if the absence is unjustified or to an overall grade "E" if the absence is justified. As a result, the VETE2067-1 course will not be credited for the current year and the student will have to submit this course to their "PAE" the following year.
Meeting with the veterinary profession II
Other : Survey at the end of the session
Additional information:
At the end of the session, the student must complete an online survey form, via a link provided. The response to this survey and its validation attest to the student's participation in the activity. Unjustified absence at this activity and/or failure to complete the survey may result in an absence grade ("A").
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Meeting with the veterinary profession II
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Contacts
Veterinary law and deontology
Prof. Céline Joisten
University of Liege
Faculty of law
Responsibility and contracts
Quartier Agora, place des Orateurs 3, B31, 4000 Liège
Phone: +32 4 366-30-01
E-mail: Celine.Joisten@uliege.be
Prof. Pascal Gustin
University of Liege
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Pharmacology, pharmacotherapy and toxicology
Quartier Vallée 2, avenue de Cureghem 5A-5D, Bât. B41, 4000 Liège
Phone: +32 4 366-41-70
E-mail: p.gustin@uliege.be
Prof. Claude Saegerman
University of Liege
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Epidemiology and risk analysis applied to veterinary sciences
Quartier Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem 7A, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège
Phone: +32 4 366-45-79
E-mail : claude.saegerman@uliege.be
Legal dipositions
Prof. Claude Saegerman
University of Liege
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Epidemiology and risk analysis applied to veterinary sciences
Quartier Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem 7A, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège
Phone: +32 4 366-45-79
E-mail: claude.saegerman@uliege.be
Prof. Hugues Guyot
University of Liege
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Management of ruminants health
Quartier Vallée 2, avenue de Cureghem 7A-7D, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège
Phone: 04/366-40-20
E-mail: Hugues.Guyot@uliege.be
Dr. Fabiana Dal Pozzo (Amcra):
Invited reference person for antimicrobial resistance.
Meeting with the veterinary profession
Prof. Antoine Clinquart (vice-dean for education)
Université de Liège
Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire
Department of Food Science
Unité de technologie alimentaire
Quartier Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem 10 (B43b), 4000 Lièg
Tél. : 04/366-40-40
E-mail : antoine.clinquart@uliege.be
Meeting with the veterinary profession II
- Antoine CLINQUART (Vice-dean for Education FVM, coordinator of the activity)
- Yves DOYEN (FVM administration / Master)