Study programme description

1. The professional profile of the graduate includes general characteristics, required practical and theoretical knowledge, specification of the core of knowledge in the study programme of internal diseases of animals in the study and scientific part. The graduate is proficient in the scientific methods and methodology of research and development in the field of the study programme in internal animal diseases, which focuses on the production and public health aspects of the disease complex of livestock, horses, small animals with regard to dogs, cats, fur-bearing animals and other small mammals and reptiles. In the broad field of avian medicine, similar knowledge criteria are required for extensive and intensive poultry farming, including farmed ostriches, turkeys and waterfowl, wild and domesticated avian species - pigeons and exotics. The above criteria are from the diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic aspects of pathogenesis, nutrition, disorders of homeostasis and epidemiology, which are related to the theoretical and practical ability of the graduate necessary for the implementation of targeted scientific research work. In a comprehensive view, the doctoral graduate develops creative scientific research activity and the possibilities of its application in practical and experimental conditions in diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive procedures in terms of animal health and productive capacity, the economic impact of serious internal diseases and human health. The graduate knows the methodology of analytical work, procedures of processing, objective evaluation of interpretation of results and analyses. He/she knows the methods and scientific and practical procedures in the application of current and new knowledge, proposals and recommendations based on veterinary medical legal knowledge in the field of veterinary care, ethics and ethology as well as interdisciplinary contexts (pathological anatomy, toxicology, epidemiology, food hygiene, breeding and environment and others) resulting from the criteria of the work and the course matter in the conditions of the Slovak Republic with a good orientation in the scientific, theoretical and practical part of the global significance.
2. Theoretical knowledge of the graduate in the study programme of internal animal diseases: methodological and methodological readiness for own solution of a topic in the field of a specific discipline by including closely related interdisciplinary links (veterinary physiology, pathophysiology, pathological anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, immunology, nutrition and dietetics) included in the study programme; the graduate develops, deepens and masters the methodology of analytical work, procedures of processing and interpretation of the obtained results in experimental and practical conditions in qualitative and quantitative evaluation. Practical readiness and general skills of the graduate in the study programme of internal animal diseases: The graduate demonstrates readiness for scientific work, both knowledge-based and practical; follows the continuity of scientific research results and their transfer in practice; demonstrates the ability of correct scientific formulation of problems, processing and interpretation of results in the form of publications (carentered and non-carentered scientific and professional journals), conferences, congresses and symposiums of domestic and international importance; the ability to present and apply the results in the educational process and in the development of the study programme and in social practice; knowledge of the ethical, environmental and economic-legal aspects of the current application of new diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive procedures.

Doctoral thesis in credit and scope presents the ability of the graduate to independently acquire theoretical and practical scientific knowledge based on the current state of scientific knowledge and especially the graduate's own contribution to it by creative activity in the study programme of internal diseases of animals with the application of the latest scientific knowledge in the course matter of the doctoral thesis. The core of knowledge of the study programme of internal animal diseases in the 3rd stage of higher education is divided into the following framework topics: in the study and scientific part.

1. On the basis of the previous long experience with graduates of the study programme of internal animal diseases, it can be stated that graduates find employment in all veterinary educational institutions, specialized research institutes, national and international organizations operating in the field of animal production, animal welfare, as well as the pharmaceutical industry (research, development and promotion of products for animals).

Examples of successful graduates of the study programme of internal animal diseases in the full-time form: There have been no graduates so far in the part-time study programme in Internal Animal Diseases offered in English.

Employers' evaluation of the quality of the study programme (feedback): Employers' evaluation of the quality of the study programme (feedback): However, the quality of the study programme can be positively evaluated indirectly on the basis of the interest of graduates of the second cycle of higher education from different areas (medical and pharmaceutical sciences, natural sciences and agricultural sciences) in this study programme. UVMP has prepared questionnaires about graduates for employers.

1. The rules for the formation of study plans in the study programme Internal Animal Diseases are based on the general provisions contained in Article 8 of the Internal Regulations of the Study Regulations of the UVMP in Košice, Part B.

UVMP in Košice has described the rules for the verification of learning outcomes and evaluation of students and the possibilities of corrective procedures against this evaluation in Articles 17, 18 and 25 of the internal regulation Study Regulations of UVMP in Košice, Part B.

1. Conditions for the recognition of studies or part of studies:

UVMP in Košice has regulated the conditions for recognition of studies or part of studies in Articles 19, 38 and 42 of the internal regulation Study Regulations of UVMP in Košice, Part B.

1. Topics of the final theses of the study programme:

UVMP in Košice annually publishes a list of themes of the final theses of the study programme of internal animal diseases in a tabular overview as well as on the UVMP in Košice website.

In the study programme Internal diseases of animals offered in English in the part-time form of study, no topic has been announced so far.

1. UVMP in Košice has described:

• the rules for assigning, processing, opposing, defending and evaluating final theses in Articles 1, 8, 9, 10, 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the internal regulation Study Regulations of the UVMP in Košice, Part B,
• possibilities and procedures for participation in student mobility in Article 42 of the internal regulation Study Regulations of UVMP in Košice, Part B,
• rules of observing academic ethics and drawing consequences in the internal regulation Disciplinary Regulations for Students of the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, in the internal regulation Code of Ethics of UVMP Employees and in the internal regulation Code of Ethics of UVMP Students,
• procedures applicable to students with special needs in Part II, Article 2, point 7; Article 3, point 12 of the internal regulation Study Regulations of the UVMP in Košice, Part B,
• the procedures for filing complaints and appeals by the student are specified, in addition to the Study Regulations of UVMP in Košice, in particular in the internal regulation Directive on the handling of complaints at UVMP in Košice.

The members of the committee for the preparation of study programmes for the third level of higher education are students Marek Ratvay, DVM (3rd year of SP Immunology); e-mail: marek.ratvay@student.uvlf.sk; Teodora Blatníková, DVM (3rd year of SP Veterinary Morphology and Physiology); e-mail: teodora.blatnikova@student.uvlf.sk and Pavel Gomulec, DVM (1st year of SP Internal Diseases of Animals); e-mail: pavel.gomulec@student.uvlf.sk.

Study programme advisor: prof. MVDr. Juraj Pistl, PhD., Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies at UVMP in Košice (juraj.pistl@uvlf.sk).

1. Other study programme support staff - assigned study officer: Mgr. Júlia Jančura, e-mail julia.jancura@uvlf.sk; career counsellor: the function of the career counsellor is performed by the doctoral student's supervisor.

1. List and characteristics of the classrooms of the study programme and their technical equipment with assignment to learning outcomes and course (depending on the workplace of the instructor and course guarantors)

1. Characteristics of information provision of the study programme (access to study literature according to course information sheets), access to information databases
   and other information resources, information technology, etc.):

All literary resources for study listed in the fact sheets are available in either print or electronic form, and all information databases purchased and licensed by the University are accessible to students.

1. Characteristics and scope of distance learning applied in the curriculum with assignment to courses. Approaches, manuals of e-learning portals. Procedures for transition from full-time to distance learning.

UVMP in Košice has also distance learning for all courses, which is currently provided through MOODLE and MS Teams platforms. Each student has manuals available either in electronic form or in the form of a video tutorial.

1. In the provision of some activities, especially in the field of clinical and field research, the participation of contractual partners is envisaged, including organisations under the management of the State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic, as well as private veterinarians and the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
2. Characteristics on social, sporting, cultural, spiritual and social opportunities:

UVMP in Košice provides students with the maximum possible conditions for their enjoyment in the above areas.

Students of the Internal Medicine programme are guaranteed the opportunity to participate in mobility. The whole agenda containing the guidelines and conditions for applying for mobility, the conditions and rules of participation as well as the rules of recognition of participation in mobility as part of the study plan is covered by the Prof. Vice-Rector for International Relations and Internationalisation and the organisational unit managed by her, which is the UVMP Mobility Office. The whole process requires coordination with the supervisor, and is recommended after the study part of the study plan has been completed. Participation in mobility and other contexts are regulated in Article 42 of the Internal Regulations of the Study Regulations of the UVMP in Košice, Part B.

They are laid down in Article 1 and Article 2, Part B, Part II Organisation of Studies of the Internal Regulations of the Study Regulations of the UVMP in Košice.

Admission procedures: they are laid down in Article 3 and Article 4, Part B, Part II Organisation of Studies of the Internal Regulations of the Study Regulations of the UVMP in Košice. The examination boards for admission examinations are at least 4-member and are appointed by the Rector on an ad hoc basis according to the focus of the study programmes to which students apply.

1. Procedures for monitoring and evaluating students' views on the quality of the study programme:

Students of UVMP in Košice have the possibility of anonymous evaluation of the quality of teaching in the Academic Information System, where they evaluate the quality of a particular course and the quality of the teachers who provide that particular course. Monitoring of study programmes is also continuously carried out by the coordinators of individual domains of science and research at UVMP, while 5 domains of science and research are established at UVMP. At the end of the study programme, graduates fill in an anonymous questionnaire evaluating the course of study and cooperation with the supervisor.

The results of the evaluation of doctoral studies are part of the Annual Reports on Scientific and Research Activities at UVMP in Košice for individual ARs and Annual Reports on the Quality of UVMP in Košice for individual ARs. They are also presented at the Teachers' Forum, which is held at the beginning of each academic year. In general, the principle that the results of the feedback are very important for drawing conclusions from the evaluations, which are implemented into concrete measures implemented with the aim of improving the quality of the study programme in its entire breadth and depth.

The results of alumni feedback and related measures to improve the quality of the study programme are part of the Annual Reports on Scientific and Research Activities at UVMP in Košice for individual AR and Annual Reports on the Quality of UVMP in Košice for individual AR. The Vice-Rector for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies and the coordinators of the individual domains of science and research act within the framework of measures to improve the quality of the study programme by personally entering into the solution of the problems arising from the results of the feedback.