Expanding on professional competencies introduced in Professional Skills in Veterinary Medicine Ia, Ib, and IIa. Includes communication, collaboration, professional development, and practice management. Introducing topics of animal neglect and abuse.
Athena Title
Personal and Prof Dev IIb
Pre or Corequisite
Enrollment in the second year of the doctor of veterinary medicine curriculum.
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to synthesize and prioritize problems to arrive at differential diagnoses.
Students will be able to create and adjust a diagnostic and/or treatment plan based on available evidence.
Students will be able to recognize and report cases of animal abuse on its own merits, and because of the link with other types of abuse.
Students will be able to apply verbal communication skills for intended audiences, specifically within healthcare teams and unique communication situations encountered in veterinary practice.
Students will be able to apply written communication skills for intended audiences, specifically in an electronic medical record format.
Students will be able to participate and engage as a team member by demonstrating mutual respect, understanding, and values to meet client/patient/team needs.
Students will be able to identify workflow inefficiencies resulting in poorer communications and patient/client care.
Topical Outline
Course introduction
Introducing animal neglect and abuse
Strengthening and expanding verbal communication strategies for clients and colleagues, specifically with respect to healthcare teams and unique communication situations in veterinary practice
Strengthening and expanding on written communication strategies for clients and colleagues, specifically in an electronic medical record format
Strengthening and expanding collaborative skills by engaging as a team member and demonstrating mutual respect, understanding, and values to meet client/patient/team needs
Strengthening and expanding practice management, including identification of workflow management inefficiencies
Strengthening ability to approach cases in a problem-based way and arrive at appropriate differential diagnoses
