For specific organ systems, expand knowledge and skills in clinical safe practices, performing diagnostics, therapeutic procedures, surgical skills, and physical examination techniques, interpreting radiographs/ultrasound, performing mock surgeries, performing feline castration, cleaning and extracting teeth, creating medical plans, administering medications, applying bandages/splints/nerve blocks, and using medical records systems.
Athena Title
Clinical Skills in Vet Med 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 continue to appropriately integrate clinical safe practices as skills grow.
Students will be able to continue to appropriately integrate good patient handling practices as skills grow.
Students will be able to properly use a microscope for diagnostic requirements/testing.
Students will be able to properly obtain patient samples as they expand testing options coordinating with the system.
Students will be able to properly assess radiographs and perform Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) ultrasound (thoracic).
Students will be able to properly perform physical examination techniques in the abnormal patient.
Students will be able to perform surgical skills from suturing to methods for performing procedures coordinating with systems.
Students will be able to perform a live patient surgery (feline castration).
Students will be able to properly perform standard medical mathematics when creating diagnostic and therapeutic plans.
Students will be able to properly administer medication as appropriate for organ system.
Students will be able to properly apply and maintain bandaging.
Students will be able to properly perform dental skills: ultrasonic scaling, hand scaling, charting, probing for gingival pockets, radiographs, nerve blocks, and simple extractions (Comprehensive Oral Health Assessment and Treatment - COHAT).
Topical Outline
Microscope usage for diagnostic procedures- fecals, differentials, artificial intelligence tools for cytologic examination
Obtaining and handling biological samples coordinated with systems
Physical examination in parallel with organ systems courses with emphasis on abnormalities using models and live animals
Aseptic Technique: Mock-up from beginning to end with an anesthetic component
Surgical methods (mock surgery) for performing procedures coordinating with the system; culminating in performing a (live patient) feline castration
Creation of a formal Diagnostic/Therapeutic plan/orders with all elements of delivery/medical mathematics/intervals with continued use of the medical records system
