Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care Service Clinical Experience
LAMS 3402L
3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. . 6 hours lab per week.
Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care Service Clinical Experience
Analytical Thinking
Course Description
Provides students with clinical experience admitting, diagnosing, and managing large animal emergency and critical care cases in a referral hospital setting. Students will be included in topic and case rounds and case work-up and treatment alongside clinical-year veterinary students, interns, and residents.
By the end of the course, students will be able to interpret a triage exam on at least two large animal species.
By the end of the course, students will be able to recall all of the components of a complete physical exam on at least two large animal species.
By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate how to obtain point of care bloodwork—PCV, TS, lactate, glucose.
By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate how to properly restrain a horse and small ruminant for evaluation.
By the end of the course, students will be able to describe and identify common emergency cases being presented to and managed in the large animal hospital.
Topical Outline
- Attend topic rounds and case rounds
- Assist with inpatient case treatments and monitoring
- Assist with admission, diagnosis, and treatment of any emergencies
- Work on a skills checklist as time and opportunity allows
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
