Advanced Techniques in Equine Medicine and Surgery
LAMS 5380-5380L
0.5-1.5 hours
Advanced Techniques in Equine Medicine and Surgery
Course Description
To complement didactic knowledge acquired in the body system-specific electives offered in large animal medicine and surgery, students will learn clinical safe practices, perform physical examination techniques, diagnostics, and therapeutic and surgical procedures commonly used in equine clinical practice.
Athena Title
Adv Tech in Equine Med Surg
Non-Traditional Format
This course is taught in a thirteen-week elective period.
Prerequisite
Enrollment in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Student learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to appropriately integrate clinical safe practices as skills expand.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a complete cardiopulmonary clinical examination.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a complete gastrointestinal clinical examination.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a complete neurologic clinical examination.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a complete ophthalmic clinical examination.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a complete reproductive clinical examination.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a basic lameness evaluation and identify the affected limb(s).
By the end of the course, students will be able to appropriately place routine standing wraps.
By the end of the course, students will be able to obtain basic radiographic and ultrasonographic images of the limbs.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a routine equine dental.
By the end of the course, students will be able to formulate a plan for a dystocia.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform an equine castration.
