ATE 1650L - Veterinary Clinical Practice I

School of Veterinary Technology

Credit(s): 1
Contact Hours: 15
Effective Term Fall 2014 (490)

Requisites

Admission to Veterinary Technology (Associate in Science) (VETTC-AS)

Course Description

This course is designed to acquaint the student with basic laboratory and nursing skills, including restraint, history taking, examining room techniques, administering medications, basic parasitology, and basic clinical pathology procedures.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate knowledge of basic animal restraint, history taking, examining room techniques, administering medications, basic parasitology, and basic clinical pathology as applied to clinical practice by:
    1. demonstrating the proper methods of restraint used in a clinical setting.
    2. employing the proper methods of history taking and examination room techniques commonly used in small animal practice.
    3. demonstrating the proper methods of medicating animals in a small animal practice setting.
    4. illustrating the proper methods of processing a parasitology sample as commonly done in a small animal practice.
    5. explaining the common methods of handling samples in the clinical pathology laboratory of a small animal practice.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

Revised 8/84 3 YR C&I Review 1992-93 Revised 7/85 Revised 3/86 C&I 10/27/98; DBT 11/16/98, Effective Session 19991. 3 Year Review 2003. 3 Year Review 2007.
C&I Approval: 05/31/2013, BOT Approval: 06/17/2014, Effective Term: Fall 2014 (490)

Related Programs

  1. Veterinary Assisting Certificate (VETAST-CT) (660) (Active)
  2. Veterinary Technology (VETTC-AS) (640) (Active)