CVM-745: Clinical Skills IV

Credits 1.5
Academic Level
DVM

45 lab hours = 1.5 credits

Students will continue to develop skills in handling and interpreting general physical examination findings in large and small animals. Students will continue to progress toward mastery of psychomotor skills for surgery by demonstrating all the skills needed to perform an ovariohysterectomy on a model. Students will place small and large animal catheters in models and perform live animal phlebotomy in small animals. Students will continue to improve their skills in writing medical records and be introduced to basic diagnostic techniques, hematology, urinalysis, cytology, and pathology.