VT 233 Veterinary Clinical Practice (14 credits)
Prerequisite Enrollment in the Associate Degree in Veterinary Technology.
Course Description This course provides practical field experience in Veterinary Clinical Practice with a weekly seminar.
Course Content A. Practical experience in different veterinary medical settings
B. Emerging trends in the field of veterinary medicine
C. Preparation for securing employment in the veterinary field
D. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention training
Student Outcomes 1. Perform routine veterinary technician tasks in a variety of veterinary medical settings
2. Describe emerging/timely trends in the field of veterinary medicine
3. Prepare for a job interview by composing a proper resume and by listing appropriate questions to be asked during a job interview
4. Describe and practice appropriate methods to prevent HIV transmission
5. Demonstrate personal responsibility by attending work sites and seminars in a timely manner, by participating in work site and classroom activities and by being professionally dressed at all times
Degree Outcomes Professional-Technical Program Outcomes: Actively contribute as an integral member of a veterinary health care team while adhering to professional and ethical standards including a strong work ethic, personal responsibility and compassion for clients and animals. Core Abilities: Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Effective Communication Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Intercultural Engagement Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions. Global Citizenship Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 30 Lab Contact Hours 0 Clinical Contact Hours 330 Total Contact Hours 360
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