VTEC 0131

This is a capstone course. In this course the learning objectives of all courses in the first two semesters are consolidated and re-tested. Students rotate through clinical, laboratory, and off-campus cooperating hospital experiences, with daily classroom sessions for discussion and testing. In clinical and diagnostic laboratory sessions, students hone skills learned in the first two semesters and acquire some new ones. Completion of this course is a prerequisite for registration in VTEC 0133 and for registration in all second-year courses (Semesters 4 and 5). The approximate division of elements of this course is: Clinical 64 hours ( 2 x 8 hr per week); Clinical Pathology 36 hours ( 3 x 3 hr per week); Cooperating Hospital 16 hours ( 1 x 4 hr per week); and Cognitive Classroom Sessions 16 hours ( 4 x 1 hr per week). Animal care and maintenance duties are in addition to scheduled hours in this course. Task areas included in this course are animal and facilities maintenance, drug administration, anaesthesiology, surgical preparation and assisting, radiography, clinical calculations, fluid therapy, blood sampling, feeding, and introduction to dental disease and treatment.