At the end of this rotation,
the student is expected to:
1. Be competent in clinical service (communicating
effectively with clients, cooperating with peers, determining
reason for visit, respecting clients, updating clients,
representing the University well).
2. Be competent performing
physical exams and taking histories (determining relevant
information, performing brief, overall exams, performing
detailed exams when necessary).
3. Be competent during
surgical procedures (general surgical skills and typical
first year surgical procedures; mastering general clinical
anatomy; and identifying surgeries for referral).
4. Be competent performing
lameness examinations (determining lameness origin for
lamenesses of moderate severity, diagnosing lameness issues
typical of first year in practice, familiarizing ones
self with in-depth diagnostics available for lameness
evaluation, mastering general clinical and radiographic
anatomy).
5. Be competent in
the treatment of horses (handling horses, treating horses,
calculating drug dosage and fluid rates, and recognizing
common drugs).
6. Be knowledgeable
in equine and surgical content areas of the National Veterinary
Licensing Exam ( including using sterile technique, handling
instruments, suturing, knowledge of suture materials,
assessing and repairing wounds, bandaging, evaluating
lameness, identifying limb abnormalities, identifying
and assessing radiographic changes and normal findings,
evaluating colic, identifying normal upper airway anatomy
and common upper airway diseases, animal handling skills,
and administering medications).
