VTMED 5702 - Veterinary Practice: Ethics and Animal Care (Foundation Course VIIb)

Spring. 1.5 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: VTMED 5701. Enrollment limited to: first- year veterinary students. Live animals used in course instruction.

C. McDaniel, Staff.

Consists of lectures, small group discussion sessions, and PE labs. Lectures average 2 hours each week, covering a variety of topics with some ethical dimension of importance to professional veterinarians. Students participate in two small group discussion sessions in which they discuss topics of interest and work through provided scenarios. In addition, each student chooses a topic to investigate in depth and writes a research paper. Laboratories review physical examination of the four major species.