VCS 86203 - Shelter Medicine And Surgery

Credit Hours: 3.00. Students will spend two weeks performing elective surgery on shelter animals in the mobile surgery unit and one week working at an off-campus shelter. The mobile surgery unit, staffed by a DVM faculty member and a full-time RVT will operate 4 days per week, estimated 12 hours per day. Students will perform independent study on the day they do not participate in mobile surgery. During the one week at the shelter, students will work approximately 50 hours spread over 5 days of the week assisting the shelter medicine veterinarian in all aspects of shelter medicine. There will be a limit of 4 students per block, with a maximum of 3 students participating in the mobile surgery unit at any time. Preference will be given to students who are planning to specialize in shelter medicine. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

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VCS 86203 - Shelter Medicine And Surgery