VTINT 201.1
Survey of Veterinary Medicine
Q1(2L)

A series of seminars introducing the student to the veterinary profession. Topics include career opportunities in veterinary medicine, professional behaviour and professionalism, ethics, the human-animal bond, animal rights and welfare, etc.

VTINT 481.3
Year III Clinics
Q1,2,3&4(3P)

This is the initial, formal introduction to clinics and consists of rotation through selected clinical areas. Experiences will include working with clinical cases as an assistant to Year 4 students (including surgery), receiving duty, participation in clinical rounds, working with medical records, pharmacy management, etc. Specific types of experiences will vary among the rotations. The objectives of the course are to obtain "hands-on" clinical experience at an introductory level, to have an opportunity for correlating basic and applied sciences to this clinical experience, and to become acquainted with the operation and organization of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

VTINT 580.34
Applied Veterinary Medicine (Clinics)
Q1,2,3&4(32hrs/wk)

Full-time course load for Year 4 WCVM students. Provides students an opportunity to develop, integrate and apply veterinary medical knowledge and skills in a clinical setting under faculty supervision. Consists of 32 weeks of clinical and other applied experiences. Most of these are clinical rotations in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital but experiences outside of WCVM are permitted. Each student is required to write and submit a satisfactory case report based on one of their experiences during the session.

GRADUATE COURSES

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College of Graduate Studies & Research

VTINT 980
Clinical Practice

Recognizes the many clinical activities of students in the program that may not be otherwise credited. Students are required to make satisfactory progress in this course to maintain full-time student status in the program.