Clinical Competency Final Evaluation

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Evaluates the students' clinical skills and knowledge after successful completion of all courses in the major, in order to prepare them for the national board examination and clinical practice. Evaluation of clinical skills and knowledge includes selected clinical laboratory techniques (parasitology, hematology, urinalysis, cytology, chemistry, serology, microbiology); diagnostic imaging; office procedures; surgical preparation, instrumentation and assistance; anesthesia induction, maintenance and monitoring; restraint and handling techniques; small, large and laboratory animal diagnostic and therapeutic techniques; and pharmacology calculations, labeling and drug classification. Prerequisites: VETT 410 , VETT 411 , VETT 412 , VETT 450 & VETT 455, senior standing, current enrollment in the final semester of the professional Veterinary Biomedical Technology program.