VM 598 Clinical & Professional Skills

Years 1-4 DVM Students

Location/Times:

Variable by year, refer to your overall class schedule for specific scheduled activities or lectures related to this course or the Financial Literacy & Introductory Veterinary Business syllabus for details relating to that section of the course. Updates to locations and times will be posted on Canvas, your class schedule and/or sent via email as they occur.

Overview:

This course has several components spanning all 4 years of the DVM curriculum primarily focusing on the pre-clinical years 1 through 3. The intent of this course is to aid in preparing you for your clinical year and beyond, transitioning from the classroom to the clinics.

Course Director:

Jessica Bunch (she/her), DVM, CCRT, CVA- Associate Professor, Clinical Lead Integrative Veterinary Medicine, Associate Chair DVM Education Y4

jbunch@wsu.edu, 509-432-6054, office: ADBF 2035

Office hours: Wed 8:00am-1:00pm and by appointment

Instructors:

Katie Rawlings
katie.harrington@wsu.edu, 206-601-8813, office hours TBD
Rick DeBowes, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVS- Professor

rdebowes@wsu.edu, 509-595-8015, office: Bustad 207C

Clinical Simulation Center Team

https://confluence.esg.wsu.edu/display/CVMC/Clinical+Skills+Laboratory

Objectives/Learning Outcomes:

To familiarize each student with the day-to-day operations, workflow, and layout of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH). This is accomplished via the following:

Shadowing various clinical services in the VTH in years 1, 2 and 3 (Utah students in year 3).

Engagement in the Transition to Clinics week at the end of the spring semester of Year 3 of the DVM curriculum, just prior to Year 4.

To experience and be aware of the differences and similarities in the various clinical rotations both in large animal, small animal, and diagnostic services.

Learn and review clinical skills that will be used and assessed in the clinical year and in post-graduation veterinary practice.

Introduction and initial familiarization with the electronic medical records systems utilized by the VTH including EzyVet and Vet Radar.

Introduction to the protocols for submission of samples such as blood, cytology, feces, urine, and other samples/tissues to both Clinical Pathology and WADDL. Additionally, review where to view/access results once available.

Introduction to the protocols for scheduling and preparing patients for diagnostic imaging.

Become familiar with the locations of pharmacy, diagnostic imaging, and clinical pathology.

Learn how to enter prescription requests, common pharmaceutical mistakes, review drug and constant rate infusion calculations.

Other miscellaneous patient care, client communication/interaction, and professional expectations of students in the VTH.

Review of WSU discrimination and harassment policies and training before or within the first month of entry to clinics.

Please see the Financial Literacy and Introductory Veterinary Business section for specific objectives related to that portion of the course.

Assignments/Requirements by Year in DVM program:

Year 1 WSU cohort

Financial Literacy and Introductory Veterinary Business – see Canvas page for more information

Spring semester

Introduction to Clinics- 4 hours spent in 2 blocks (2 hours each) observing/shadowing varying services (of the student’s choice) in the VTH

Utilize Microsoft Bookings to schedule. Can be accessed at:
- https://outlook.office.com/book/CVMIntroductiontoClinics@email.wsu.edu/

Record/track hours in Canvas Intro to Clinics Log.docx

Grades:

Grades will be based on completion of required activities/assignments and participation in Transition to Clinics (Year 4). Marginal and Failing Grades will only be assigned after the instructor has discussed the assignments with students and offered remediation.

S- satisfactory (all assignments/requirements completed on time and satisfactory)

M – marginal (late assignments/requirements or unsatisfactory/incomplete assignment but with remediation)

F – fail (incomplete/unsatisfactory assignments/requirements with no remediation, missing assignments or unexcused absences).

Academic Integrity:

Academic integrity is the cornerstone of higher education. As such, all members of the university community share responsibility for maintaining and promoting the principles of integrity in all activities, including academic integrity and honest scholarship. Academic integrity will be strongly enforced in this course. Students who violate WSU’s Academic Integrity Policy (identified in Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 504-26-010(3) and -404) will receive a failing grade in the course, will not have the option to withdraw from the course pending an appeal, and will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct.

Cheating includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration as defined in the Standards of Conduct for Students, WAC 504-26-010(3). You need to read and understand all of the definitions of cheating: http://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=504-26-010. Academic integrity for this course also includes falsifying records such as logging hours as another student or having another student falsely log hours of participation for you. If you have any questions about what is and is not allowed in this course, you should ask course instructors before proceeding.

If you wish to appeal a faculty member's decision relating to academic integrity, please use the form available at conduct.wsu.edu.

University Syllabus

Students are responsible for reading and understanding all university-wide policies and resources pertaining to all courses (for instance: accommodations, crisis resources, policies on discrimination or harassment), which can be found in the university syllabus:

https://syllabus.wsu.edu/university-syllabus