Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize normal anatomic structures of the dog, cat and bird on radiographs
Audience: Undergraduate

2. By comparing to normal, name the site of a radiographic abnormality
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Identify locations of ossification centers and physes
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Recall basic principles of radiography
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify common ophthalmic diseases and abnormalities in veterinary patients.
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Interpret ophthalmic examination findings from descriptions and/or pictures.
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Interpret results of basic ophthalmic tests routine performed in general practice.
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Formulate differential diagnoses for ophthalmic examination findings.
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Devise a treatment plan for common ophthalmic diseases.
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand and remember the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of anesthetic drugs
Audience: Graduate

2. Identify the components of the anesthesia machine and describe their function.
Audience: Graduate

3. Identify anesthetic monitors and techniques and describe their function and data collected.
Audience: Graduate

4. Design effective monitoring and supportive care plans for patients.
Audience: Graduate

5. Identify pain in animals and select appropriate treatment.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and describe intended use of common surgical instruments in veterinary surgical procedures
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Describe the differences between the various methods of sterilization and disinfection
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Perform simple suture patterns and secure knot tying techniques
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Describe basic properties of suture material and needles
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Apply sterile technique to patient preparation for surgery
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Describe how various tissues respond to injury
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Describe the steps necessary to complete a preoperative assessment of a surgical patient
Audience: Undergraduate

8. Describe the basic concepts of postoperative care of a surgical patient
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Implement the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of anesthetic drugs.
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Design individualized anesthetic plans for patients with co-existing disease.
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Identify abnormalities in anesthetized patients and demonstrate effective ways to remedy the abnormalities.
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Design effective monitoring and supportive care plans for patients.
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Identify pain in animals and select appropriate treatment.
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Demonstrate knowledge associated with euthanasia.
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Demonstrate knowledge of CPR.
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how an infection differs from disease.
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Recognize different groups of infectious microorganisms: viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, etc.
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Define and describe ecosystem health or one health.
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Define the terms zoonosis, zoonoses, and zoonotic.
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Evaluate how anthropogenic influences exacerbate transmission of zoonotic diseases.
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Describe and explain the epidemiological concepts related to each wildlife disease presented in this course.
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Recognize diseases that are specific to animal groups or humans, or are nonspecific, having the potential to infect many different species.
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the problems that may benefit from surgical intervention that are typically encountered in a given organ system, how these diseases or problems present, and what surgical interventions are typically implemented to improve the problem.
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Explain the surgical techniques employed for treatment of disease/problems in a given organ system and the complications that may arise related to surgery.
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Compare both short- and long-term prognoses for diseases or clinical problems in a given organ system with and without surgical treatment to facilitate assessment of the benefits of surgery versus other courses of action such as conservative management.
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Summarize the principles that guide the evaluation of a lame dog or cat.
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Describe the principles of physical examination of a lame dog or cat.
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Take a history of a lame dog or cat and list likely differential diagnoses for the patient.
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Select appropriate diagnostic tests for evaluation of patients with locomotor system disease and interpret abnormal results and their significance.
Audience: Undergraduate

8. Choose appropriate medical or surgical therapy to enable effective management of animals with locomotor system disease.
Audience: Undergraduate

9. Offer appropriate advice on prognosis and complications for clients owning animals with locomotor system disease.
Audience: Undergraduate

10. List the common congenital, developmental and acquired locomotor system diseases of the dog and cat, and describe how these alter locomotor system function.
Audience: Undergraduate

11. Describe the etiology and pathogenesis of common locomotor diseases in the dog and cat and recognize pathological lesions associated with these diseases.
Audience: Undergraduate

12. Describe the alterations that take place in bone, cartilage, tendon and ligament in response to disease.
Audience: Undergraduate

13. Describe the various types of disease that can affect joints and lead to the clinical syndrome of osteoarthritis.
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize key concepts in large animal surgery, including but not limited to common signalments, relevant history, risk factors, diagnostic methods, and pathophysiology for commonly encountered diseases in upper airway surgery, urogenital surgery, orthopedic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, wounds and laceration care.
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Describe the basic elements of lameness evaluation, localization, and diagnosis in the horse.
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Explain specific treatment options, both surgical and non-surgical, for common diseases including potential benefits and complications associated with prescribed therapeutics.
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Describe factors that contribute to outcomes and prognosis for specific large animal patients and surgical procedures.
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Apply concepts of anatomy, diagnostic imaging, clinical pathology and other relevant areas, to the evaluation, treatment, and prognosis of large animals with surgical conditions.
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and describe the function of common surgical instruments
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Identify and describe the important properties of common suture materials and understand the indications for their use
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Perform a comprehensive physical examination of a small animal patient and determine pertinent differential diagnoses, if any based on that physical exam
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Perform a complete surgical station set-up, including selection and knowledge of appropriate intra- operative patient monitoring equipment and thermoregulatory units
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Demonstrate proper aseptic surgical technique including open and closed gloving, re-gloving, gowning, draping, rough and sterile patient surgical preparation
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Demonstrate proficiency with various surgical techniques, including but not limited to the creation and closing of an incision, proper tissue handling techniques, and instrument handling and appropriate suture patterns and knot tying
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Perform post-operative incision care and recognize and differentiate post-operative complications
Audience: Undergraduate

8. Maintain proper medical records for a routine surgical case
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize the important properties of common pharmaceuticals administered pre, intra and post-operatively for sedation, analgesia, induction, and maintenance of anesthesia
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Identify and summarize the important properties of common patient monitoring equipment, including but not limited to: pulse oximeter (heart rate & SpO2), Doppler (blood pressure & heart rate), temperature probes, capnometers/capnographs (EtCO2 & respiration)
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Perform a comprehensive physical examination of a small animal patient, determine pertinent differential diagnoses based on that physical exam, prioritize and perform relevant diagnostic tests and therapeutics to resolve any health problems as part of a pre-anesthetic work-up
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Perform complete anesthetic station set-up, including selection and knowledge of appropriate intra- operative patient monitoring equipment and thermoregulatory units
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Demonstrate proper anesthetic technique for the following- intravenous catheterization, intramuscular, subcutaneous and intravenous injections, anesthetic induction, intubation, patient positioning and maintenance and recovery of general anesthesia in a small animal patient
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Calculate proper intravenous fluid amounts, set up a proper fluid administration set for each patient, and deliver prescribed amounts of fluids both subcutaneously and intravenously peri-operative
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Show proficiency with various anesthetic breathing systems (Modified Mapleson D systems) and rebreathing systems (F & Y circle systems) and machines (Drager’s & Versa II’s), including set-up, pressure checking, and checking/filling inhalant levels
Audience: Undergraduate

8. Recognize, differentiate and mitigate peri-operative anesthetic complications and pain
Audience: Undergraduate

9. Complete pre- anesthetic SOAP work-up and intra-operative anesthetic record keeping
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn principals of Image formation in Radiography, CT, MRI, Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Learn principles of Image interpretation in the 5 modalities
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Learn principles of Contrast media used in Radiography, CT, MRI and Ultrasound
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Learn principles of Biological effects, operator hazards and protective measures in the 5 modalities
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Develop a technique to "read" radiographs and learn to recognize lesions - laboratories on Wednesday afternoons are where students can hone their interpretation skills
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Learn imaging features of common diseases of: Small and large animal musculoskeletal diseases and Small animal neurological, thoracic and abdominal diseases
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Learn advantages and limitations of each of the 5 imaging modalities in examining various organ systems
Audience: Undergraduate

8. Develop skills in clear and logical client-directed and peer communication of: Pertinent radiographic signs
Audience: Undergraduate

9. Develop skills in clear and logical client-directed and peer communication of: Prioritized differential diagnoses for each Roentgen sign
Audience: Undergraduate

10. Develop skills in clear and logical client-directed and peer communication of: Prioritized basic plan for additional clinical tests and treatment
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Effectively communicate patient signalment and pertinent case information to colleagues to develop a differential diagnosis
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Select, perform, and interpret pre- and post-operative diagnostic tests
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Integrate findings from patient history, physical exam, and tests and imaging to formulate comprehensive diagnostic and treatment plans for surgical patients
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Describe basic surgical principles in large animal surgery such as wound management and common surgical procedures
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Recognize situational limitations or indications for patient referral to a specialist
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Describe introductory level of knowledge in equine lameness including the basic elements of lameness evaluation, nerve blocks, etc.
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Document procedures and treatments in medical records, treatment sheets, and surgical reports
Audience: Undergraduate

8. Create patient discharge instructions using appropriate language for client communication, understanding, and compliance
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Obtain a complete history and understand and complete the steps to a physical exam and orthopedic assessment
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Prioritize a differential diagnosis and refined problem list based on patient history and physical exam
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Design appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic plans for patients
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Effectively communicate patient signalment, history, and diagnostic and therapeutic plan to colleagues
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Describe and identify indications for patient referral
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Describe common orthopedic surgical procedures and post-operative care
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Report procedures and treatments in medical records, treatment sheets, and surgical reports
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop prioritized differential diagnoses based on patient history, comprehensive physical exam, and refined problem list
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Effectively communicate patient signalment and pertinent case information to colleagues
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Select, perform, and interpret pre- and post-operative diagnostic tests
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Describe indications for patient referral to a surgical specialist
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Adapt client communication style for gaining client trust and understanding
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Describe surgical principles of wound management and common surgical procedures
Audience: Undergraduate

7. Report procedures and treatments in medical records, treatment sheets, and surgical reports
Audience: Undergraduate

8. Create patient discharge instructions using appropriate language for client communication understanding, and compliance
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Obtain an oral history and perform a complete physical examination to identify clinical problems and abnormalities
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Apply foundational anesthetic principles and management and patient history to create an anesthetic work-up plan
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Evaluate and administer appropriate drugs (type/dose/volumes) and monitors based on work-up plan
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Monitor anesthetic depth during procedures and adapt treatment plan according to physical parameters
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Describe and apply appropriate drug administration and CPR techniques for emergent patients
Audience: Undergraduate

6. Report procedures and treatments in medical records, treatment sheets, and surgical reports
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Model low-stress handling and humane restraint of live animals
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Demonstrate appropriate radiographic techniques and radiation safety to obtain quality diagnostic images
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Label images appropriately and interpret abnormal imaging findings using Roentgen sign approach
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Prioritize a list of differential diagnoses based on available information and classify diseases associated with radiographic findings
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Develop a diagnostic plan and describe indications for additional tests or referrals
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop competence and professional skills in veterinary medicine
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Explore current topics and trends in veterinary medicine
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Developing breadths of experiences related to veterinary medicine
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Provide the correct husbandry recommendations for small mammals, birds and reptiles maintained as pets
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Identify common disorders in small mammals, birds and reptiles maintained as pets
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Demonstrate a basic understanding anatomy and physiology of small mammals, birds, and reptiles
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe indications and techniques for the safe administration of regional oral anesthesia
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Safely perform single and multi-rooted dental extractions with surgical flaps and tension free closure
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Compare and contrast various oral pathologic conditions and describe various treatment options associated with each
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Recognize clinical signs and symptoms associated with periodontal and/or endodontic disease and list appropriate treatment options
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Describe various oral trauma symptoms, imaging modalities and treatment options
Audience: Undergraduate

6. List and describe conditions unique to feline oral disease and their treatment
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply foundational veterinary knowledge and critical thinking to identify problems in veterinary medicine
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Develop professional veterinary medicine skills of interest by performing select techniques and procedures
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Communicate in written and/or verbal reports to veterinary colleagues and supervisors
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Safely restrain and handle a variety of common exotic pet species
Audience: Graduate

2. Perform complete physical examinations in a variety of common exotic pet species
Audience: Graduate

3. Suggest effective and safe sedation protocols for a variety of common exotic pet species
Audience: Graduate

4. Become proficient in the in the intramuscular and subcutaneous drug administration in various exotic pet species
Audience: Graduate

5. Formulate a problem list, diagnostic plan, prognosis and make therapeutic suggestions for a variety of common disorders seen in exotic pets
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Safely restrain and handle a variety of common native wildlife species
Audience: Graduate

2. Perform complete physical examinations in a variety of common native wildlife species
Audience: Graduate

3. Suggest effective and safe sedation protocols for a variety of native wildlife species
Audience: Graduate

4. Become proficient in the in the intramuscular and subcutaneous drug administration in a variety of native wildlife species
Audience: Graduate

5. Formulate a problem list, diagnostic plan, prognosis and make therapeutic suggestions for a variety of common disorders seen in native wildlife species
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Conduct visual and physical health assessments on a variety of zoological species
Audience: Graduate

2. Create a preventive health plan (including routine vaccine recommendations) for a variety of zoological species
Audience: Graduate

3. Suggest effective and safe sedation or anesthesia protocols, including methods of drug administration, for a variety of zoological species
Audience: Graduate

4. Apply knowledge of domestic animal medicine, clinical pathology, and radiographic anatomy to a variety of zoological species
Audience: Graduate

5. Formulate a problem list, diagnostic plan, differential diagnosis list, prognosis, and therapeutic plan for a variety of common disorders seen in zoological species
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Become familiar with tumor types treated with radiotherapy and their biologic behavior.
Audience: Graduate

2. Understand when and why radiotherapy is used and how it works.
Audience: Graduate

3. Learn about radiation side effects and how to manage them.
Audience: Graduate

4. Become familiar with the animal’s and pet-owner’s experience during radiotherapy including with daily anesthesia.
Audience: Graduate

5. Understand the benefits of conformal radiation delivery techniques.
Audience: Graduate

6. Understand the history of tomotherapy at the University of WI-Madison.
Audience: Graduate

7. Be familiar with alternative treatment options when radiotherapy is not feasible.
Audience: Graduate

8. Interpret radiographs and CT scans used in the diagnosis of tumors and in the planning of radiation.
Audience: Graduate

9. Practice the following clinical skills: performing physical examinations, creating and implementing diagnostic and treatment plans, performing tissue sampling including fine needle aspiration and biopsy, venipuncture, and record keeping.
Audience: Graduate

10. Practice communication skills involved in getting a history from a pet-owner/client, client education, and clinical team collaboration.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Perform a complete ophthalmic examination using appropriate instrumentation to identify common ophthalmic diseases and abnormalities in veterinary patients
Audience: Graduate

2. Execute and interpret the results of basic ophthalmic tests
Audience: Graduate

3. Formulate differential diagnoses for ophthalmic examination and diagnostic findings
Audience: Graduate

4. Integrate history, ophthalmic/physical examination findings, and diagnostic test results to make an accurate clinical diagnosis(es)
Audience: Graduate

5. Devise a treatment plan for the most common ophthalmic diseases in animals
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize & describe indicators of medical instability in critical patients
Audience: Graduate

2. Apply appropriate basic procedural skills on patients in critical care
Audience: Graduate

3. Demonstrate effective collaboration with critical care team to implement treatment plans
Audience: Graduate

4. Demonstrate effective oral and/or written communication with critical care team and clients
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the variations in anatomy and physiology of non-domestic species to provide tailored anesthetic care to a variety of species
Audience: Graduate

2. Solve challenges associated with the presentation of a novel species by integrating the skills and knowledge learned in this course with self-guided research of the differences in anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology of the novel species
Audience: Graduate

3. Construct and implement a complete perianesthetic plan for non-domestic classes and families of animals including birds, rabbits, rodents, fish, frogs, and reptiles
Audience: Graduate

4. Apply and interpret the information obtained by anesthetic monitors and realize their individual strengths and limitations in a variety of species.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Effectively communicate patient signalment and pertinent case information to colleagues to develop a differential diagnosis
Audience: Graduate

2. Select, perform, and interpret pre- and post-operative diagnostic tests
Audience: Graduate

3. Integrate findings from patient history, physical exam, and tests and imaging to formulate comprehensive diagnostic and treatment plans for surgical patients
Audience: Graduate

4. Describe basic surgical principles in food animal surgery such as wound management and common surgical procedures
Audience: Graduate

5. Document procedures and treatments in medical records, treatment sheets, and surgical reports
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand and complete the steps to a complete oral health assessment
Audience: Graduate

2. Use appropriate techniques to acquire dental radiographs and interpret image findings
Audience: Graduate

3. Safely administer appropriate dental nerve blocks for general dental procedures
Audience: Graduate

4. Properly extract maxillary canine, mandibular canine, maxillary fourth premolar tooth and mandibular molar tooth in cadaveric lab exercises
Audience: Graduate

5. Integrate findings from patient history, oral exam, and dental radiograph to formulate a comprehensive oral health treatment plan
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Model low-stress handling and humane restraint of small animal patients
Audience: Graduate

2. Apply basic ultrasound techniques to identify organs, recognize imaging artifacts, and obtain diagnostic quality images
Audience: Graduate

3. Interpret abnormal imaging findings and prioritize a list of differential diagnoses based on available information
Audience: Graduate

4. Design appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic plans for small animal patients ​based on ultrasound results and clinical information
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand real-world applications of foundational veterinary medical knowledge and skills
Audience: Graduate

2. Apply foundational veterinary knowledge and critical thinking to solve real-world problems
Audience: Graduate

3. Perform select techniques and procedures to develop various skills professional in veterinary medicine
Audience: Graduate