2007 Course Schedule

Last Updated  11/29/07                                                                           (previous year's schedule)

Meeting Time and Location:  

Lecture Sessions:

Thursday	2:10 PM	Bustad 145
Thursday	3:10 PM

Laboratory Sessions:

Friday

2:10 - 5 PM

Location as arranged (see below)

Note: Group Lab Sessions are scheduled for 3 hours.

Lecture and Laboratory Topics:

(Please note that many of the blanks in this schedule will fill in and it is subject to change due to clinicians' scheduling conflicts)

Week 1:
Thu, Aug 23	VM 568 Course Introduction	Dr. John Gay
Thu, Aug 23	Mammals are Mammals	Dr. Steve Parish
Fri, Aug 24	Large Lab session 1 (see below for group location)	(see below for instructors)
Week 2:
Thu, Aug 30	Introduction to Clinics Course - VM 598P	Dr. Lynne Nelson
Thu, Aug 30	Solving Disease Problems in Populations	Dr. Dale Hancock
Fri, Aug 31	Large Lab session 2 (see below for group location)	(see below for instructors)
Week 3:
Thu, Sept 6	Opportunities in Vet Med	Dr. M. Wayne Ayers
Thu, Sept 6	Opportunities and Economics in Animal Agriculture	Dr. Chris Schneider
Fri, Sept 7	Large Lab session 3 (see below for groups location)	(see below for instructors)
Week 4:
Thu, Sept 13	Dairy Veterinary Practice: More than Palpation	Dr. John Wenz
Thu, Sept 13	Summer Opportunities for Training in Animal Agriculture: A Student's Perspective (tentative title)	Dr. Chris Schneider
Fri, Sept 14	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 12	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Sept 14	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 1, 2	Ernie Motteram
Week 5:		AABP
Thu, Sept 20	Swine and the Swine Industry	Dr. Steve Parish
Thu, Sept 20	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Sept 21	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 11	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Sept 21	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 3, 4	Ernie Motteram
Week 6:
Thu, Sept 27	Sheep and the Sheep Industry	Dr. Steve Parish
Thu, Sept 27	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Sept 28	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 10	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Sept 28	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 5, 6	Ernie Motteram
Week 7:		COBTA
Thu, Oct 4	Camelids and the Camelid Industry	Dr. Ahmed Tibary
Thu, Oct 4	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Oct 5	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 9	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 5	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Group 7, 8	Ernie Motteram
Week 8:		blk
Thu, Oct 11	Foreign Animal Disease and Animal Movement	Dr. Rolf Westly, USDA APHIS
Thu, Oct 11	Animal Health Emergency Preparedness and Response	Dr's. Dale Moore, John Grendon
Fri, Oct 12	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 8	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 12	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 9, 10	Ernie Motteram
Week 9:		blk
Thu, Oct 18	Beef Cattle and the Beef Industry	Dr. John Gay
Thu, Oct 18	(continued)
Fri, Oct 19	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 7	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 19	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 11, 12	Ernie Motteram
Week 10:
Thu, Oct 25	Horses and the Equine Industry	Dr. Debra Sellon
Thu, Oct 25	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Oct 26	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 6	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 26	Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 1, 2	Ernie Motteram
Week 11:
Thu, Nov 1	Orientation to the Dairy Industry	Dr. John Wenz
Thu, Nov 1	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Nov 2	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 5	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Nov 2	Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 3, 4	Ernie Motteram
Week 12:
Thu, Nov 8	(no lecture)
Thu, Nov 8	(no lecture)
Fri, Nov 9	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 4	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Nov 9	Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 5, 6	Ernie Motteram
Week 13:
Thu, Nov 15	Regulatory Veterinary Medicine and You	Dr. Leonard Eldridge, WA State Veterinarian
Thu, Nov 15	(continued)	Dr. Ben Smith, Field Veterinarian
Fri, Nov 16	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 3	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Nov 16	Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 7, 8	Ernie Motteram
	Thanksgiving Break
Week 14:
Thu, Nov 29	(optional lecture - veterinary literature)
Thu, Nov 29	(optional lecture - veterinary literature)
Fri, Nov 30	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 2	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Nov 30	Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 9, 10	Ernie Motteram
Week 15:
Thu, Dec 6	So you want to be a wildlife vet?	Dr. Kristin Mansfield
Thu, Dec 6	Course Wrap Up and Evaluation	Dr. John Gay
Fri, Dec 7	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 1	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Dec 7	Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 11, 12	Ernie Motteram
	Finals Week

Lab Group Assignments:

Note: Assignment to the group laboratory sections is based on alphabetical order of surname and is balanced for approximately equal sizes for the sessions. Please attend your assigned section. To keep the sessions balanced, swapping sessions with a classmate is preferable. Any switching to a different lab session is at the discretion of the instructor for that lab. Please see them beforehand to make arrangements.

Class of 2011 Groups:

Group  1:  Adams - Bomgaars
Group  2:  Bone - Choate
Group  3:  Cobler - Derickson
Group  4:  Dorman - Gibbons
Group  5:  Godfrey - Jay
Group  6:  Joynt - Leonard
Group  7:  Lind - Myers
Group  8:  Nahon - Penrod
Group  9:  Peters - Rinehart
Group 10:  Robinson - Scordino
Group 11:  Serratore - Vance
Group 12:  Vander Ploeg - Young

Large Lab Sessions (3 labs - weeks 1, 2, 3):

Date	Groups 1, 2, 3, 4	Groups 5, 6, 7, 8	Groups 9, 10, 11, 12
Fri, Aug 24	VTH Clinic Orientation	Restraint Basics	Small Animal  Restraint Lab
Fri, Aug 31	Small Animal Restraint Lab	VTH Clinic Orientation	Restraint Basics
Fri, Sept 7	Restraint Basics	Small Animal  Restraint Lab	VTH Clinic Orientation

 

Large Lab Location and Start Time:

 

Note: These lab sessions are scheduled to run for three hours, 2:10 PM to 5 PM.

 

Laboratory Topic	Location	Start Time	Lead Instructors
VTH Clinic Orientation	1408 -10 VTH	2:10 PM	Dr. Harmon Rogers, Clinic Director
Restraint Basics	Bustad 145	2:10 PM	Ernie Motteram
Small Animal Restraint Lab	Old Equine Surgery - McCoy Hall 176	2:10 PM	Dr. Cheryl Dhein

Small Lab "Hands-on" Sessions:

During the fall semester, you must complete three required small group "hands-on" labs -  Bovine, Equine and Small Animal. You may also complete elective labs, such as Exotics and Swine, if you wish. Required hands-on labs (Bovine, Equine, Small Animal) have assigned groups.

For Equine, you have the option of completing the lab with Teri Olson, Equine Veterinary Technician, in the Equine Section of the clinic but you must do so before your scheduled equine lab occurs. Otherwise, attend your scheduled Equine Lab. By Friday most NVTH clinic sections know their schedule for the next week, baring emergencies, and thus when they can take extra students. Please take your test schedule (pdf) and so on into account prior to signing up.

 

Hands-on Sessions	Time	Location	Lead Instructional Technician	Signup Location	Number of Students
Bovine	(Assigned -see above)	WSU Feeding Laboratory	Ernie Motteram	(assigned groups)	17
Equine	(Assigned - see above)	New Facility Equine	Ernie Motteram	(assigned groups)	17
Equine - clinic option	Variable through week	VTH Equine Section	Teri Olson	1215 VTH (sign up sheet on door)	1 to 5
Small Animal Clinic	(Assigned - see above)	VTH Lobby	Ronald "Skeeter" Munson	(assigned groups)	8 - 9
Exotic (elective)	Variable through week	VTH Exotics		1622 VTH	1 to 2

Specific Handling and Restraint Skills and Techniques - you are expected to learn and demonstrate these

You will need a stethoscope, thermometer, penlight, watch with a second hand and Normal Values for the TPR component of these exercises.

• VCS TPR Normals Spreadsheet (draft 1.1)
• On-line Normal TPR Value Tables (on-line Merck Veterinary Manual - not complete)
• Stethoscope Selection (draft Word document by Dr. Lynne Nelson, VCS Cardiologist and Grizzly Bear expert)

Note: Each Lead Instructional Technician is responsible for approval and sign off of any small group exercise substitution (e.g., club activity, previous experience, non-CVM training course) for their section. Please contact them prior to the event and for subsequent sign off. The course director defers any such requests to the Lead Instructional Technician for a decision.

Disease Information: Resources for first year students

• Cornell Consultant (listing of selected current clinical references indexed by specific disease problem)
• Merck Veterinary Manual (on-line version, Amazon)

Laboratory and Small Group Attire:

For Small Animal Restraint Lab and small group activities involving dogs, cats or exotics wear clean clinic smocks. For equine, camelid and small ruminant activities, wear clean coveralls and washable boots.

Animal Science Livestock Center biosecurity policies require that you wear clean protective coveralls and clean washable over boots or rubber boots for entry to the bovine laboratory sessions.

For the Restraint Basics lab sessions in Bustad 145, normal classroom attire is appropriate. For the VTH Clinic Orientation, wear attire that demonstrates your professionalism as you will be touring client areas.

Directions to non-CVM Locations:

The Bovine sessions will be in the Cattle Feeding Lab on Grimes Way. It is a low white building with corrals and pens located on the north side of Grimes Way just past the WSU Feed Mill, which is about mid-way between the green houses and the Grizzly Bear Facility (which is at the T-intersection of Grimes Way with Airport Road).

Locations for Additional Experience:

University of Idaho Sheep Center
Contact Dave Casebolt  (208) 885-3516
His only request is that if you say you are going to come help please show up!

WSU Knott's Dairy Center
Country Club Road (first right past 195 Pullman Bypass on Grand Avenue south of Pullman)

Take first right on US 195 south of Pullman after intersection with US 195 Pullman bypass from Spokane, which is just past Pullman Ford. Continue over the hill on the gravel road and continue past the Swine Center. Knott's Dairy is on left hand side at the bottom of the hill. At the dairy, turn left up the driveway south of the paved driveway. Go up the hill, turn left at first opportunity and park. The Veterinary Area is in west end of the building to the left at the top of driveway.

WSU Swine Center
Country Club Road