Curriculum changes
Published
September 10, 2010
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Starting this semester, OVC is changing the way student veterinarians are taught basic anesthesia and surgical skills.
Instead of performing procedures on anesthetized animals, which are then euthanized while they are still anesthetized, more surgical skills models and cadavers will be used. Additional experience will be gained with anesthetic recoveries and with ovariohysterectomies (spays) and castrations (neuters) for shelter animals that are then returned to shelters for adoption. Students will also participate in supervised anesthetic and surgical procedures in the new Primary Healthcare Centre, as well as in their surgery, anesthesia and other rotations during their 4th year of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program as they have in the past.
This curricular change will not affect our American Veterinary Medical Association/Canadian Veterinary Medical Association accreditation status, which is based on outcome assessment not on specific teaching methodologies. The curriculum at OVC is always evolving -- what is constant is our focus on providing effective learning experiences to meet clear learning objectives for our student veterinarians.
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