Unit of Study VTEC1002 Assessing Animal Health and Preventative Care (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

- Anatomy and Physiology of Veterinary Species AND - Animal Husbandry, Management, and Behaviour 1
Co-requisites

- Applied Veterinary Reproduction, Genetics, and Breeding

Unit description

This unit provides students with the essential clinical skills for veterinary technicians in practice. Students will be able to perform clinical assessment of common veterinary species, perform the required calculations to determine correct medication doses, and record their findings. Students will also develop a basic understanding of preventative veterinary care.

Unit content

Module 1. Foundations of clinical assessment

Module 2. Recording and interpretation of clinical data

Module 3. Breathing, circulation and fluids

Module 4. Medication Numeracy

Module 5. Preventative veterinary medicine: Parasitology

Module 6. Preventative veterinary medicine: Vaccination

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2024

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

effectively observe, assess, and monitor animal patients to competently identify normal parameters and recognise variations from normal

integrate knowledge and skills to competently record clinical data in a medical records system

use knowledge to competently perform calculations related to veterinary medication administration

Evaluate and communicate preventative health care in a variety of species commonly encountered in veterinary practice while engaging in reflective practice

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