VETCS 7100

Advanced Veterinary Anesthesiology I

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

This course is taught with the participation of all members of the Section of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. It is designed to prepare house staff for the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia certifying examination. The course is comprised of a mixture of seminars, discussion sessions in which reading assignments are reviewed, and wet laboratories designed to allow residents to practice clinical skills. It is suitable for interns and for residents training in other specialties, such as surgery, internal medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, and laboratory animal medicine. Some seminars are useful for graduate students with interests in applied physiology and pharmacology. Speakers may be either internal or invited from other institutions. Topics include the basic sciences as they apply to anesthesiology, such as physics and engineering, anatomy and physiology, applied pharmacology, and pathophysiology. Clinically-oriented lectures  concerning specific anesthetic techniques and species-specific differences are also given. 

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: third- and fourth-year veterinary students, graduate students, interns, and residents.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: VTMED 5606 or permission of instructor.

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