2008 Course Schedule

Last Updated  08/26/08                                                                           (previous year's schedule)

Meeting Time and Location:  (Course and Exam Schedules)

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:		calendars
Thu, Aug 28	VM 568 Course Introduction	Dr. John Gay
Thu, Aug 28	Introduction to Clinics Course - VM 598P	Dr. Lynne Nelson
Fri, Aug 29	Large Lab session 1 (see below for group location)	(see below for instructors)
Week 2:
Thu, Sept 4	Solving Disease Problems in Populations	Dr. Dale Hancock
Thu, Sept 4	Mammals are Mammals	Dr. Steve Parish
Fri, Sept 5	Large Lab session 2 (see below for group location)	(see below for instructors)
Week 3:
Thu, Sept 11	Camelids and the Camelid Industry	Dr. Ahmed Tibary
Thu, Sept 11	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Sept 12	Large Lab session 3 (see below for groups location)	(see below for instructors)
Week 4:
Thu, Sept 18	Beef Cattle and the Beef Industry	Dr. John Gay
Thu, Sept 18	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Sept 19	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 12	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Sept 19	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 1, 2	Ernie Motteram
Week 5:		AABP
Thu, Sept 25	Swine and the Swine Industry	Dr. Steve Parish
Thu, Sept 25	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Sept 26	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 11	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Sept 26	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 3, 4	Ernie Motteram
Week 6:
Thu, Oct 2	Horses and the Equine Industry	Dr. Debra Sellon
Thu, Oct 2	(continued)
Fri, Oct 3	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 10	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 3	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 5, 6	Ernie Motteram
Week 7:		COBTA
Thu, Oct 9	Orientation to the Dairy Industry	Dr. John Wenz
Thu, Oct 9	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Oct 10	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 9	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 10	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Group 7, 8	Ernie Motteram
Week 8:		blk
Thu, Oct 16	Sheep and the Sheep Industry	Dr. Steve Parish
Thu, Oct 16	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Oct 17	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 8	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 17	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 9, 10	Ernie Motteram
Week 9:		blk
Thu, Oct 23	So you want to be a wildlife vet?	Dr. Kristin Mansfield
Thu, Oct 23	(continued)	- - - -
Fri, Oct 24	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 7	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 24	Bovine Hands-on Lab - Groups 11, 12	Ernie Motteram
Week 10:
Thu, Oct 30	Animal Health Emergency Preparedness and Response	Dr. Dale Moore
Thu, Oct 30	(continued)	Dr. Cynthia Faux, State Field Vet.
Fri, Oct 31	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 6	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Oct 31	Camelid & Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 1, 2	Ernie Motteram, Shirley Sandoval
Week 11:
Thu, Nov 6	(optional lecture)
Thu, Nov 6
Fri, Nov 7	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 5	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Nov 7	Camelid & Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 3, 4	Ernie Motteram, Shirley Sandoval
Week 12:
Thu, Nov 13	(optional lecture)
Thu, Nov 13
Fri, Nov 14	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 4	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Nov 14	Camelid & Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 5, 6	Ernie Motteram, Shirley Sandoval
Week 13:
Thu, Nov 20	Dairy Veterinary Practice: More than Palpation	Dr. John Wenz
Thu, Nov 20	Summer Opportunities for Training in Animal Agriculture: A Student's Perspective	Dr. Chris Schneider
Fri, Nov 21	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 3	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Nov 21	Camelid & Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 7, 8	Ernie Motteram, Shirley Sandoval
	Thanksgiving Break
Week 14:
Thu, Dec 4	(optional lecture )
Thu, Dec 4
Fri, Dec 5	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 2	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Dec 5	Camelid & Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 9, 10	Ernie Motteram, Shirley Sandoval
Week 15:
Thu, Dec 11	Course Wrap Up and Evaluation	Dr. John Gay
Thu, Dec 11
Fri, Dec 12	Small Animal Hands-on Lab - Group 1	"Skeeter" Munson
Fri, Dec 12	Camelid & Equine Hands-on Lab - Groups 11, 12	Ernie Motteram, Shirley Sandoval
	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 2012 Groups:

Group  1:  Adair - Beaudoin
Group  2:  Benally - Clayton
Group  3:  Cook - Fijalka
Group  4:  Fillerup - Johnson C
Group  5:  Johnson M - Louder
Group  6:  Lyons - Mills
Group  7:  Mizumoto - Nordhagen
Group  8:  Nuxoll - Pateneaude
Group  9:  Paulson - Renner
Group 10:  Retallack - Siek
Group 11:  Sneeden - Werkhoven
Group 12:  White - Zylstra

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 29	VTH Clinic Orientation	Restraint Basics	Small Animal  Restraint Lab
Fri, Sept  5	Small Animal Restraint Lab	VTH Clinic Orientation	Restraint Basics
Fri, Sept 12	Restraint Basics	Small Animal  Restraint Lab	VTH Clinic Orientation

 

Large Lab Location and Start Time:

 

Note: These lab sessions are scheduled to run on Fridays 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	Mr. Ernie Motteram
Small Animal Restraint Lab	Bustad 210	2:10 PM	Dr. Rod Bagley

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.

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

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 and so on into account prior to signing up.

 

Hands-on Sessions	Time	Location	Lead Instructor	Signup Location	Number of Students
Bovine	(Assigned -see above)	WSU Feeding Laboratory	Ernie Motteram	(assigned groups)	17
Camelid & Equine	(Assigned - see above)	New Facility Equine	Ernie Motteram, Shirley Sandoval	(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
Sheep & Goat (elective)	TBA	TBA	Dr. Steve Parish	TBA
Exotic (elective)	Variable through week	VTH Exotics	Dr. Nickol Finch	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)
• Stethoscope Selection (VCS Cardiologists Meurs and Nelson)

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 in client areas.

Directions to non-CVM Locations: (Pullman Campus Map)

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