Upon completion of the program, students will be able to...
- Demonstrate effective written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrate a high level of inquiry, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrate effective quantitative skills.
- Demonstrate computer and information literacy.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the liberal arts, natural sciences, and social sciences.
- Participate in facility management utilizing traditional and electronic media and appropriate medical terminology and abbreviations.
- Communicate in a professional manner in all formats — written, oral, non-verbal, and electronic.
- Follow and uphold applicable laws and the veterinary technology profession’s ethical codes to provide high quality care to patients.
- Safely and effectively administer prescribed drugs to patients.
- Accurately dispense and explain prescribed drugs to clients.
- Demonstrate and perform patient assessment techniques in a variety of animal species.
- Understand and demonstrate husbandry, nutrition, therapeutic, and dentistry techniques appropriate to various animal species.
- Safely and effectively manage and maintain patients in all phases of anesthesia.
- Safely and effectively select, utilize, and maintain anesthetic delivery and monitoring instruments and equipment.
- Understand and integrate all aspects of patient management for common surgical procedures in a variety of animal species.
- Understand and provide the appropriate instruments, supplies, and environment to maintain asepsis during surgical procedures.
- Properly package, handle and store specimens for laboratory analysis.
- Properly carry out analysis of laboratory specimens.
- Safely and effectively produce diagnostic radiographic and non-radiographic images.
- Safely and effectively handle common laboratory animals used in animal research.
- Understand the approach to providing safe and effective care for birds, reptiles, amphibians, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, and ferrets.