Assessing Essential Skills of Veterinary Technology Students, 4th Edition

Your Guide to Essential Skills for Veterinary Technology Students

This book provides a comprehensive review of the required essential skills for a veterinary technology degree. Each skill includes assessment criteria and decision-making instructions necessary to demonstrate proficiency both academically and professionally. It is an essential study resource for all undergraduate students enrolled in an accredited veterinary technology program and an excellent teaching resource for instructors of veterinary technology courses.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Coverage: It covers all nine areas of essential skills required by a leading veterinary medical association committee.
• Standardized Assessment: Each essential skill includes assessment criteria as well as decision-making instructions.
• Updated Guidelines: Several guidelines from veterinary organizations regarding standard of care in veterinary medicine have been updated since the publication of the previous edition, including guidelines on infection control, pain management, feline and canine life stages, and nutrition and weight management.
• Broad Skillset: The book includes assessment criteria that address the knowledge, decision-making capabilities, and hands-on skills for pharmacologic fundamentals, ethics, husbandry, nutrition, surgical procedures, diagnostic laboratory procedures, and more.
• Species Diversity: It covers husbandry and nursing skills for avian, exotic, small, and large animals.
• Organized for Use: The text is organized based on the categories provided by a leading veterinary medical association committee, making it easy for an instructor and students to locate the assessment criteria for a particular essential skill.