The College of Veterinary Medicine’s unique curricular structure provides nearly two years of hands-on clinical training. Years one and two of the four-year program focus on instruction in high-tech, computer-based classrooms and labs. Years three and four provide clinical instruction in such areas as cardiology, community medicine, dentistry, emergency and critical care, equine medicine and surgery, food animal medicine and surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedic and soft-tissue surgery, and reproduction. The curriculum is integrated with veterinary services that include statewide animal disease diagnostic services, and extension and continuing education programs for animal owners and veterinarians.
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Veterinary Technician CE Event
OCTOBER 8 | 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Adams Conference Center Download flyer Track One 8-8:50 a.m – Angelina Johnson, RVT Veterinary Anesthesia: Take the Trouble Out of Troubleshooting 9-9:50 a.m. – Laken Schwarzlose, RVT Don’t be an Airhead – Utilizing Capnography 10-10:50 a.m. – Alyssa Langsdorf, RVT Cardiology – Canine Acquired Diseases 11a.m. – 12:50 p.m – Lunch and Tours 1-1:50pm – Joshua Berhorst, RVT Neurologic Emergencies 2-2:50 p.m. – Anastasia Glahn, RVT , VTS (Oncology) Oncology Emergencies: When Cancer Can’t Wait Track Two 8-8:50 a.m. – Michelle Biermann, RVT Dental Exam and Charting 9-9:50 a.m. – Savannah…
Summer Program Gives Students a Taste of Veterinary School
The Advanced Veterinary Academy returned to the MU College of Veterinary Medicine this week after a two-year hiatus necessitated by COVID-19. Doug Tindall, director of the program, said the academy had 11 participants this year ─ nine from Missouri, one from Illinois and one from Texas. The academy is a three-day summer program for students ages 16-19 interested in studying veterinary medicine. Through a series of lectures, labs and related activities, the students get a look at the life of veterinary students. “We have a two-part objective,” Tindall said. “The first is for the participants to have the actual veterinary…
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