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Veterinary Medicine (VMED)
VMED 7401 Introduction to Beef Production Medicine Prerequisites: Second-year or third-year standing in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Description: This course will provide students with an understanding of the beef production industry in the United States. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of beef production to the US and global food production, the structure and function of the US beef industry, and the role of a veterinarian in beef production medicine. The course will be a combination of lecture and discussion format. If possible, the course will also include field trips to visit examples of the various segments of the beef industry. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Professional Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Veterinary Med VMED 7410 Best Practices Business Model for Veterinarians Prerequisites: Second or third year standing in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Description: Online introduction to personal financial literacy and business management. This is a modular-format, online accessible course constructed by the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University. Students will complete the course at their own pace. Course may be taken for 1 or 2 credits. To receive 2 credits, a short research paper dealing with current topics in management of a veterinary practice will be required. Credit hours: 1-2 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Professional Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Dean of Veterinary Med VMED 7412 Anesthesiology Prerequisites: Second-year standing in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Description: Application of the principles of veterinary anesthesiology to incorporate fundamental aspects of physiology and pharmacology in the anesthetic management of important domestic species. Course previously offered as VMED 5412. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Levels: Professional Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Veterinary Med VMED 7413 Food Safety and Public Health Prerequisites: Second-year standing in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Description: Approaches and skills for identifying, investigating and mitigating occurrences of disease outbreaks; introduction to zoonotic diseases; role veterinarians play in protecting public health; potential human health hazards in foods of animal origin. Course previously offered as VMED 5313. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Professional Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Veterinary Med
VMED 7421 The Healer's Art Prerequisites: Second- or third-year standing in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Description: Small group discussion based course focused on finding meaning in veterinary medicine, avoiding compassion fatigue and finding work-life balance. Students and veterinarians are brought together in a discovery model that encourages honest and mutually respectful sharing of experience, beliefs and personal truths. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Professional Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Veterinary Med VMED 7431 Small Animal Nutrition Prerequisites: Second- or third-year standing in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Description: Basic nutrition and feeding recommendations for healthy dogs and cats. The incorporation of nutritional counseling into preventative medicine programs is a focus. Lectures, case discussions, and laboratories will be delivered on site, online and by teleconference. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Professional Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Veterinary Med VMED 7432 Pharmacology II Prerequisites: Second-year standing in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Description: Continuation of VMED 7333 that includes the mechanisms of action, disposition, adverse effects, and indications for groups of pharmacological agents used in veterinary medicine. Course previously offered as VMED 5432. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Levels: Professional Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Veterinary Med VMED 7441 Veterinary Emergency Response and Disaster Management Prerequisites: Second- or third-year standing in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Description: Introduction to the principles and structure of emergency management including the Incident Command System, the hierarches of EM, and responsibilities of local, state and federal emergency responders from city emergency managers to FEMA. Basics of animal disaster management to include hazard recognition, the disaster life cycle, development of Emergency Operations Plans and management of various species of animals in disasters. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Professional Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Dean of Veterinary Med
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