Spring 2027

Veterinary Professional Skills I

Veterinary Professional Skills I develops critical non-medical skills for clinical veterinary environments, focusing on career, communication, ethics, financial, leadership, legal, and wellness modules to support future veterinarians.

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Summary

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Lectures are large, with a median of 100 enrolled students in the recorded sections.

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What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize skills and strategies for time-management, team collaboration, communication, and personal wellness that can contribute success as a student and in a veterinary career.

  • Describe and compare skills and strategies for leadership and collaboration in teams.

  • Identify personal values and goals to create a personal-professional mission statement.

  • Identify personal wellness needs and available wellness resources.

  • Explain what feedback is, why it is important and describe the feedback cycle.

  • Define the difference between legal requirements and ethical responsibility, and why ethics are important to veterinary medicine.

  • Define components of legal medical records and the importance of using proper medical terminology in documentation.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine DVM with first year standing

  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine DVM with first year standing
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  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine DVM with first year standing

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Student experience

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Develop critical, non-medical skills needed to excel in today's demanding clinical veterinary environment. Emphasizing a strong foundation in areas that complement veterinary medical expertise, fostering a more rewarding career, improving patient care, and creating a positive work environment for the veterinary healthcare team. Through a structured approach comprising various modules, including career, communication, ethics, financial, individual and team awareness, leadership, legal, mentorship, practice management, and wellbeing/wellness, delve into essential professional skills for future veterinarians. Emphasizing the following fundamental skills: communication in teams, giving and receiving constructive feedback, and self-reflection to better understand personal goals, needs, and motivations. Core aspects for a veterinary career are introduced: medical records and documentation, legal and ethical considerations, cultural responsiveness, and client communication.

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Topics

  • Career, communication, ethics, financial, individual and team awareness, leadership, legal, mentorship, practice management, and wellbeing/wellness.
  • Medical records, documentation, legal and ethical considerations, cultural responsiveness, and client communication.

Skills

  • Communication in teams, giving and receiving constructive feedback, and self-reflection.
  • Medical records, documentation, legal and ethical considerations, cultural responsiveness, and client communication.
  • Time-management, team collaboration, and personal wellness strategies.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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