Spring 2027

Veterinary Professional Skills II

Veterinary Professional Skills II develops non-medical professional skills for future veterinarians through modules on ethics, law, communication, career planning, leadership, and practice management.

offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Calico SchmidtElizabeth Alvarez

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain ethical concepts surrounding animal welfare and the ethical basis for veterinarian-owner-patient confidentiality.

  • Reflect on personal, legal, and ethical perspectives and standards on death and euthanasia.

  • Describe legal minimum care standards for owners and ranges of veterinary care perspectives.

  • Describe and demonstrate communication strategies for discussing topics of a healthy pet visit.

  • Demonstrate basic skills and strategies for career planning and compare career options within veterinary medicine.

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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
MEDSC-V 739

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

Professors

Spring 2027
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CALICO SCHMIDT is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

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. Develop a deeper grounding into key ethical and legal aspects of a veterinary career, including veterinarian-owner-client confidentiality, animal welfare, owner responsibility and euthanasia. Practice verbal and written communication skills in relation to commonly encountered scenarios. Veterinary career paths will be explored and defined; career planning networks developed.

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Topics

  • Career, communication, ethics, finance, leadership, law, mentorship, practice management, and wellness
  • Veterinary ethics and law: confidentiality, animal welfare, owner responsibility, and euthanasia
  • Veterinary career paths and planning networks

Skills

  • Critical non-medical professional skills for clinical veterinary environments
  • Ethical and legal aspects of veterinary careers including confidentiality, welfare, and euthanasia
  • Verbal and written communication for common veterinary scenarios
  • Career path exploration and planning network development

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MEDSC-V 739 · Spring 2027

Veterinary Professional Skills II

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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