Spring 2027

Veterinary Professional Skills V

Veterinary Professional Skills V develops critical professional skills for clinical practice by exploring ethical, financial, and leadership challenges to prepare students for real-world veterinary responsibilities.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Elizabeth AlvarezMackenzie Pellin

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Create and evaluate clinical case estimates and explore financial implications of veterinary services and payment.

  • Apply ethical frameworks to decision-making in clinical scenarios, including end-of-life care and animal abuse reporting.

  • Demonstrate accurate use of medical terminology in legal medical records and understand legal and professional requirements.

  • Develop and apply leadership skills in delegating tasks and managing conflicts in clinical settings.

  • Advocate for the health and safety of patients, clients, and clinic personnel, including adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs).

  • Adapt management strategies to meet changing circumstances in clinical practice.

  • Write and implement clinical SOPs to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with legal standards.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
MEDSC-V 750

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  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

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Student experience

the class

Continue developing critical professional skills needed to thrive in clinical practice through a more nuanced exploration of ethical, financial, and leadership challenges to enhance preparedness for real-world veterinary responsibilities. Emphasizing clinical communication, legal compliance, ethical decision-making, and practice management, engage in advanced applications of professional skills, including developing clinical estimates, managing financial interactions with clients, and delegating tasks in clinical settings. Highlights include the ethical dimensions of leadership, the veterinarian's role in reporting animal abuse, and navigating conflicts in a clinical environment. Crafting and applying standard operating procedures (SOPs) within veterinary practices, ensuring adherence to legal and professional standards.

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Topics

  • Ethical dimensions of leadership, reporting animal abuse, navigating conflicts in clinical environments
  • Standard operating procedures (SOPs), legal and professional standards
  • Ethical frameworks, end-of-life care, animal abuse reporting

Skills

  • Clinical communication, legal compliance, ethical decision-making, practice management, developing clinical estimates, managing financial interactions with clients, delegating tasks
  • Writing and implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs)

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MEDSC-V 750 · Spring 2027

Veterinary Professional Skills V

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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