VETERINARY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS I
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.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine DVM with first year standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. 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. Audience: Graduate 2. Describe and compare skills and strategies for leadership and collaboration in teams. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify personal values and goals to create a personal-professional mission statement. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify personal wellness needs and available wellness resources. Audience: Graduate 5. Explain what feedback is, why it is important and describe the feedback cycle. Audience: Graduate 6. Define the difference between legal requirements and ethical responsibility, and why ethics are important to veterinary medicine. Audience: Graduate 7. Define components of legal medical records and the importance of using proper medical terminology in documentation. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. 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. Audience: Graduate 2. Describe and compare skills and strategies for leadership and collaboration in teams. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify personal values and goals to create a personal-professional mission statement. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify personal wellness needs and available wellness resources. Audience: Graduate 5. Explain what feedback is, why it is important and describe the feedback cycle. Audience: Graduate 6. Define the difference between legal requirements and ethical responsibility, and why ethics are important to veterinary medicine. Audience: Graduate 7. Define components of legal medical records and the importance of using proper medical terminology in documentation. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027