VETERINARY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS II
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.
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: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain ethical concepts surrounding animal welfare and the ethical basis for veterinarian-owner-patient confidentiality. Audience: Graduate 2. Reflect on personal, legal, and ethical perspectives and standards on death and euthanasia. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe legal minimum care standards for owners and ranges of veterinary care perspectives. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe and demonstrate communication strategies for discussing topics of a healthy pet visit. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate basic skills and strategies for career planning and compare career options within veterinary medicine. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain ethical concepts surrounding animal welfare and the ethical basis for veterinarian-owner-patient confidentiality. Audience: Graduate 2. Reflect on personal, legal, and ethical perspectives and standards on death and euthanasia. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe legal minimum care standards for owners and ranges of veterinary care perspectives. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe and demonstrate communication strategies for discussing topics of a healthy pet visit. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate basic skills and strategies for career planning and compare career options within veterinary medicine. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027