ANSC 255

SYLLABUS

Description

ANSC 255 Prep Vet Surgical and Dental Asst.  This course will provide an overview of the knowledge and practices required by veterinary technicians to assist with surgery and dental procedures.  Presentations include descriptions and demonstrations of various veterinary materials, equipment, and procedures uses by veterinary technicians in the field of veterinary medicine.  The course will also include several labs in order to provide demonstrations and hands on practice of various equipment and procedures.

 Spring 2007 – Tuesday 69 pm

 Tests – There will be 1 midterm and 1 final.  The final will NOT include material already covered by the midterm.  ALL questions will come from the class notes supplied by Dr. Barrett or assigned reading material.  Any students found guilty of cheating or academic dishonesty will receive an “F” grade for the course.

 Grading

•                    Midterm      40% of course grade

•                    Final            40% of course grade

•                    Attendance  20% of course grade

  • A 10090%

  • B  8980 %

  • C – 7970%

  • D – 6960%

  • F – Below 60%

 Goals

•             understanding of presurgical/preanesthetic care

•             recognition of surgical instruments

•             knowledge of different suture types

•             basic ability to suture small wounds

•             understanding of anesthetic monitoring

•             understanding of surgical site preparation

•             understanding of anesthetic machine operation

•             ability to perform basic physical exam on patient

•             understanding of dental procedures and diseases

Course Schedule

   Jan 9^th     Presurgical Care / Physical Examination

Jan 16^th – Surgical Instrumentation

Jan 23^rd    Sanitation, Disinfection and Sterilization
              January 23rd Notes

Jan 29^th – Anesthetic Machines / Monitoring Anesthesia
               Presentation (ppt 4mb)

Feb 6^th     Sedation and Anesthesia
               Presentation

Feb 13^th –  Surgical Preparation

Feb 20^th – NO CLASS TODAY

Feb 27^th –  Large Animal Topics

Mar 6^th –   Exotic Animal Topics

Mar 13^th – MIDTERM EXAM

Mar 20^th – Sutures / Suturing Lab

Mar 27^th – Introduction / Oral Examination and Disease Recognition          

Apr 3^rd –   Dental Instruments and Equipment / Pathogenesis of Periodontal Disease

Apr 10^th   The Complete Prophy / Periodontal Therapy

Apr 17^th   Dental Radiology / Feline Dentistry

Apr 24^th –  FINAL EXAM

 

* Weekly topics may change if we go through them slower/faster than expected. 
This schedule is just a rough estimate.