The newly revised and updated Fourth Edition of Assessing Essential Skills of Veterinary Technology Students provides a comprehensive review of the required American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (AVMA CVTEA®) essential skills for completion of a veterinary technology degree. Each essential skill includes assessment criteria as well as decision-making instructions necessary to demonstrate proficiency both academically and professionally.
The text is organized based on the categories provided by the AVMA CVTEA, making it easy for an instructor and students to locate the assessment criteria for a particular essential skill relative to their course.
Several guidelines from veterinary organizations regarding standard of care in veterinary medicine have been updated since the publication of the previous edition, including 2018 AAHA Infection Control, Prevention and Biosecurity Guidelines, 2022 AAHA Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats, 2021 AAHA/AAFP Feline Life Stages Guidelines, 2019 AAHA Canine Life Stages Guidelines, 2021 AAHA Nutrition and Weight Management Guidelines, 2023 AAHA Technician Utilization Guidelines, and others.
Written by highly qualified authors, Assessing Essential Skills of Veterinary Technology Students includes assessment criteria that addresses the knowledge, decision-making capabilities, and hands-on skills for the following: - Pharmacologic fundamentals of drug administration, pharmacy essentials of drug dispensing, compliance with state and federal regulation, and monitoring of therapeutic responses. - Ethics, jurisprudence, and communication in veterinary management. - Husbandry, nutrition, and therapeutics of common domestic species, handling and restraint, patient assessment, and dental procedures in small animals. - Fundamentals of and experiences with common surgical procedures, patient management and use of anesthetic equipment, proper surgical assistance, pain management, management of surgical equipment and facilities, and perioperative management. - Diagnostic laboratory procedures and management of laboratory specimens and equipment, parasitology of common domestic species and diagnostic procedures for parasite, microbiologic procedure and evaluations and necropsy procedures. - Avian, exotic, small, and large animal husbandry and nursing skills.
The Fourth Edition of Assessing Essential Skills of Veterinary Technology Students is an essential study resource for all undergraduate students enrolled in an AVMA CVTEA accredited veterinary technology program and an excellent teaching resource for instructors of veterinary technology courses.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Veterinary Management
1.1 Procedures and Policies
Veterinary Management Skills 1 - 13
1.2 Communication Skill
Veterinary Management Skills 14 - 19
1.3 Ethics and Jurisprudence
Veterinary Management Skills 20 - 23
Chapter 2 Pharmacy and Pharmacology (renamed chapter)
2.1 Pharmacologic Fundamentals of Drug Administration
Pharmacy and Pharmacology Skills 1 - 9
2.2 Pharmacy Essentials of Drug Dispensing
Pharmacy and Pharmacology Skills 10 - 14
Chapter 3 Medical Nursing
3.1 Assessment of the Veterinary Patient
Medical Nursing Skills 1 - 27
3.2 Nursing Care of the Veterinary Patient
3.2.1 Husbandry of Common Domestic Species
Medical Nursing Skills 28 -36
3.2.2 Nutrition of Common Domestic Species
Medical Nursing Skills 37 - 43
3.2.3 Therapeutics for Common Domestic Species
Medical Nursing Skills 44 - 68
3.2.4 Dental Procedures in Small Animals
Medical Nursing Skills 69 - 70
Chapter 4 Anesthesia and Analgesia (renamed chapter)
4.1 Perioperative Management of the Veterinary Patient
Anesthesia and Analgesia Skills 1 - 10
4.2 Management and Use of Anesthetic Equipment
Anesthesia and Analgesia Skills 11 - 22
Chapter 5 Surgical Nursing
5.1 Fundamentals of Common Surgical Procedures
Surgical Nursing Skills 1 - 10
5.2 Experience with Common Surgical Procedures
Surgical Nursing Skills 11 - 13
5.3 Management of the Veterinary Surgical Patient
Surgical Nursing Skills 14 - 35
5.4 Management of Surgical Equipment and Facilities
Surgical Nursing Skills 36 - 45
Chapter 6 Clinical Laboratory Procedures (renamed chapter)
6.1 Management of Laboratory Specimens and Equipment
Clinical Laboratory Procedures Skills 1 - 4
6.2 Diagnostic Laboratory Procedures
Clinical Laboratory Procedures Skills 5 - 51
Chapter 7 Imaging (renamed chapter)
Imaging Skills 1 - 13
Chapter 8 Laboratory Animal Care and Procedures (renamed chapter)
Laboratory Animal Care and Procedures Skills 1 -12
Chapter 9 Avian and Exotic Animal Nursing (renamed chapter)
Avian and Exotic Animal Nursing Skills 1 - 10
