Faculty members in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University teach in courses, laboratories and clinical rotations throughout the four-year professional curriculum. The first year of the curriculum emphasizes normal structure and function; the second year emphasizes pathophysiology of diseases in various body systems; the third year emphasizes diagnosis and treatment of disease; and the fourth year provides case management experience in a variety of clinical and hospital settings.
First-Year Courses
- Clinical Skills I
- Feeds and Feeding
- Problem-Based Learning (PBL) I
- Human-Animal Relationships
Second-Year Courses
- Accelerated Clinical Excellence (ACE)
- Basic Pharmacology
- Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Clinical Rotations
- Clinical Skills II
- Clinical Veterinary Genetics
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Introduction to Zoological Medicine
- PBL II
- Principles of Surgery
- Toxicology
- Veterinary Neurobiology
Third-Year Courses
- Anesthesia and Analgesia
- Clinical Applications of Diagnostic Ultrasonography
- Clinical Animal Behavior
- Clinical Dermatology
- Clinical Reasoning
- Economic and Financial Literacy
- Equine & Camelid Medicine & Surgery
- Introduction to Small Animal Anesthesia & Surgery Techniques
- Large Animal Clinical Anatomy
- Large Animal Medicine and Surgery I
- Large Animal Medicine and Surgery II
- Ophthalmology
- Small Animal Clinical Procedures Lab
- Small Animal Dentistry
- Small Animal Medicine and Surgery I
- Small Animal Medicine and Surgery II
- Small Animal Spay/Neuter Clinic
- Standardized Client Interviews
- Veterinary Economics
Fourth-Year Rotations
- Anesthesiology
- Community Medicine (Tufts at Tech)
- Dermatology
- Elective in Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
- Elective in Radiation Oncology
- Elective in Zoological Companion Animal Medicine
- Emergency and Critical Care
- Large Animal Medicine
- Large Animal Surgery
- Radiology
- Cardiology
- Small Animal Medicine
- Neurology
- Ophthalmology
- Small Animal Oncology
- Small Animal Surgery
