Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Reinforcing Veterinary Concepts and Skills

Faculty and staff lead students through Enrichment Week sessions in preparation for clinical rotations
Two veterinary students standing with a brown medium sized beagle that is standing on an exam table.
To learn about being a small animal veterinarian, students role play while discussing vaccines in the McGrath Anatomy Laboratory. Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Before heading into their clinical rotations every March, third-year students can participate in Enrichment Week to gain expertise and practice techniques not part of the core curriculum. Faculty and staff from across our clinics and hospitals provide hands-on training to students. Areas include a deeper dive into surgery, intravenous (IV) practice, a shadowing experience in Zoological Medicine, practical parasitology labs, small ruminant procedures, lab animal facility tours, and more. This week is a fantastic chance for students to connect with instructors from all over the school and for instructors to teach their passions.

A group of veterinary students standing at a surgical table with anesthesia equipment in a lab.
Students brush up on their clinical skills in an anesthesia dry lab, practicing the correct use of oxygen and IVs. Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

 

Four veterinary students standing and working on a black model horse.
Students practice a blood draw on a model horse in the Joseph Kelley, D.V.M., Simulation Laboratory and learn how to use IV catheters. Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

 

Five veterinary students standing in an exam room at a silver table looking down at a ferret.
Students Amanda Cameron and Amanda Garza collaborate with Zoological Companion Animal Medicine (ZCAM) technician Melissa Woodman and Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) intern Lauren Gawel to perform a blood draw on a ferret before it receives chemotherapy in the Oncology Service at Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals (FHSA). Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

 

A group of students and an instructor wearing blue gloves stand at a table.
In the Pathology laboratory, Francisco Conrado, D.V.M., M.Sc., DACVP, leads students through a hands-on sample collection of skin lesions. Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

 

Students look into microscopes.
In the Pathology laboratory, Francisco Conrado, D.V.M., M.Sc., DACVP, leads students through a hands-on  an analysis series of sample skin lesions they collected. Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

 

Students and instructor stand in a room with a dialysis machine.
2023 Academy of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Technicians and Nurses (AVECCTN) Specialty Technician of the Year, Carolyn Tai, CVT, VTS (ECC) (SAIM), demonstrates how to use a dialysis machine in the Nephrology Service at FHSA. Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

 

A group of veterinary students sit and watch two students with a beagle on an exam table.
To learn about being a small animal veterinarian, students role play while discussing vaccines in the McGrath Anatomy Laboratory. Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

 

Students in yellow sterile gowns work at lab tables.
In a session on soft tissue surgical skills for general practitioners, students practice surgical procedures on abdomen day in the Joseph Kelley, D.V.M., Simulation Laboratory with Jennifer Grady, D.V.M., DABVP, V12. Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

 

A group of students using microscopes and working with specimens.
Department of Comparative Pathobiology Chair, Andrea Varela-Stokes, D.V.M., Ph.D., V01, leads students as they look at samples of parasites from different species under microscopes in the Loew Lab. The species include dogs, goats, horses, porcupines, ducks, and chickens. Photo: Jeff Poole, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

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