Program Overview

Veterinary Surgical Procedures

Overview

This course will cover the basic procedures involved in preparing for veterinary surgeries, record keeping, pre and post-op duties, handling and cleaning of surgical instruments, most common elective surgeries, sterile and non-sterile procedures, asepsis, and appropriate behaviour in the surgery room.

Admission Requirements

You may enroll in a Continuing Education course at Canadore College if you are 19 years of age or older or if you have earned an Ontario Secondary School Diploma/Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma or equivalent.

• Prerequisite(s):
  • VOA020 - Veterinary Terminology
  • VOA030 - Basic Animal Husbandry
  • VOA040 - Veterinary Surgical Procedures
  • VOA050 - Animal Husbandry 2

Registration

We recommend that you use a computer to complete the online registration process as you may encounter an error if using a device such as a phone or tablet.

What You Need

Most college level courses require textbooks; textbooks are not included in the course fees. It is the student’s responsibility to purchase any required textbooks.

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes represent culminating demonstrations of learning and achievement. In addition, learning outcomes are interrelated and cannot be viewed in isolation of one another. As such, they should be viewed as a comprehensive whole. They describe performances that demonstrate that significant integrated learning by graduates of the program has been achieved.