INTRODUCTION TO VETERINARY SCIENCE

I. Overview of Veterinary Medicine

A. Becoming a veterinarian

1. Education requirements

2. What is the AVMA ?

3. AVMA accreditation process and the COE.

4. 28 U.S. veterinary schools

5. Student debt vs. starting salaries.

6. Number of veterinarians graduating annually in the U.S.

7. WICHE

B. Becoming a certified veterinary technician

1. Education requirements

2. AVMA accreditation process and the CVTEA

3. Number of accredited veterinary technician programs in the U.S. and Arizona.

4. Education costs vs. starting salaries.

5. CVT, LVT, RVT

6. What is NAVTA ?

C. Career Opportunities

1. DVM

2. CVT

3. Other Veterinary Science careers

D. Specialists

1. DVM

a. Requirements

b. Number of AVMA approved specialties.

2. CVT

a. Requirements

b. Number of NAVTA approved specialties.

E. Licensing

1. DVMs

a. NAVLE

b. ECFVG or PAVE

c. State exam

d. Renewal requirements

1) Fee

2) CE (Continuing Education)

2. CVTs

a. VTNE

b. State exam

c. Renewal requirements

1) Fee

2) CE (Continuing Education)

F. Arizona Veterinary Medical Examining Board

1. Purpose

2. Membership

3. Non-licensed “ practitioners “

II. Medical Terminology

A. Prefixes and Suffixes

B. Anatomy of a medical term

C. Directional terms

D. Planes and positions

E. Skeletal system terms

F. Muscular system terms

G. GI (Gastrointestinal) terms

H. Urinary terms

I. Reproductive terms

J. Cardiovascular terms

K. Respiratory terms

L. Integument

M. Nervous system terms

N. Eye and ear terms

O. Endocrine terms

P. Diagnostic terms

Q. Fun names

1. species

2. gender

3. groups

4. birthing