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Practice-Based Ambulatory Program
In the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences has three clerkships that entail education of veterinary students in private practices:
1. LCS 621 - Equine Practice Clerkship,
2. LCS 631 - Food Animal Practice Clerkship, and
3. LCS 677 - Veterinary Preceptorship
Of these, LCS 621 and LCS 631 are designed at an introductory level, and can fulfill one of the eleven specific clerkships that the curriculum requires for graduation. The objectives of these courses are to provide students with introductory on-the-farm experience in: examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of common medical and surgical conditions of horses and/or food animals; common elective procedures of a medical or surgical nature used in equine and/or food animal practice; and practice management, including management of personnel, inventory, and finances.
In contrast, LCS 677 is an elective clerkship designed to meet specific educational interests for individual students. In this course, students write their own educational objectives, and are placed in equine, food animal, or mixed practices accordingly. The Veterinary Preceptorship is viewed as a more advanced course than either the Equine or Food Animal Practice Clerkships, and accompanying performance expectations for the students are somewhat higher. LCS 677 can fulfill one of the ten elective clerkships that the curriculum requires for graduation.
