The 2020–21 academic year saw a 10 percent jump in accessibility for all pre-clinical didactic courses. This score is measured by Desire2Learn, the online platform used by the College to support learning and teaching. The platform’s Ally Report gave an overall accessibility score of 77 percent to the College by scanning all uploaded educational documents (a total of 10,916 files) for accessibility features, such as clear headings, alt-text, and video captions. Additionally, closed captioning is available for online lectures delivered to all students whose first language is not English, and synchronous and asynchronous learning styles have been blended throughout didactic courses and hands-on labs.
Mootilda is one of the College’s biggest celebrities. As the name suggests, Mootilda is a cow, but not one that can be found grazing in the field. She is a realistic, artificial model used in the LeBlanc Clinical Skills Lab to demonstrate and practice techniques that will prove invaluable to students post-graduation.
Mootilda is in good company; there are 26 other large animal models and 40 small animal models, which gives students plenty of opportunities to practice handling patients, intubation, bandaging, injections, sutures, and delivering animals before they hit the clinic floor.
