1Demonstrate effective teamwork.

2Communicate clearly and effectively with peers, faculty and staff.

3Provide excellent patient care to teaching animals and animals from the humane society.

4Scrub, gown and glove correctly, and maintain aseptic technique in the operating room.

5Prepare the surgical site and drape correctly.

6Name and correctly use each general surgical instrument.

7Efficiently perform one-handed ties, two-handed ties, and instrument ties to make square knots.

8Correctly place basic suture patterns.

9Correctly and gently handle tissues and apply appropriate hemostatic techniques.

10Open the abdomen through a ventral midline abdominal incision and close it properly.

11Correctly and safely perform ovariohysterectomy and castration in cats.

12Perform the emergency procedures of chest tube placement and tracheotomy tube placement.

13Induce and maintain general anesthesia and monitor the anesthetized patient.

14Safely recover an animal from general anesthesia.

15Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

16Administer postoperative care, including analgesic therapy, and detect postoperative complications.

17Keep appropriate medical records.