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.

4Safely perform elective surgery on patients using aseptic techniques for surgeon and patient, gentle tissue handling and dissection, secure vessel ligation, good hemostasis and appropriate suturing technique and patterns; and instrument carriage.

5Be proficient at opening and closing abdominal incisions.

6Explain common soft tissue surgical procedures performed in small animals.

7Safely anesthetize, monitor and recover a small animal patient from anesthesia.

8Explain the indications and general techniques for basic ophthalmic procedures.