College of Veterinary Medicine |
DC for Clients and Facilitators
Healthy Animals, Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Clinic Scenario is the Geographic location, Clinic capabilities, and Appointment (signalment & client complaint). Give the clinic capabilities some careful thought so that it fits well with your case. You will email this information to your student clinics - typically early morning of Day 1 (a few cases call for early emailing).
Examples of Clinic Scenarios:
2010: An emailed scenario
DC1 Scenario: Case #4 (K9-2)
You work in a brand new,
small animal practice in Liberty Lake, WA. You have worked for
this clinic for just over a year - having signed on because of
the high-quality medicine they practice. One of the two clinic
owners (they’re a married couple) acquired some additional
training through short courses, etc. and now regularly performs
TPLO surgeries. He has found it to be a great practice builder
and likes the outcome compared to the extracapular methods he
used previously.
Clinic capabilities: You have digital radiography, a first-class
surgery suite, an area for hospitalization and ICU, a
hydrotherapy tank, ultrasound, a microscope, and a full
pharmacy. For the vast majority of your routine blood work and
cytology you use a commercial service in Spokane that picks up
once or twice a day, depending on your needs that day. Results
are usually returned at the end of the day or first thing the
following morning. You send most of your other diagnostic
samples (histopathology, cultures, serology, etc.) to the
Washington Animal Disease and Diagnostic Laboratory in Pullman,
WA. The turn-around time there depends on the test requested.
Some results can come back the next day, others take days or
weeks.
The clinic owners are on vacation this week and have left you in
charge of the clinic. When you arrive at work today (Monday
morning), your first appointment of the day reads:
DOG: “Mandi” f/s 3-year-old Golden Retriever
Post-op TPLO re-check, vomiting
2011: DC1 An emailed scenario
DC1 Scenario: Case #3 (K9-1)
CLINIC:
You are associate veterinarians practicing in a busy small animal hospital
located in Tacoma, WA. The hospital’s facilities have been updated and include
digital radiology and an ultrasound imaging device. You have basic "in-house"
capabilities including a light microscope, commercially available benchtop
diagnostic kits (e.g. routine small animal SNAP tests), fecal floatation, Diff-Quik
stain, electrocardiography, and a small animal endoscope. However, most routine
laboratory work and pretty much all the cytology is sent via courier to a nearby
commercial laboratory, which gives you same day results (or overnight if
submitted after 3 PM). The veterinarians in your practice are capable of
performing basic abdominal ultrasound scans and needle aspirates, but
echocardiographs and anything but the most basic ultrasound case are generally
referred to a mobile ultrasound service. Your practice uses the Washington
Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory for all your pathology/biopsy,
microbiology, and most serology. You use a variety of other resources for other
tests, depending on what tests you are seeking.
IN COMING APPOINTMENT:
“Eddie,” 8 year-old, castrated male, miniature schnauzer
Eddie’s owners called this morning and made arrangements to bring him in right
away. Apparently, Edie has consumed almost a full bottle of Rimadyl. “Eddie’s”
regular veterinarian is out of town and your clinic has agreed to accept her
emergency cases during this period.
OLD FORMAT - pre-2011: For insertion into student clinic folders Ex. #1 Ex. #2 Ex. #3 (setting & capabilities - to be inserted into student folders)