Expired medical supplies get second life
A donation of medical supplies from Cougar Health Services is helping veterinary students prepare for their first live-animal surgeries.
A donation of medical supplies from Cougar Health Services is helping veterinary students prepare for their first live-animal surgeries.
Case-based simulations provide athletic training students with real-world scenarios, such as heated exchanges with coaches or discussions with farmers who have injured themselves at work.
1–2 p.m. Friday, September 16
Students training at WSU to be veterinarians participate in the college’s Simulation-Based Education (SBE), the first and only veterinary simulation program fully accredited by the global Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
WSU designs and leads multi-day workshops on Yakima campus to train the coaches who lead student groups through a Veterinary Technology Program.
Clinical Communication Program provides expertise to help in the formation of a new program with training scenarios featuring increased depth and realism.
The first day at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital prepares fourth‑year veterinary students for clinical rotations by throwing them into simulated scenarios with stuffed patients and seasoned actors as clients.
The College of Veterinary Medicine has become the first in the nation with an accredited simulation training program developed for and devoted to veterinary care.