DVM Curriculum

The university has one of the few veterinary programs in the nation with a deep practice management curriculum focused on the financial basics of business and veterinary medicine.

A donation of medical supplies from Cougar Health Services is helping veterinary students prepare for their first live-animal surgeries.

It is common for general practice veterinarians to see patients suffering from neurological conditions, yet many veterinary students beginning their careers say they feel unprepared for those cases, according to a soon-to-be-published study led by Washington State University neurology veterinarian Vishal Murthy.

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.

Students will be on-call 24/7 to provide initial care to injured or orphaned wildlife in Eastern Washington.

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.

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Gary Marshall (‘89 DVM)

During one week in October and a second week in November, 60 volunteers helped 130 second-year veterinary students hone their diagnostic and communications skills.

A life-sized painted fiberglass horse will now help WSU undergraduate and veterinary students learn anatomy thanks to a generous donor.

Dr. Rick DeBowes is on a mission to prepare students for something they don’t typically learn in school ― how to run a business.