Animal Health Technology Diploma

Comments about Animal Health Technology Diploma - At the institution - New Westminster - British Columbia

• Objectives
  Douglas College offers a two-year career diploma program that will prepare graduates to become valuable members of the veterinary medical profession. Students will be well versed in many fields of animal health care, animal management and laboratory procedures. The curriculum includes both theoretical and practical aspects of providing small and large animal nursing, assisting veterinarians and performing laboratory, radiology and anesthesia procedures. It is the goal of this program that graduates will be eligible to write the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE) and thus qualify for registration in Canada and in many parts of the USA as Registered Veterinary Technologists.
• Practical experience
  There are both co-op and clinical components associated with this program.
• Academic title
  Animal Health Technology Diploma
• Course description
  Year 1: Semester I (Fall):
  

  • OADM 1152     VETERINARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES     3
  • AHTT 1101     VETERINARY ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I     3
  • AHTT 1102     VETERINARY LABORATORY PROCEDURES I     3
  • AHTT 1103     VETERINARY CARE I     3
  • CMNS 1111     WORKPLACE COMMUNICATIONS FOR AHT     3  

            15
  
  Year 1: Semester II (Winter):
  

  • AHTT 1201     VETERINARY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II     4
  • AHTT 1202     VETERINARY LABORATORY PROCEDURES II     3
  • AHTT 1203     VETERINARY CARE II     3
  • AHTT 1204     VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY     3
  • AHTT 1205     IMMUNOLOGY & VETERINARY DISEASES     3  

            16
  
  Year 1: Semester III (Summer -Recommended):
  
  

  • Co-op summer semester recommended (a Co-op program is planned in future)

  
  Year 2: Semester IV (Fall)
  

  • AHTT 2106     VETERINARY DENTISTRY     2
  • AHTT 2107     CLINICS I     3
  • AHTT 2108     VETERINARY ANESTHESIA     3
  • AHTT 2109     VETERINARY RADIOLOGY I     3
  • AHTT 2110     ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR & WELFARE     2
  • AHTT 2111     ANIMAL NUTRITION     3  

            16
  
  Year 2: Semester V (Winter)
  

  • AHTT 2303     VETERINARY CARE III     4
  • AHTT 2309     VETERINARY RADIOLOGY II     3
  • AHTT 2304     VETERINARY SURGICAL ASSISTANCE     3
  • AHTT 2305     VETERINARY GENETICS & THERIOGENOLOGY     3
  • AHTT 2307     CLINICS II     3  

            16
  
  Year 2: Semester VI (Summer - Recommended)
  
  

  • Co-op semester recommended (a Co-op program is planned in future)