Food Animal Veterinary DVM Certificate

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The goal of the Food Animal Veterinary Certificate (FAVC) program is to prepare graduates for long-term success in food animal veterinary practice by incorporating skills in varied areas including animal health, production medicine, practice management, and client communications. Achieving this goal will result in a veterinary workforce capable of meeting the needs of livestock producers in a sustainable practice environment.

Required Core Courses

Coursework for completion of the certificate program is divided into two sections: core and elective courses. All coursework in the FAVC program are elective courses available within the DVM curriculum. Students in the DVM program must take 12 pre-clinical elective credits and 11 clinical elective credits as part of the degree requirements.

The core courses (4 credits) provide foundational knowledge and skills which must be acquired by all FAVC students. Students may select elective coursework (10 credits) to align with their specific areas of interest in food animal medicine. The combination of core and elective coursework results in 14 required credit hours for FAVC completion. The clinical elective coursework may include a relevant course at another academic institution with an accredited DVM program as approved by the FAVC faculty committee.

Third Year

Fourth Year

VCS 901 - Clinical Externship and/or Programmed Study Credits: 0-6
VCS 917 - Advanced Rural Food Animal Business Management Credits: 1

Elective Courses

Pre-clinical Courses (at least 4 credit hours):

VCS 891 - CS Veterinary Medicine Elective Credits: .5-3
DMP 816 - Trade and Agricultural Health Credits: 2
DMP 888 - Globalization, Cooperation, & the Food Trade Credits: 1

Clinical (4th Year) (at least 6 credit hours):

VCS 901 - Clinical Externship and/or Programmed Study Credits: 0-6
VCS 913 - Advanced Feedlot Production Management Credits: 2
VCS 915 - Advanced Cow-Calf Production Management Credits: 2
VCS 917 - Advanced Rural Food Animal Business Management Credits: 1
VCS 919 - Food Animal Bull Reproduction Credits: 2
VDMP 911 - Dairy Production Medicine Credits: 3
Relevant course at another academic institution

Required Core Experiences

Member of at least one national veterinary professional association (e.g. AABP, AVC, AASRP, AASV).

Complete required procedure log (Appendix 1).

Complete required number of procedures from elective procedure log (Appendix 2).

Documented proficiency at core clinical skills during DVM core coursework:

• CS748 Food Animal Local Practice

• CS749 Food Animal Medicine and Surgery

• DMP785 Diagnostic Medicine

College-wide seminar presentation of accumulated experiences and selected case management.

• scheduled in conjunction with CS774 Rural Business Management

Kansas State University

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