Vet Science Project - Tour of Dr. Skinner's Vet Clinic

March 3rd Meeting - New Location: March 3rd 7 PM meeting will be held at the Lakeway Veterinary Clinic 1003 Ranch Road 620 South • Austin, Texas 78734 Phone: (512) 263-2134 http://www.lakewayvet.com/ . Dr. Skinner will be instructing us on Physical Examinations - using "hands on" demonstrations in her office. Dr. Skinner's vet assistant will also tell us about her job. Our thanks to Dr. Skinner for opening her Vet Clinic for our class, for teaching us about how an examination is conducted, and for showing us the equipment used. We will each get a chance to use the lab equipment to identify worms found in cats and dogs. Don't miss this class! (April's April 7th meeting will be back at the Bee Cave Schoolhouse at 7 PM where we will tour a mobile ultrasound pet lab, see the ultrasounds performed on a dog, cat and mini horse, and where we will be see fluid go through own bodies after drinking!) Please be on time. As with any other class, late arrivals will be counted tardy . Please be respectful of this program and our speaker and be ready to work by 7 PM.

Required Reading:

Please read Chapter 7 Section 1 and Chapter 2 Section 2 in your Vet Manual prior to March 3rd - Tuesday's class.

Homework Due: Remember to bring your completed homework assignment - You will need to complete the answers to the questions at the end of Chapter 1 Section 2. Homework is required and will be graded. Late homework will not be accepted unless a extra credit assignment is competed as well. If you cannot be at the meeting, fax your completed homework to 264-3906 or email your completed homework to info@horsesrock.org on or before Monday March 2nd. You will receive a confirmation email that your homework was received. If you do not get the confirmation email, your homework was NOT RECEIVED and you will not get credit. Call Holly at 923-2567 if you have problems submitting your homework. Any homework not submitted in advance or not turned in at the meeting will be considered late and will require the completion of an additional extra credit assignment to be accepted. Please respect the time of our parent volunteers who are grading the work and submit your homework in a timely manner. There is no exception to this policy.

FW: Can I join if I belong to another Travis County 4-H?

Horse Rock accepts participants from other Travis County 4-H Groups.   Some FAQs:

          Horses Rock - Vet Science Grade requirement:  We do not admit 5^th or 6^th graders in our Vet Science program.   At this time, we are requiring that kids be in 7^th grade or above.   The pace and content presentation is not geared toward a younger participant in our approach.  The vocabulary and our presentation is not geared for this age 4-H’er

Alternative Program for the Younger 4-H’er:  We offer one education program for younger 4-H members that covers “vet like” information – but all of it related to equine.   Most of the kids (if not all) in this program do not own horses.   This groups meets from 6:30 – 7:00 the 2nd Monday of each month before our Monthly membership meetings. 

We will be starting a new group next year: 

Joining in progress:  If a properly aged kid wants to join us in progress, they are welcome.   His/her parent will need to commit to monitoring the make-up units which will be provided on-line.  (Just as kids who start with less than 5 years in 4-h left will need to do some of the work on-line to finish the coursework.   Angie Dement of Texas A&M has done an excellent job (thank you Angie) of providing both live and video of units which makes overcoming the scheduling difficulties possible.   Granted, it does take more work on the part of the Project Manager and Participant, but varying completion schedules cannot be avoided.   Working with kids on staggered programs is an inherent part of offering this type of project opportunity.   If the year is late enough, a child wanting to enroll, may want to consider waiting to join next year’s group.  

Horses Rock Flexibility:  Horses Rock is planning more than the required number of activities each year, so catch-up here is available as well.   It is a reality that even with kids starting at the same time, many participants will be on a somewhat to dramatically different schedule (depending on how many years the child has remaining to complete the program).   I think Angie’s efforts have provided the program design to accommodate this.    

January 2009 Parent Meeting

4-H Veterinary Science Project

What is the 4-H Veterinary Science?

The 4-H Veterinary Science Project is a 5-year curriculum based project with 100 lessons and 50 activities that gives youth interested in veterinary medicine opportunities to work in the field. The project is career-orienting and job-training so students can prepare for a field in veterinary science they would like to pursue. Students who participate in this project will work with licensed veterinarians at their practice. By doing this hands-on training they learn the knowledge and skills that are expected of a veterinary assistant. This will also be valuable on a resume and will help them to prepare for a professional program degree from an accredited university. This project has a set curriculum that allows youth and adults to work together to achieve success. It also allows for youth to develop an interest in veterinary medicine, human medicine and other allied health fields.

Horses Rock Parent Leaders

Betty Jane Enno - 288-5120 922-5577

Merrie Mazzetti 329-6933 343-1835

Holly Carson – 923-2567

Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Angela Dement, Extension Assistant

Texas AgriLife Extension Service

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Texas A&M System 2487 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843-2487

Phone: 979-845-4353

Fax: 979-862-3795

E-mail: adement@cvm.tamu.edu

Website: http://aevm.tamu.edu/

Curriculum Plan

20 Lessons per year (100)

n Group Lessons: Schedule 10

n Individual Lessons: Assign 10

10 Activities per year (50)

n Group Activities: Schedule 5

n Individual Activities: Assign 5

Compete Questions at the end of Lessons

Write Activity Reports

Perform in Job-training positions (800-2400 hrs) expected (total over 5 years)

n 8-10 yrs age (volunteer) – 80 hrs/yr

n 11-12 yrs age (volunteer) – 160 hrs/yr

n 13-15 yrs age (volunteer) – 360 hrs/yr

n 16-18 yrs age (salaried/volunteer) – 560 hrs/yr

Student Materials: Veterinary Assistant Handbook

To order online go to http://www-ims.tamu.edu/index.aspx?page=183

4-H Veterinary Science Blog.

http://horsesrockvet.blogspot.com/ This blog is created to help display activities for this project. From time to time information will be posted on the blog regarding new events and additions to the project. Check the blog periodically for new information. You can also reach this blog through http://www.horsesrock.org/ click “Vet Project” tab.

LESSONS: Complete 20 lessons/year for a total of 100 lessons in a 5-year plan.

GROUP LESSONS: Schedule 10 group lessons; have 1 or 2 lessons in 6-10 group classes.

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: Assign 10 individual lessons for home study; these will not be scheduled as one of the 10 group lessons.

Activities: Complete 10 activities/year for a total 50 activities in a 5-year plan.

GROUP ACTIVITIES: Schedule 5 group activities selected from the 10 assigned individual lessons. A group activity can be scheduled at same time for a group lesson class, to reduce the number times to meet to for 10 lessons and 5 activities. Group activities other than those in the lessons will be developed. In an activity, the members get to do something and write about it by following instructions of the suggested activity. One or two educational tours will be scheduled as one or two group activities of the 5 group activities, such as College of Veterinary Medicine Open House in March, animal facilities/operations and veterinary facilities.

INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES: Assign 5 individual activities can be taken from the Other Activities section of the 10 scheduled group lessons. The members are to do these activities on their own; either alone or with a member or two. This is in contrast to a group activity which is for all of them to do together. Individual activities other than those suggested can be developed and assigned. At times, it could be appropriate for an individual activity to be done during a group lesson or group activity. Most times, an individual activity is done on their own time, unrelated to a time for group meetings. In an activity, the members get to do something and write about it by following instructions of the suggested activity.

QUESTIONS: The plan is to complete questions at end of lessons.

Members will complete the questions, when listed, under each Short Answer section of the 10 group lessons and the 10 individual lessons. Answers are collected for grading after each scheduled group lesson class and each assigned individual home study lesson.

VETERINARY JOB EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER POSITIONS: Parents help the members get their volunteer or salaried positions for work or observation to complete the project.

WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE FIVE YEARS TO COMPLETE A 5 YEAR PLAN?

1.) Online classes are available (organized by Texas A&M) for those students who have 1-2 years to complete the program

2.) Horses Rock plans to offer Vet Science Camp with fun in the sun breaks at Lake Travis!

Tentative Dates: June 10 – 14

Cost to be determined.

Objectives: Complete 7 lessons and 3 activities