Overview to Exercises

Practical Exercises

As part of the Virtual Veterinary Surgery program you will participate in 4 practical exercises for which you will be required to perform a number of tasks including pre-reading and exit quizzes.

Practical Surgery in these exercises will be taught using a combination of demonstration and “hands-on” methods which have the following objectives:

The surgical exercises will provide the student with an opportunity to identify and gain technical skills in the handling of instruments and tissues and to become familiar with a number of common surgical principles.
Surgical exercise classes aim to introduce the student to operating room procedures and aseptic technique.
The anaesthesia component of these labs aims to provide reinforcement and review of previous pharmacology and physiology instruction in so far as these subjects relate to anaesthesia. These labs allow an opportunity for the student to observe techniques used in anaesthesia and patient monitoring.
The exercises will support a knowledge of instrument identification, use and care, and skills in suture patterns and knot placement.

Exercise	Title
1	Preparation of the patient and the surgeon 1 Instrument identification and sutures 1
2	Canine anaesthesia Haemostasis techniques Central Sterile Supply
3	Preparation of the patient and the surgeon 2 Instrument identification and sutures 2
4	Exploratory Laparotomy

Completing the exercises

To complete each exercise you will be required to complete a series of tasks (as set out in each exercise) and also 10 quiz questions, as you work through each of the 4 exercises the Skill Acquisition Checklist will be automatically updated this will become your record of completion.

Important General Information

Dress Requirements
Freshly laundered scrub suits and clean shoes (not open footwear) are essential for entering the surgery.
Eating and drinking are not permitted in the surgery laboratory.

Equipment
Caps, gowns and masks, instruments and drapes will be supplied.

Timing
Each week's procedure must be started punctually at 10.00am or 2.00 pm.
Surgical exercises must also stop at 12.50 a.m. or 4.50pm so that cleaning up can be completed by 1.00pm or 5.00 pm.

Surgery Laboratory
During the exercises there will always be a degree of untidiness during the procedures. General rubbish bins are provided for clipped hair, suture packets, papers, etc. Please use them.
Yellow solid-plastic Sharps Bins are provided for the disposal of needles and scalpel blades.
Other biological wastes (blood soaked swabs etc.) should be placed in the appropriate yellow biological bin which is clearly identified.
In the interests of your own safety and that of our staff, please use the correct bins.
After surgery, the surgical instruments are place in the plastic instrument basket and any linen is placed in the laundry basket provided.

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Navigate around the surgical theatre and identify the following: