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It’s about 11 am and it has been a busy morning. A case is admitted that needs some special attention and the doctor’s orders indicate the patient is to be given an oral medication available at 125mg/mL. The dosage is 50mg/kg per day split into 2 doses. Can you calculate the correct dosage? Can all the medical members of your team? Administration of an overdose of a drug may cause side effect, or in the worst case scenario, cost an animal its life. Conversely, under dosage could also cause great problems, for example, where an antibiotic under-dose has consequently created a bacterial mutation which is now resistant to that particular antibiotic. If the members of the veterinary medical team are skilled at calculating dosages for their patients, miscalculations are more likely to be noticed and rectified long before a drug is administered to a patient incorrectly.
Veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants and students alike will find this 6-week course an invaluable reference source, whether performing relevant veterinary calculations or studying for the VTNE.
PLEASE NOTE: This course contains flash based Articulate presentations. iPhones and iPads are not natively flash compatible but if a flash compatible browser has been installed on the iPad the presentations will play correctly. This link Flash on iPads provides information on flash compatible browsers. The presentations may also be viewed on a Mac. |
After completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Recognize common abbreviations
- Perform fraction, percentage, decimal, and unit conversions
- Demonstrate the mathematical preparation of solutions and dilutions
- Determine and understand a patient's energy requirements
- Calculate fluid dosages and estimate fluid deficits and maintenance
- Calculate fluid drip rates
- Utilize terminology associated with inhalant anesthetic gases
- Formulate tidal volume, minute volume, and anesthetic flow rate
- Discuss basic radiology mathematical concepts and manipulate radiology calculations
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Basic Principles of Veterinary Calculations is a 6 week course designed to provide an overview of basic concepts related to veterinary calculations. Numerous worked examples are included to develop the student’s confidence in carrying out the procedures involved.
Each type of calculation has its own separate section and is created to present the concepts in the clearest method possible. The course is structured in such a way that the student can progress from a simple explanation of the arithmetic principles involved to the application of these principles essential to veterinary calculations. |
No additional materials provided - all course content is online. |
...Just getting back into doing math again helped me do it better in my head.
...The examples provided were a great help, as we do not use a lot of this in our practice. It was a great review!
...As I am currently taking a couple of months off work between jobs. It was great to keep my brain active, I also learned to apply calculations we tend not to use that often, and will be most helpful to be familiar with them when I enroll for my distance Vet Tech course...smile
...I liked that it covered many areas of calculations that may be rarely used in practice. For me, the last time I did some of these calculations was back in college. I am glad I understand them better now, than back then. It was nice the instructor was able to answer questions in a timely manner.
...This is one of the best courses based on veterinarian calculations! The instructor was very accessible
...the assignment for the sections were beneficial because it reinforced the material that you read in the powerpoint and made you work out the problemsand alot of the ways that they showed how to do drip rates and stuff have now stuck with me and what i need to do in my job. the ways how things were calculated were easier than how i did them in school 4 years ago.
...There was a lot of practice which was very beneficial. It had some in the presentations, the homework and the quiz. Repetition helped make the concept stick. |
VetMedTeam courses are asynchronous - they do not contain real time components. Students log in while a course is in session at times convenient to personal schedules.
PLEASE NOTE: This course contains flash based Articulate presentations. iPhones and iPads are not natively flash compatible but if a flash compatible browser has been installed on the iPad the presentations will play correctly. This link Flash on iPads provides information on flash compatible browsers. The presentations may also be viewed on a Mac. |
Completed students are awarded a certificate of completion. Completion requirements include:
- Interactive Assignments: All assignments must be submitted 96 hours before course end.
- Examinations: All examinations must be submitted with a score of 80% or better.
- Course survey
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The average student will spend 3 to 5 hours per week in order to complete all the mandatory requirements.
This course is appropriate for all team members desiring to increase their skill in veterinary medical math. |
Course meets the requirements for 15.00 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery. |
Participants may enroll in this course after it has begun, up to the enrollment deadline date. Participants who enroll after the start date do not miss out on any components of the course.
There are no real time sessions.
The design of this course allows each participant to proceed based on individual schedule, as long as all assignments are submitted by the assignment submission deadline |
This course has been developed in cooperation with Blackwell-Wiley, utilizing content from Calculations for Veterinary Nurses Margaret C. Moore and Norman G. Palmer.
If you are interested in purchasing this text for your library visit Calculations Text or do a web search to locate a distributor in your area. |
 Amy Johnson BS, AAS, CVT, RLATG
Amy has been working the field of veterinary medicine for the last 12 years. She graduated from University of Nebraska at Omaha with a BS in biology in 1996. After graduation she went into protein chemistry research at Creighton University’s School of Medicine. It did not take her long to realize how missed working with animals and she went back to school, graduating from Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology in 2000.
Amy has experience in small animal and emergency practices, medical research, and education. Amy received Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist with AALAS in 2008. She has been teaching for the last seven years and is currently at Bel-Rea Institute of Animal technology in Denver Colorado. She has instructed classes in Medical Terminology, Math, Chemistry, Small Animal Diseases, Laboratory Animal Medical, Hematology, Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry, and Anatomy.
Amy is an active member of the Colorado Association of Veterinary Technicians, has served as President of the Executive Board for CACVT, and is a part of the Association of Veterinary Technician Educators. She lives outside of Denver with her husband, young son, two dogs, and three cats. |
May 15, 2013 - Registration deadline is 11:30 PM Eastern May 24, 2013
October 01, 2013 - Registration deadline is 11:30 PM Eastern October 10, 2013
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