Course Specific Research Support for VT 203: Home
Veterinary Procedures Seminar course outcomes related to research skills:
- VT 203 CCOGThe long term outcome desired is for the student to gain sufficient skills and knowledge of special veterinary procedures to successfully pass the National Veterinary Technician Board Examination and effectively utilize the knowledge gained in their Cooperative Education Experience and as a practicing veterinary technician upon graduation
Other indicators of required research or information seeking:
From the Outcome and Assessment Strategies:
"Students will be required to write a term paper and present a 15 minute oral presentation in which they have to speak for a minimum of 10 minutes and thus 5 minutes can also include a movie or video presentation. Visual aids are strongly encouraged and points are awarded for them. "
Bridging competencies to support research and information seeking at this level:
- Clearly state a focused research question
- Select alternative terms, general and specific, scientific and vernacular
- Collect elements for citations
Corresponding research and information seeking outcomes for VT 203
- Select reliable information from professional level sources
- Select reliable information appropriate for supporting customers
- Evaluate audience of information sources and select sources with reliable evidence
- Properly cite sources according to professional standards
Librarian Instructional Objectives:
- Locate aggregated journal articles and full text of professional level materials through library searching
- Access peer-reviewed articles and reliable general interest information sources available through state consortia and other sources free to the public
- Evaluation sources for reliability, currency, audience and authority
- Use the NAVTA journal citation style for citations
Placement of courses on an Information Literacy Continuum
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Connecting to College |
1. I know where the library is located and about some of the services provided. |
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Information Seeking |
2. I can identify a topic, and identify useful information sources to read about it. |
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Information Literacy Skills |
3. I can develop a topic statement, locate and use library sources, and begin informational research. |
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Academic or Career/ Technical Related |
4. I evaluate the sources I have found for relevancy to my field, and I know who some of the experts are. |
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Inquiry and Exploration for Research |
5. I can identify pro- and con-positions on a topic. I can identify the perspectives of various experts in a field. |
Discipline- or Area of Study Specific |
6. I can support my position on an issue with evidence. I can accurately summarize the scholarly or professional conversation. |
Librarian Liaison to the Veterinary Technology SAC (Subject Area Committee)
Contact: Pam Kessinger, Librarian at the Rock Creek campus
For information about this page:
To update Course outcomes, contact: Pam Kessinger