E Kid Surgeons: Solve the Surgery With Animals in Veterinary Medicine!

⭐ As a Star and Popular-badged teacher (awarded in 2023), I am so excited to welcome veterinarian-interested learners to this veterinary medicine surgery class! 

▶ I decided to create this class like no other!
▶ Custom-designed curriculum to attract both older pretend-play lovers and fact-based leaners to come together in the same classroom! 


🏅 Taught by a credentialed Animal Scientist teacher (diploma received from NC State University) with 20+ years in the veterinary industry, your instructor is not a veterinary doctorate surgeon.🏅 

🌟 To comply with federal US Law, there are no real-animal diagnoses or treatments
🌟 To comply with federal US Law, a teacher will always recommend students take their own pets to a licensed veterinarian where they live.


🟢 Class Structure:
- There may be some variation week to week.
1. Students are introduced to a hypothetical patient.
2. Students provide feedback and pretend-play diagnosis through discussion.
3. Students make decisions about treatment for that diagnosis.
4. Teacher gives a short lesson on injury, disease, or treatment. 
5. Teacher will host a discussion about the possible surgical treatment.



❗ This course is intended to give teacup-sized bits of knowledge. ❗ 
- This material is heavy with lots of critical thinking of a higher degree. 
- Some students choose to listen as a lecture. That is fine.
- To listen as a lecture, no prior courses are required.
- To get the most out of the lesson, with interaction, prior courses are suggested.



🖐  A few things to note! 🖐 
- Learners can join us at any time and not be behind.
- Please check the parental guidance section. 
- Students in vet tech/nurse and vet school learn all topics including surgery. 
- Important to note, class is meant to be interactive. 
- Learners aren't REQUIRED to participate & do not require a second device.
- Per Outschool approval recommendations, I want to ensure students focus on decision-making skills and voicing opinions rather than the fine details of correct surgical procedure. Students will not leave this class knowing how to perform surgery and should never try. These are things a veterinarian MIGHT do at some point after years of training (and this will be stated at the start of every class).



✨ Outschool and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) are very specific about guidelines and rules for diagnosing, treating, and prescribing. I am not a licensed Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and I do not practice medicine. For students who inquire about real animals and pets they own, I recommend visiting a local vet. Students will not be diagnosing, treating, or prescribing medications any real animals. ✨ 



Current Topics and Weeks Include:
Week of 12/29/24: Dehorning
Week of 1/5/25: Lateral Ear Resection
Week of 1/12/25: Enucleation
Week of 1/19/25: Uroliths in Small Ruminants
Week of 1/26/25: Stringhalt
Week of 2/2/25: Suture Materials
Week of 2/9/25: Spay (Reproductive)
Week of 2/16/25: Pyometra (Reproductive)
Week of 2/23/25: Standing Equine Laparoscopic Ovariectomy (Reproductive)
Week of 3/2/25: Subsolar Abscess
Week of 3/9/25: Tumor Removal in Rats
Week of 3/16/25: THO in Horses (Temporohyoid Osteoarthropathy)
Week of 3/23/25: Linear Foreign Body Removal 
Week of 3/30/25: Sinusitis in Horses
Week of 4/6/25: Colic Surgery 
Week of 4/13/25: Kissing Spine
Week of 4/20/25: Reptile Cloacal Prolapse Repair
Week of 4/27/25: Struvite Stones (mainly in cats)
Week of 5/4/25: Reptile Nephrectomy

Week of 5/11/25: Tracheostomy
Week of 5/18/25: Shell Repair
Week of 5/25/25: Canine Open Heart Surgery (Patent Ductus Arteriosus) 
Week of 6/1/25: Hernia Repair in Pigs
Week of 6/8/25: Laryngeal Hemiplegia in Horses
Week of 6/15/25: Bovine Rumen Fistula Placement
Week of 6/22/25: OCD in Horses
Week of 6/29/25: Atlantoaxial Instability
Week of 7/6/25: Anal Gland Abscresses in Dogs
Week of 7/13/25: Displaced Abomasum
Week of 7/20/25: 
Week of 7/27/25: Uroliths in Small Ruminants
Week of 8/3/25: Fractures in Horses
Week of 8/10/25: Canine Hip Dysplasia
Week of 8/17/25: Laminitis
Week of 8/24/25: Tumor Removal in Rats
Week of 8/31/25: 
Week of 9/7/25: Spays (Reproductive)
Week of 9/14/25: Pyometra (Reproductive)
Week of 9/21/25: Standing Equine Laparoscopic Ovariectomy (Reproductive)
Week of 9/28/25: Suture Materials
Week of 10/5/25: Hernia Repair in Pigs
Week of 10/12/25: Subsolar Abscess
Week of 10/19/25: Patent Urachus in Foals
Week of 10/26/25: Laryngeal Hemiplegia in Horses
Week of 11/2/25: Dental Extractions (dogs)
Week of 11/9/25: Diaphragmatic Hernia
Week of 11/16/25: Limb Amputation
Week of 11/23/25: THO in Horses (Temporohyoid Osteoarthropathy)
Week of 11/30/25: Anal Gland Abscesses
Week of 12/7/25: Dehorning
Week of 12/14/25: Lateral Ear Resection
Week of 12/21/25: Enucleation
Week of 12/28/25: Stringhalt
Colic
Bovine Fumen Fistula Placement
Hernia Repair in Pigs
Reptile Cloacal Prolapse Repair
Reptile Nephrectomy
Megacolon
Hernia Repair in Pigs
Cattle Cesarian
Bovine Rumen Fistula Placement
Anal Gland Abscresses in Dogs




** Blanks are simply spaces for new classes/student suggestions. At this time, they do not indicated missed classes.


Considered an optional pre-req:
✔ 10-12 year olds: https://outschool.com/classes/biology-veterinarian-club-wild-and-domesticated-animals-UOiCzuiy#usSwirNx6I
✔ 13+ year olds: https://outschool.com/classes/biology-veterinarian-club-wild-and-domesticated-animals-YYDdEfB5#usSwirNx6I