The entire EMS experience comprises 38 weeks of extra mural studies. The EMS is divided into 3 phases, each one consisting of one course: pre-clinical experience, preparatory clinical experience, and clinical experience.
This course is the pre-clinical experience component of the EMS course. The focus of the pre-clinical EMS course is for students to gain experience on the management, husbandry, and welfare related to healthy populations of the core species: bovine, ovine, porcine, equine, canine, feline, and avian.