The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program at Long Island University Lewyt College of Veterinary Medicine, is a 4 year long degree program, organized into 2 academic semesters per calendar year, totaling in 8 semesters.
The pre-clinical portion of the DVM program encompasses Years 1-3 and the clinical program consists of one academic year of a series of clerkships (rotations) each 2-4 weeks in length.
First Year
The first year of the DVM program emphasizes structure and function, animal handling and restraint, and building clinical skills. The learning environment includes didactic teaching, on campus laboratory sessions, and experiential learning at partner institutions. In the second semester students learn general pathology and parasitology, and are encouraged to integrate acquired basic science knowledge and skills required to practice veterinary medicine.
The first year of the DVM program emphasizes structure and function, animal handling and restraint, and building clinical skills. The learning environment includes didactic teaching, on campus laboratory sessions, and experiential learning at partner institutions. In the second semester students learn general pathology and parasitology, and are encouraged to integrate acquired basic science knowledge and skills required to practice veterinary medicine.Second Year
The second year of the DVM program emphasizes morphological and physiological manifestations of disease focusing on infectious diseases. The learning environments include didactic teaching, on campus laboratory sessions, and experiential learning at partner institutions. Students continue developing professional and clinical skills and are engaged in activities that promote integration of basic and clinical sciences.
Third Year
The third year of the DVM program emphasizes clinical medicine focusing on clinical signs, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention and treatment of common diseases of domestic animals.
The third year of the DVM program emphasizes clinical medicine focusing on clinical signs, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention and treatment of common diseases of domestic animals.Fourth Year
The fourth year of the DVM program provides supervised opportunities for students to enhance professional and clinical skills. Students experience clinical rotations at a variety of hospitals and other veterinary facilities with which the College has established relationships. The fourth year consists of 40 weeks of required (core) and elective clinical rotations and externships.
Curriculum
| YEAR | Semester | Course # and Title | Credit hours | Mode of instruction |
| 1 | 1 |
DVM-510 Veterinary Anatomy I DVM-511 Veterinary Physiology I DVM-512 Veterinary Histology DVM-513 Veterinary Immunology DVM-514 Animal Welfare and Behavior DVM-515 Veterinary Skills Lab 1 DVM-516 Integration I Semester total |
4 3 3 3 2 2 1 18 |
Lectures and laboratories Lectures Lectures and tutorials Lectures Lectures and laboratories Laboratories and experiential Clinical presentations |
| 2 |
DVM-520 Veterinary Anatomy II DVM-521 Veterinary Physiology II DVM-522 Animal Nutrition DVM-523 Veterinary Parasitology DVM-524 General Pathology DVM-525 Veterinary Skills II DVM-526 Integration II DVM-527 Research Topics in Veterinary Medicine Semester 2 total |
4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 19 |
Lectures and laboratories Lectures Lectures and tutorials Lectures Lectures and laboratories Laboratories and experiential Clinical presentations Tutorials |
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| Weeks of direct instruction in year 1 of curriculum: | 37 | |||
| 2 | 3 |
DVM-610 Systemic Pathology I DVM-611 Introduction to Pharmacology DVM-612 Principles of Surgery DVM-613 Veterinary Bacteriology & Mycology DVM-614 Veterinary Virology DVM-615 Veterinary Skills III DVM-616 Integration III Semester 3 total |
3 3 3 3 3 2 1 18 |
Lectures and laboratories Lectures Lectures and laboratories Lectures Lectures Laboratories and experiential Clinical presentations |
| 4 |
DVM-620 Systemic Pathology II DVM-621 Clinical Pathology DVM-622 Veterinary Epidemiology DVM-623 Veterinary Pharmacology DVM-624 Veterinary Toxicology DVM-625 Public Health and Food Safety DVM-626 Veterinary Skills IV DVM-627 Integration IV Semester 4 total |
3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 20 |
Lectures and laboratories Lectures and laboratories Lectures and tutorials Lectures Lectures Lectures and tutorials Laboratories and experiential Clinical presentations |
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| Weeks of direct instruction in year 2 of curriculum: | 38 | |||
| 3 | 5 |
DVM-710 Small Animal Medicine I DVM-711 Small Animal Surgery DVM-712 Anesthesia DVM-713 Diagnostic Imaging DVM-714 Equine Medicine DVM-715 Veterinary Skills V Semester 5 total |
5 5 3 3 3 2 21 |
Lectures Lectures Lectures and tutorials Lectures and laboratories Lectures and laboratories Laboratories and experiential |
| 6 |
DVM-720 Small Animal Medicine II DVM-721 Production Animal Medicine & Surgery DVM-722 Exotics and Laboratory Animal Medicine DVM-723 Equine Surgery DVM-724 Theriogenology DVM-725 Veterinary Skills VI Semester 6 total |
5 4.5 3 2.5 3 2 20 |
Lectures Lectures and laboratories Lectures and laboratories Lectures and laboratories Lectures and laboratories Laboratories and experiential |
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| Weeks of direct instruction in year 3 of curriculum: | 38 | |||
| 4 | ||||
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Summer Fall Spring |
DVM-800 Large Animal Medicine & Surgery DVM-801 Small Animal Medicine DVM-802 Small Animal Surgery DVM-803 Anesthesia DVM-804 Clinical Pathology DVM-805 Anatomic Pathology DVM-806 Diagnostic Imaging DVM-807 Emergency/Critical Care DVM-813 Community Practice DVM-815 Spay/Neuter DVM-819 Shelter Medicine and Surgery DVM-816 Equine Medicine Clerkship DVM-818 Exotic Companion Animal Medicine Clerkship DVM-808 Elective Clerkship - CAE DVM-808 Elective Clerkship - Topic dependent DVM-812 Tropical Animal Health & Medicine CAE DVM-817 Production Animal Medicine Clerkship DVM-814 Experiential Learning Externship Year 4 total |
4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0-2 0-2 4-12 0-8 0-2 0-8 0-8 40 |
Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Core clerkship Elective overseen clerkship Elective overseen clerkship Elective clerkship Elective clerkship Elective clerkship Elective clerkship Externship |
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| Weeks of direct instruction in year 4 of curriculum: | 40 | |||
| Total | 156 |