The University of Calgary veterinary program is expanding by adding an extra 20 students per year starting in 2020. Each class will have up to 50 students per year. The government of Alberta is shifting enrollment funding of $4.7 million to the Calgary program from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of […] Read more
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Simulators give students inside scoop
When a veterinary student reaches inside Sarah Baillie’s virtual cow, a computerized system of motors guide the hand across the reproductive tract, bladder and aorta. For the student, it feels like the real thing with pulsations, bumps and hard surfaces. If the student is too rough, the simulator moos. Known as the Haptic cow, this […] Read more
