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This Qualifying Examination will assess the candidate’s ability to:
- Prepare a cadaver (or simulator starting with the August 28 session at WCVM Saskatoon) for a sterile abdominal surgical procedure;
- Prepare himself/herself for a sterile surgical procedure;
- Perform a ventral midline celiotomy (approximately 10 cm in length) and close the ventral midline celiotomy, subcutaneous tissue and skin on a cadaver (or simulator starting with the August 28 session at WCVM Saskatoon).
Maximum time: 1.5 hours from initiation of cadaver preparation to completion of surgical procedure (placement of final skin suture in the cadaver or simulator). Candidates not completing the surgical procedure in this time period will fail the Qualifying Examination.
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