VSAC Canine Skills Restricted Access App
The PVM VSAC Canine Skills Restricted Access App provides step-by-step instruction for canine clinical skills like sample collection and diagnostics, treatments, and technical skills. Content is created by Purdue veterinarians and veterinary technicians and is designed for students to review skills, wherever they have their device.
What You’ll Find
- Materials
- Everything you need to perform a procedure at home, in the clinical skills lab, or in the hospital.
- Pro Tips
- Helpful expert tips to perform each procedure confidently and safely.
- Instructional Videos - Clear, step-by-step videos featuring Purdue veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Videos can be easy to follow while you work - ideal for reference before you begin and during each step.
Educational Notice
The PVM VSAC Canine Skills App is provided for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for care from a licensed veterinarian.
The App
The app is available for iPhone and iPad.
Quick access to procedure guidance wherever you are-great for reviewing steps, checking materials, and watching videos as you practice. The app includes sample collection and diagnostics, treatments, technical skills, and even quick wellness breaks to enjoy in between practice sessions.
FAQ
Is this veterinary medical advice?
No. PVM VSAC Canine Skills provides educational information to supplement PVM coursework and is not a substitute for care from a licensed veterinarian.
Can I use this in an emergency?
No. If your animal is in distress, seek veterinary care immediately.
Does the app require an internet connection?
Some content, especially videos, may require an internet connection depending on your setup and device.
Support
Please review the End User License Agreement and FAQs for support information.
Support email: tlt@purdue.edu
Terms of Use and End User License Agreement
Effective Date: January 17, 2026
Welcome to PVM VSAC Canine RA. These Terms of Use and End User License Agreement ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the PVM VSAC Canine RA application and any related content, features, or services (collectively, the "Application"). By registering for, accessing, or using the Application, you agree to be bound by these Terms.
The Application provides general educational information related to clinical skills in your VSAC course. It is provided for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide veterinary medical advice. The Application is not a substitute for veterinary care, and use of the Application does not create a veterinarian-client-patient relationship.
You are solely responsible for the care, handling, supervision, and treatment of any animal. Animals may behave unpredictably, and improper handling or application of care techniques may result in injury to an animal, yourself, or others. You assume the risks associated with using the Application and applying its educational information.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Purdue University grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Application solely for your personal, non-commercial, educational use. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, sublicense, lease, reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code or protected content of the Application.
You represent that you are at least eighteen years of age or are using the Application under the supervision of a parent, legal guardian, or authorized educational program.
The Application and its content are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE," without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Purdue University and its trustees, officers, employees, contractors, contributors, and affiliates shall not be liable for damages arising from or related to your use of or reliance on the Application.
All videos, text, images, graphics, logos, software, and other content included in the Application are owned by or licensed to Purdue University and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
Purdue University may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Content Protection and Acceptable Use Policy, or other applicable requirements.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Questions may be directed to tlt@purdue.edu.
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 20, 2026
This Privacy Policy applies to the PVM VSAC Canine RA mobile application (the "Application"), developed by Purdue University (the "Service Provider"). The Application is intended for authorized users who have been approved to access its educational content.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
When requesting access, you may provide your full name, email address, requested user role, affiliation information, and acknowledgments of the governing policies. The Application uses passwordless authentication. No application password is created or stored.
Account Approval Information
Authorized administrators review registration information to determine eligibility. Administrators may approve, deny, suspend, renew, or revoke access.
Device Information
To enforce one active authorized device per approved account, the Application may collect a device registration identifier, operating-system version, Application version, security and authentication information, and device activation and last-access dates. The Application does not collect your device serial number.
Security and Audit Information
The Service Provider may maintain logs of registration requests, email verification, sign-in activity, device activation, administrator actions, account status changes, and unauthorized access attempts.
How Information Is Used
Information is used to verify email ownership, review access requests, authenticate users, enforce device restrictions, process transfers, protect copyrighted educational content, detect unauthorized access, maintain security and reliability, respond to support requests, and comply with applicable Purdue University policies and legal obligations.
The Service Provider does not sell personal information and does not use it for advertising.
Content Protection
Users must not copy, record, redistribute, or otherwise share protected educational content except as expressly authorized by Purdue University. This version of the Application does not detect or log screenshots or screen recordings.
Email Communications
The Application may send email verification codes, access-request confirmations, approval or denial notices, device-transfer notices, security alerts, account-status updates, renewal reminders, and support communications.
Data Storage And Security
The Service Provider uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information. No electronic transmission or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Data Sharing
Information may be shared with authorized Purdue University personnel and service providers that support authentication, email delivery, hosting, or security. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or legal process.
Retention
Information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary to maintain accounts, provide access, protect educational content, preserve appropriate audit records, and satisfy legal, regulatory, or university requirements.
Your Choices
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of information associated with your account, subject to applicable legal, security, and records-retention requirements. You may stop using the Application by uninstalling it.
Children
The Application is intended for users at least eighteen years of age or users participating under appropriate adult or educational supervision. It is not directed to children under thirteen.
Changes
This Privacy Policy may be updated. Material changes will be posted in the Application with a revised effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy may be directed to Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine at tlt@purdue.edu.
Content Protection and Acceptable Use Policy
Effective Date: July 20, 2026
This Policy governs use of the PVM VSAC Canine RA mobile application (the "Application"), developed by Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine ("Purdue"). The Application contains copyrighted educational materials intended solely for authorized users.
Authorized Use
Access is personal to the approved user and may not be transferred or shared. Access may be granted only after email verification, administrator approval, registration of one authorized device, and acceptance of the governing policies.
One Authorized Device
Each approved account may use one authorized mobile device at a time. You may not share your account or verification code, allow another person to use your approved account, register multiple active devices, or circumvent device controls. Replacement devices require the approved transfer process.
Educational Use Only
The Application is provided solely for personal educational use. It may not be used for commercial purposes, to provide veterinary medical advice, to create competing educational products, to redistribute Purdue materials, or to train artificial-intelligence systems without Purdue's written permission.
Protection of Copyrighted Content
Unless expressly authorized in writing by Purdue, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, translate, publish, sell, license, distribute, upload, publicly display, or incorporate Application content into another application, course, website, social-media post, or other product.
Content Capture Restrictions
Users may not reproduce, record, redistribute, or publicly display protected Application content without written authorization from Purdue. This version of the Application does not detect or log screenshots or screen recordings.
Prohibited Activities
You may not share verification codes, bypass approval, circumvent security, reverse engineer or decompile the Application, extract protected videos or other content, use bots or scraping tools, interfere with availability, remove proprietary notices, or redistribute protected content.
Security Monitoring
Purdue may record security events including authentication, device registration, device replacement, approvals, suspensions, revocations, unauthorized access attempts, and suspected policy violations.
Enforcement
Failure to comply may result in a warning, temporary suspension, permanent revocation, denial of future access, or referral to an appropriate Purdue University office, educational institution, employer, licensing body, or legal authority when warranted. Administrative review may consider whether an event was accidental, repeated, or intentional.
Device Transfers
Administrators may approve or deny transfers, reset registered devices, require additional verification, deny suspicious requests, and revoke previously authorized devices.
Reporting Security Concerns
Promptly report a lost or stolen device, suspected account compromise, or unauthorized use to Purdue.
Changes
Purdue may update this Policy to improve security, comply with legal requirements, or support new features. Continued use after a revised policy becomes effective constitutes acceptance.
Contact
Questions may be directed to Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine at tlt@purdue.edu.
