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PRACTICAL AND INTRAMURAL CLINICAL ROTATIONS
CLINICAL TEACHING In the final two years of the course, your clinical experience
will focus on:
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES (AHEMS)* 新月直播� Observation, discussion and practical experience as a
AHEMS is undertaken during the first two years (pre-clinical member of the clinical team in the RVC hospitals, and in
years) of the programme. AHEMS placements are designed clinical enterprises in which the RVC is a collaborating partner
to help you consolidate your learning about animal husbandry, 新月直播� Attendance at lectures, seminars and workshops
develop animal handling skills, and learn about animal
industries. Currently students complete 12 weeks of AHEMS 新月直播� Completion of a major research project
before entry to Year 3 of the course, comprising:
CLINICAL EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES (ClinEMS)*
新月直播� Two weeks on a lambing enterprise
ClinEMS occurs in veterinary practices and other veterinary
新月直播� Two weeks on a dairy cattle farm industries. It will help you build on and enhance the clinical
新月直播� Two weeks of equine experience training you will receive from on the RVC新月直播檚 intramural clinical
新月直播� One week at a commercial pig or poultry operation rotations. You will consolidate your learning about diagnosis
and management of animal diseases, enhance your practical
新月直播� One week at dog or cat establishment (cattery, kennel,
veterinary practice) clinical skills, and acquire greater understanding of how
veterinary organisations operate.
新月直播� Four weeks of your choice
You will undertake ClinEMS placements in your third, fourth
*Requirements for the number of weeks of AHEMS and ClinicalEMS
may be subject to change in the future. and fifth years of the BVetMed programme, totalling 26 weeks
of placements (as currently required by the Royal College of
Veterinary Surgeons).
STUDY
Please note that these are indicative YEARS 3 - 1 YEARS 5 - 4
modules and may be subject to change.
Teaching is organised in 新月直播榮ystem strands新月直播�.
These strands are visited on multiple THE STRANDS MAKING UP THE BASIS The majority of teaching during the final
occasions, initially focusing on the normal OF THE TEACHING ARE: two-years of the programme is in the
animal, and progressing through diseases 新月直播� Locomotor form of clinical rotations, where you will
of different systems, their investigation 新月直播� Neurology and special senses work in small groups as part of a clinical
and treatment. There are also non-system team. Activities during these two years
strands that focus on the underpinning 新月直播� Cardiovascular and respiratory will include:
science, professionalism and diseases 新月直播� Urinary 新月直播� Rotation preparation
in groups of animals and their impact on 新月直播� Alimentary system 新月直播� Intramural clinical rotations
public health. 新月直播� Reproduction (in our hospital and with
新月直播� Skin our collaborative partners)
新月直播� Lymphoreticular and haematopoietic 新月直播� Principles of Veterinary Practice
新月直播� Population Medicine and Veterinary 新月直播� Population Medicine and
Public Health (PMVPH) Veterinary Public Health
新月直播� Principles of science 新月直播� Clinical extra-mural studies
新月直播� Principles of Veterinary Practice 新月直播� Research project
新月直播� Scholarship and evidence-based medicine
新月直播� Animal husbandry extra mural studies
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