Professional Practice 3 (Electives)

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2013:

Successful completion of all of:

• VETS40001 Dogs, Cats & Miscellaneous Pets 2
• VETS40002 Horses 2
• VETS40003 Cattle 2
• VETS40004 Small Ruminants 2
• VETS40006 Professional Practice 2 (Hospital)

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Prospective students are advised to familiarise themselves with the Faculty's Academic Requirements Statement.

Blocks of approved practical work in areas selected by the student. This may be undertaken in research laboratories or approved practices.

This subject enables enrolled students to study in greater depth in any area of veterinary science, such as areas of their interest or need. Students could spend time in a specific practice (such as agricultural animal, aquatic animal, equine, laboratory animal, small animal, or zoo animal practice) or a specific discipline (such as basic research, diagnostic imaging, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, stud work, surgery, ophthalmology, pathology or theriogenology), so as to ensure a comprehensive integration of the spectrum of knowledge and clinical skills of all subjects in the third and fourth years of the BVSc curriculum. In addition students will use these blocks of study to consolidate knowledge of all aspects of veterinary public health from all years of the curriculum.

• Satisfactory performance in each of the four elective blocks (each 10%).
• Satisfactory performance in each of the five 15-minute oral examinations and in the one 60-minute multiple choice examination (each 10%), which together cover all the knowledge and clinical skills of all subjects in the third and fourth years of the BVSc Curriculum.
• The examinations may include all aspects of veterinary public health from all years of the curriculum.
• Students must pass each examination and each elective rotation (hurdle requirements).

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students completing this subject should have acquired the following:

• cognitive, analytic and problem solving skills, involving independent thought, rational enquiry and self-directed learning;

• respect for intellectual integrity and professional ethics;

• professional and technical skills;

• writing skills and the use of advanced communication technologies;

• time management and planning skills;

• community and leadership skills including facility in public speaking and presentation;

• people management, the ability to participate effectively in collaborative learning, interpersonal relationships and grief counselling; and

• finance and business management skills.