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Undergraduate Course: Final Year Core (BVMS11013)

Course Outline
SchoolRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits100 ECTS Credits50
Summary6 CORE ROTATION BLOCKS, each 4 weeks, (23 weeks total) IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
Companion Animal Medicine, Companion Animal Surgery, General Practice, Neurology, Ophthalmology and LA Anaesthesia (NOAh), Equine and Food Animal, Pathology and Diagnostic Investigation (FAPDI)
5 weeks of free choice when EMS can be completed
Course description 6 CORE ROTATION BLOCKS, each 4 weeks, (23 weeks total) IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
Companion Animal Medicine:
Cardiopulmonary, Dermatology, Oncology, Small Animal Internal Medicine
Companion Animal Surgery:
Diagnostic Imaging, Emergency & Critical Care, Small Animal Orthopaedics, Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery
General Practice:
Dick Vet General Practice, Exotics, Inglis Veterinary Practice, Small Animal Anaesthesia
Neurology, Ophthalmology and Large Animal Anaesthesia (NOAh):
Neurology, Ophthalmology and Large Animal Anaesthesia
Equine:
Equine Medicine, Equine Surgery, Dick Vet Equine Practice Ambulatory, Equine Out of Hours
Food Animal, Pathology and Diagnostic Investigation (FAPDI):
Farm Animal Clinics, Herd & Flock Health, Pathology, Veterinary Public Health and Diagnostic Investigation
5 weeks of free choice when EMS can be completed
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 1000 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 700, Summative Assessment Hours 5, Revision Session Hours 42, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 20, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 233 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 10 %, Practical Exam 40 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Written Exam 50%«br /»
Coursework 10%«br /»
Practical Exam 40%
Feedback Verbal feedback given throughout rotations
Written feedback given at end of each core rotation
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Outwith Standard Exam Diets FebruaryFinal Year MCQ Exam Paper 13:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets FebruaryFinal Year MCQ Exam Paper 23:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets JuneFY MCQ Exam Paper 1 (resit)3:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets JuneFY MCQ Exam Paper 2 (resit)3:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. To build upon the previous years of didactic and clinical instruction by integrating the material into a clinical setting.
  2. To further develop practical surgical and medical clinical skills.
  3. To combine skills in history taking, clinical examination and in formulating a list of problems, differential diagnoses and problem solving.
  4. To develop further skills in verbal and written communication with instructors, with peers and with the animal owning public.
  5. To develop professional attitudes in the widest sense, including personal tidiness, maintenance of a clean and safe clinical environment and always considering patient welfare in every clinical decision.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMiss Claire Fisher
Tel: (0131 6)50 7633
Email: Claire.Fisher@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Sally Tait
Tel: (0131 6)50 6214
Email: sally.tait@ed.ac.uk
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