Unit information: Classroom to Clinic in 2023/24

Unit name	Classroom to Clinic
Unit code	VETS30027
Credit points	0
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2D (weeks 19 - 24)
Unit director	Mrs. Wood
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	Completion of BVSc 3
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	All other units in BVSc 4
Units you may not take alongside this one	N/A
School/department	Bristol Veterinary School
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Unit Information

The aim of the Classroom to Clinic (C2C) unit is to bridge the gap and aid the transition from the primarily classroom based curriculum to clinical rotations undertaken at Langford and with extramural providers. The unit aims to enable students to prepare for, and further develop their understanding of, the clinical workplace; to reinforce their clinical skills, logical approach to cases, clinical reasoning, communication skills and team work; and to enhance their understanding of feedback. The unit will involve practical and experiential components with taught, self-directed and group learning activities.

Within this period there is also "Global Health week" which similarly includes lectures, tasks and small group work to prepare students for issues of global health importance in the veterinary profession.

Your learning on this unit

By the end of the Classroom to clinics unit students will be able to:

• Demonstrate a deeper understanding of various aspects of the veterinary workplace including standards of professional behaviour, clinical governance, teamwork, feedback, and lifelong learning
• Perform history taking, physical examination, logical approach to cases and clinical reasoning skills at an appropriate level for entering clinical rotation
• Execute key practical skills in the clinical skills lab

By the end of global health week students will be able to

• Describe a variety of career options with relevance for One Health
• Using specific examples, explain the importance of the aquaculture industry and the relevance of aquatic animal disease
• Discuss control options of wildlife disease
• Discuss examples of wildlife diseases which impact on people either directly as zoonotic infections, or indirectly through disease in livestock
• Using case examples, explain controversial aspects of conservation relating to human-animal interactions
• Explain some complexities and benefits of One Health approaches in the medical and veterinary profession
• Using examples, plan a disease control strategy for an outbreak of a disease of significant importance to animal or human health, with reference to economic, social, ethical and environmental factors as appropriate.

How you will learn

• Lectures
• Practical classes
• Group work on problem solving and clinical tasks
• Facilitated small and large group activities
• Technology enhanced learning

How you will be assessed

Satisfactory completion of the unit will involve a combination of:

• Must attend activities
• Must pass activities and coursework

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. VETS30027).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.