Unit name | Professional Studies 5 |
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Unit code | VETS36001 |
Credit points | 0 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Slingsby |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Completion of BVSc 4 |
Co-requisites |
All other units in BVSc 5 |
School/department | Bristol Veterinary School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This unit is vertically integrated with Professional Studies units in years 1-4 and results in an understanding of the complex issues and responsibilities associated with being a veterinary professional.
Communication skills - Teaching on clinical rotations allows coaching in effective verbal and written communication skills in relation to clients and colleagues.
Professional conduct, ethics and law - Work in practices and hospitals on clinical rotations, and in group seminars, allows students to consider professional conduct and apply jurisprudence and ethics.
Business management - Clinical rotations are based in commercial businesses allowing students to witness practical application of business principles. Teaching around fee setting, reward management, relationship management, and working within a veterinary business setting.
Health and safety - The health and safety guidelines of each rotation allows students to apply knowledge gained previously.
Study learning and investigation - Lifelong learning is discussed, including the RCVS requirements and the Professional Development Phase after graduation.
In addition to clinical rotations, there will be group teaching of professional studies-related subjects during the “Professional Studies week”. Teaching during this week will help students develop the skills needed to gain employment after graduation, and to manage the transfer to employment, acknowledging where and when they should request support.
Aims (note that the delivery and assessment of many of these aims is embedded with clinical rotations within the Clinical Veterinary Science Unit):
Note that the delivery and assessment of many of these learning outcomes is embedded with clinical rotations in the Clinical Veterinary Science Unit
Communication skills. Students should be able to:
Professional conduct, ethics and law Students should be able to:
Business management. Students should be able to:
Health and safety:
Students should be able to:
Study learning and investigation. Students should be able to:
Lectures, seminars, debate, practicals, computer-assisted-learning, reflective journal
As befits the assessment of clinical competence, the assessments in this unit are all bimodal pass/fail.
Professional skills and attributes will be assessed within clinical rotations as part of the Clinical Veterinary Science unit. Formative feedback will be given.
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. VETS36001).
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 Faculty 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. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.