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VET-40007 - Module Specification
Harper and Keele Veterinary School
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 21 November 2024

VET-40007 - Clinical Rotations
Coordinator: Emma Robertson
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 120
Study Hours: 1200
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

VET-30035 Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery
VET-30017 Business and Professional Skills

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

The module comprises 30 weeks of workplace-based Clinical Education through a series of rotating Intramural Rotations, during which students will continue their professional development, competency attainment in a supported and quality assured clinical teaching environment. Rotations will integrate seminar teaching and workshops to augment the clinical training and standardise core objectives within each clinical or professional discipline.

Aims
This module aims to provide students with a variety of authentic, work-place based learning opportunities where they can further develop, refine, remediate and, ultimately, evidence the capabilities required of a veterinary graduate, as aligned to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Day One Competency Framework.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate the Day One Competences, as defined by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Day One Competency Framework and evidence the capabilities required of a veterinary graduate.: 1,2,3
Demonstrate effective communication with clients, veterinary health care teams and colleagues in all contexts including case management, patient care, client interactions and case referral.: 1
Examine and evaluate clinical cases, common presentations and routine scenarios within the context of different veterinary species and apply logical clinical reasoning to identify patient problems and differential diagnoses, and develop prioritised, justified diagnostic or investigative plans.: 1
Triage veterinary emergencies, demonstrate effective teamwork within the healthcare team and advise on appropriate interventions to alleviate suffering and protect welfare in emergency cases: 1
Construct case management plans and undertake routine first line medical or surgical interventions, ensuring appropriate use of anaesthetic and analgesic agents to minimise pain or harm to veterinary patients: 1
Practice Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine and apply the principles of veterinary research, clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety to primary care veterinary practice: 2
Demonstrate reflective practice and apply self-regulation to evidence commitment to contextualised professional development and life-long learning: 3

Study hours

Workplace-based Learning: 27 x 5-day week (average 7-hours on placement per day) = 950 hours
Workplace-based Portfolio development: 120 hours
Clinical Research: 100 hours
Seminars: 30

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Objective Structured Skills & Clinical Examination weighted 60%
Objective Structured Clinical Evaluations
Students will progress through a series of OSCE stations which will evaluate core technical and non-technical competences relevant to managing clinical cases or professional scenarios in veterinary practice. Multiple OSCE stations will be completed in sequence, each individually timed and directly observed and assessed in real time. Total examination time 120 minutes Standard Setting will be applied to establish pass mark for each OSCE station

2: Research Report weighted 20%
Applied Clinical Research Report
Students will produce a research manuscript, presenting the applied research methodology undertaken and outcomes attained during the 3-week Clinical Governance Quality Improvement final year rotation (or research elective if chosen). Students will choose from one of the following areas to base their research report - A Clinical Audit - A Sustainability Assessment - A Knowledge Summary - A Literature Review - A primary research project Reports will follow relevant peer-reviewed journal author guidelines for length, structure and formatting.

3: Video Blog weighted 20%
Capstone Event Analysis
A reflective analysis of two or more professional capstone events or experiences which students have encountered during clinical placements during which significant personal development occurred. Applying critical analysis and utilising structured reflective cycles, students will integrate evidence-based veterinary medicine with reflective practice to evidence a holistic approach to professional development, performance optimisation and self-regulation

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 21 November 2024