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PRACTICAL AND INTRAMURAL CLINICAL ROTATIONS
CLINICAL TEACHING In the final two years of the course, your clinical experience
will focus on:
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES (AHEMS)* • Observation, discussion and practical experience as a
AHEMS placements are designed to help you consolidate member of the clinical team in the ºÚÁÏÉç’s hospitals,
your learning and about animal husbandry, develop animal and in clinical enterprises in which the ºÚÁÏÉç is a
handling skills, and learn about animal industries. collaborating partner
• Attendance at lectures, seminars and workshops
Students will need to complete 10 weeks of AHEMS
before entry to year 2 of the course. Students are strongly • Completion of a major research project
encouraged to visit a range of different placements to
gain experience of working with different species in a CLINICAL EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES (ClinEMS)*
variety of settings. ClinEMS occurs in veterinary practices and other veterinary
industries. It will help you build on and enhance the clinical
A limited number of weeks of previous animal husbandry training you will receive from on the ºÚÁÏÉç’s intramural
experience, towards the 10 week requirement, can be clinical rotations.
submitted for approval prior to entry to the course.
This experience is limited to activities completed within You will consolidate your learning about diagnosis and
the 24 months leading up to the start of the course. management of animal diseases, enhance your practical
clinical skills, and acquire greater understanding of how
*Requirements for the number of weeks of AHEMS and ClinicalEMS veterinary organisations operate.
may be subject to change in the future.
You will undertake ClinEMS placements in the final three years
of the course. The total number of weeks required by the
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons is currently 20 weeks.
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