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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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