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Veterinary Clinical Skills (VETS40017)
Undergraduate level 4Points: 50On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
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This subject is only available to incoming exchange students.
It is not available for students enrolled in an award program at the University of Melbourne.
The subject consists of blocks of practical work in clinical disciplines selected by the student and approved by the subject coordinator. This may be undertaken in the Veterinary Hospital, specialised academic units, research laboratories or approved practices.
Intended learning outcomes
The subject enables students to spend extra time in areas of particular interest to them. Thus they could spend time in a specific practice (such as agricultural animal, equine, small animal) or a specific discipline (such as diagnostic imaging, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, small animal surgery, equine medicine and surgery, neurology) subject to availability of suitable places.
- N/A
Generic skills
Students completing this subject should have acquired the following:
- Cognitive, analytic and problem solving skills, involving independent thought, rational enquiry and self-directed learning
- Respect for intellectual integrity and professional ethics
- Professional and technical skills
- Writing skills and the use of advanced communication technologies
- Time management and planning skills
- Community and leadership skills including facility in public speaking and presentation
- People management, the ability to participate effectively in collaborative learning, interpersonal relationships and grief counselling
- Finance and business management skills
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Completion of adequate pre-clinical training.
Enrolment into this subject requires approval of the subject coordinator.
The language of instruction is English. Students must be fluent in spoken and written English.
Students approved for enrolment into this subject participate in the clinical elective rotations alongside students formally enrolled in the veterinary science course of the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences. Opportunities to enrol into this subject each semester are limited by the capacity of the Veterinary Hospital to accommodate additional students.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
A sound understanding of structure, function and dysfunction in domestic animals and diseases of importance in domestic animals and principles of their treatment.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Continuous assessment of performance in each of the four elective rotations (blocks) 4 x 25% | Throughout the teaching period | 100% |
Hurdle requirement: To successfully pass this subject a student must pass each elective rotation. | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinator Abdul Jabbar Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Clinical Rotations within the Greencross Vet Hospital at the University of Melbourne encompassing all but not excluding tutorials, clinical rounds, and in some rotation's clinical presentations Total time commitment 480 hours Teaching period 12 February 2024 to 3 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 28 February 2024 Census date 1 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 April 2024 Assessment period ends 10 May 2024
Time commitment details
480 hours
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Nil
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024