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TEACHING

AND LEARNING . . .

PRACTICAL AND CLINICAL EXTRAMURAL
CLINICAL TEACHING STUDIES (ClinEMS)*
A fundamental part of our veterinary ClinEMS occurs in veterinary practices
medicine courses is the practical and other veterinary industries. It will
experience you gain that will prepare you help you build on and enhance the
for your future career. This is achieved clinical training you will receive from on
through practical classes, intramural the RVC’s intramural clinical rotations.
clinical rotations and extramural studies. You will consolidate your learning
We believe that this is critical to your about diagnosis and management of
development so that you are able to apply animal diseases, enhance your practical
your theoretical learning in a practical clinical skills, and acquire greater
environment to clinical cases. There are understanding of how veterinary practices
two categories of extramural studies. and organisations operate. You must
complete 26 weeks of ClinEMS.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
EXTRAMURAL STUDIES INTRAMURAL CLINICAL
(AHEMS)* ROTATIONS

AHEMS is undertaken during the first two Intramural clinical rotations take place in
years of the five veterinary medicine course, our own hospitals and clinics and those
or your first year if studying the Graduate of our partner organisations in the final
Accelerated BVetMed. AHEMS placements one-and-a-half years of the course.
are designed to help you consolidate your The focus of this is on:
learning about animal husbandry, develop • observation, discussion and practical
animal handling skills, and learn about the experience as a member of the
management of normal animals and their clinical team in the RVC’s hospitals,
related industries. This would include time and in clinical enterprises in which the
spent with lambing enterprises, a dairy RVC is a collaborating partner
cattle farm, a commercial pig operation, and • attendance at lectures, seminars
equine experience. You must complete 12 and workshops
weeks of AHEMS before entry to year 3 (or
year 2 if studying the Graduate Accelerated • completion of a major research project
BVetMed) of the course.

If you are studying the Graduate Accelerated
BVetMed, you can do six weeks of AHEMS *Requirements for the number of weeks of
AHEMS and ClinicalEMS may be subject to
prior to starting your course. change in the future.
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