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HANDS-ON CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
SMALL ANIMAL REFERRALS

Our small animal referrals service is based at Veterinary Nursing students have the opportunity to work and
the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals at our learn in the small animal referrals hospital, developing practical
care skills, client care, and management.
Hawkshead Campus. The hospital is the largest
full service referral hospital in Europe, with the The experience gained in our hospitals will expand your
greatest concentration of veterinary specialists knowledge and understanding of how veterinary practices and
organisations operate, and help you develop your soft skills and
and specialists-in-training (over 100 from over become confident in case management. This is a vital part of
10 countries). graduating from your course ready for work.

Services
We offer a responsive, friendly and helpful service to referring
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vets and pet owners 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our • Anaesthesia and analgesia Internal Medicine
world-class specialists and clinicians treat over 10,000 animals • Behaviour clinic • Neurology and neurosurgery
each year, leading the way in clinical practice and are at the • Cardiology • Nutrition
cutting-edge of veterinary medicine. • Critical care • Oncology
• Dermatology • Ophthalmology
Veterinary Medicine students will spend time on their clinical • Diagnostic imaging • Orthopaedic surgery
rotations (in their 4th year and final year) to work and learn in • Emergency referral • Physiotherapy and rehabilitation
the QMHA. You will dedicate time to gaining practical clinical • Exotics • Soft tissue surgery
experience with real life cases, consolidating your learning • First Opinion Emergency • Transfusion medicine
about diagnosis and management of animal diseases.

“I felt that I was a really good fit for the
RVC when I saw how amazing the animal
teaching hospital was.

“The clinicians are absolutely amazing.
They are so happy to talk you through
cases. The clinicians are at the forefront
of their field and that is something
that I was interested in being a part of.
I feel confident going into practice as
a competent new graduate.”

Elizabeth Kaladeen
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

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