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HANDS-ON CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
EQUINE HOSPITAL & AMBULATORY

Our equine hospital is located at the Hawkshead Trust), if available where students can participate in the daily
Campus with a long and rich history in equine veterinary work with the staff veterinarian.
health management. The hospital combines In addition, students can choose up to 6 weeks of Equine as
world-leading research with the largest number tracking rotations (2 weeks at Bell Equine, 2 weeks at Buckingham
of RCVS recognised equine specialists of any Equine, 2 weeks equine diagnostic imaging at RVC).
UK veterinary teaching hospital to provide a
24-hour emergency and referral service.
“The equine referral hospital at the RVC
Committed to educating equine vets and specialists of the is special in that it is prestigious but
future, Veterinary Medicine students are encouraged to fully maintains a patient and friendly teaching
participate in daily work at the equine hospital, and make use environment. You are able to be involved
of every opportunity to practice their clinical skills, always under
close supervision. Students are fully immersed in the hospital in a variety of cases, working alongside
routine, admitting, examining and treating horses alongside leading professionals who clearly
clinicians with each student being assigned their own cases. value your learning and will always
find the time to answer questions. After
Students spend a minimum of 4 week on Equine (core each rotation you feel more and more
rotations). The 4 weeks are divided between equine medicine in confident going forward into both EMS
the hospital, out of hours and emergency work in the hospital,
equine surgery in the hospital, and ambulatory first opinion and your future career.”
practice. During the ambulatory week, each student goes out Kirsty Russell
on calls with one veterinarian attending routine and emergency Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
cases. We also offer visits to our outside partners (The Horse

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