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HANDS-ON CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
SMALL ANIMAL

REFERRALS

Our small animal referrals service is SERVICES

based at the Queen Mother Hospital for • Anaesthesia and analgesia • Neurology and
Animals at our Hawkshead Campus. • Behaviour clinic neurosurgery
• Nutrition
The hospital is the largest referral • Cardiology • Oncology
• Critical care
hospital in Europe, with the greatest • Dermatology • Ophthalmology
concentration of veterinary specialists • Diagnostic imaging • Orthopaedic surgery
and specialists-in-training (over 100 • Emergency referral • Physiotherapy and
rehabilitation
from over 10 countries). • Exotics • Soft tissue surgery
• First Opinion Emergency
• Transfusion medicine
• Internal Medicine

We offer a responsive, friendly and helpful service to referring
vets and pet owners 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our
world-class specialists and clinicians treat over 17,000 animals
each year, leading the way in clinical practice and are at the
cutting-edge of veterinary medicine.

Veterinary Medicine students will spend time on “During my placement, I have enjoyed rotations
their clinical rotations (in their 4th year and final year) because students are actively involved in the clinical
to work and learn in the QMHA. You will dedicate time discussion surrounding your cases. As well as having
to gaining practical clinical experience with real life the opportunity to ask questions and being asked my
cases, consolidating your learning about diagnosis and thoughts and interpretations on various cases. With this
management of animal diseases. comes knowledge on disease processes and clinical
presentations, which I will remember when I qualify.
Veterinary Nursing students have the opportunity to work Along with the hands-on and practical skills, I have
and learn in the small animal referrals hospital, developing learned valuable client communication skills that will
practical care skills, client care, and management. benefit me and my future patients. While on rotations, I
have had the opportunity to take histories for clinically
The experience gained in our hospitals will expand challenging cases and learnt how to form meaningful client
your knowledge and understanding of how veterinary relationships. Rotations have made me incredibly excited
practices and organisations operate, and help you for my future as a qualified vet.”
develop your soft skills and become confident in case
management. This is a vital part of graduating from your SYDNEY HARRINGTON
course ready for work. Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

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