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VETERINARY MEDICINE

We have been delivering Veterinary medicine is a strand-based course that
follows a ‘spiral’ curriculum. This means that key
exceptional training in concepts are presented repeatedly to you as you

progress through the course, at deepening levels of
veterinary medicine for over complexity and in different contexts.

232 years, and our clinical The progression of knowledge and understanding from

facilities are second-to- preclinical basic concepts to clinical and professional
knowledge and reasoning skills is achieved by revisits
none. You will benefit from to each strand at different stages of the course. For
example, when learning about the kidney, you will learn
an outstanding learning basic anatomy, and physiology during the preclinical
phase of the course and then learn about the common
environment and graduate diseases of the kidney and how they are diagnosed
and treated during the clinical phase. This is then
ready to make a real difference enriched by working with animal patients presented
with kidney disease in our first opinion and referral
in the veterinary profession. hospitals, or other practices, during clinical rotations

and extra-mural placements.

...of BVetMed
95% students find the
course intellectually
stimulating
(National Student Survey 2022)

...of BVetMed students
94% are in work or further
study at fifteen months
after graduating
(most recent Graduate
Outcomes survey)

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