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TEACHING AND LEARNING

LEARNING SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING TEACHING STAFF
This course is delivered through whole- Outside of your timetabled lectures and The RVC has three outstanding academic
class lectures, small group tutorials, practical sessions, you are expected and clinical departments. Lecturers in
group work in directed learning to undertake self-directed learning. each department are not only world-
classes, computer-assisted learning, Typically, this involves reading journal class researchers and clinicians who are
demonstrations, practical work in articles and books, working on individual passionate about their field but are highly
laboratory and dissection classes, and group projects, undertaking research qualified teaching professionals. All RVC
practical classes utilising live animals, in the library, preparing coursework students are assured teaching of the
directed and self-directed reading, assignments and presentations, and highest standard.
directed and self-directed practice in preparing for examinations.
the Clinical Skills Centre, self-evaluation,
animal husbandry placements,
placements in veterinary practices, and
production of project reports.

I enjoy the freedom this course
allows. I can choose practical
time slots and certain electives
that I’m most interested in, and
I feel that this makes the RVC
experience uniquely special
for each student. I particularly
enjoy the flexibility students get
academically as it allows me to
streamline my interests and start
steering towards a specific field earlier
on in the degree. I am personally quite
interested in small animals and exotics and
have just chosen a ferret-based research project,
which I’m very excited about. I also had the freedom to
request three rotation options apart from the compulsory
blocks and am looking forward to the cardiology block
that I’ve chosen.

SHARRON LEE
Graduate Accelerated Bachelor Veterinary Medicine

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