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TEACHING AND LEARNING

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