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Theme 5:                                         Build on our strength in postgraduate         nurses the opportunity to have some
                                                                                                                             of their experiential training through
                             Supporting                                       veterinary clinical training maximising        our clinical sites; expand our portfolio
                                                                              the number of training opportunities;
                             educational                                      this includes exploring relationships with     of advanced nurse training, including
                             activity                                         international academic and commercial          building on our pilot nurse fellowships
                                                                                                                             as a training route and exploring
                                                                              partners, taking a lead in proactively
                             We offer an unparalleled breadth of              developing fl exible career pathway             relationships with external partners
                             high-quality clinical training for both          options and continuing to extend the          Contribute to wider conversations within
                             undergraduate and postgraduate vets and          range of interdisciplinary training offered    the veterinary sector infl uencing the
                             vet nurses, through our own sites and            Explore how our clinical sites can be         evolution of undergraduate curriculum
                             strong partnerships, focussing not only on       used explicitly to support undergraduate       content and delivery and postgraduate
                             knowledge and technical skills but also          and postgraduate training in professional      career pathways with the aim of
                             broader professional competencies                and business skills ensuring this training     supporting retention of our alumni

                             essential to building fulfilling, long term       is delivered in a context specifi c way that       in long-term clinical careers
                             professional careers                             engages our students; explore options

                                                                              to strengthen inter-professional and
                             To achieve this aim we will:
                                                                              teamwork training opportunities
                               Continue to identify opportunities to
                                partner with clinical providers to extend the    Recognise the impact of the hidden
                                range of clinical training placements we      curriculum and the culture of our clinical
                                can offer our veterinary undergraduates,      environments on all student learning
                                including telehealth services; and explore    and work to ensure this infl uences our
                                how we could offer our unique training        students in a positive way
                                environments to support other veterinary     Provide and support an expanded
                                schools                                       number of placements for veterinary
                                                                              nurse undergraduates offering all our







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