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At the end of this module, students should be able to:
Explore and critically discuss the role of the veterinary profession in society.
Describe and discuss the key concepts and attitudes underpinning professional standards ('code of conduct'), professional behaviour and veterinary ethics.
Be aware of the employment and career options availaible to the modern veterinarian.
Understand the importance of core business skills to the modern veterinarian with a particular emphasis on personal finances.
Have explored and begun to develop the necessary communication, team-building and leadership skills to enable them to be successful in clinical veterinary practice and beyond.
Understand and apply some of the concepts underpinning evidence based veterinary medicine.
Understand and appreciate the importance of critical self-reflection and goal setting in professional development.
Professionalism
Communication
Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine
Personal Development
Personal financial planning
Veterinary Career Options
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
Professional Standards and Fitness to Practise
Teamwork, Collaboration and Leadership
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities | 20 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 60 |
Total | 102 |
Enrollment in either the veterinary medicine degree programme- i.e. degrees to which the Veterinary Practice Act 2005 applies.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Portfolio: Goal setting and critical reflection on learning to date. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Other | Yes | 40 |
Continuous Assessment: Completion of online assignments associated with taught lecture material. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | Yes | 20 |
Group Project: Group project preparation and presentation which includes an element of self and peer-assessment of group members. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Other | Yes | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
Online automated feedback via quizzes (online continuous assignments). Group feedback post presentations based on rubric. ePortfolio will be graded with a rubric for feedback.
Name | Role |
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Dr Gerald Barry | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Mark Cumisky | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Andrea Dineen | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Robin Farrell | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Sinéad Flannery | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Vivian Gath | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Emmet Kelly | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Pamela Kelly | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Emma O'Neill | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Maurice Kinsella | Tutor |
Mr John Wyatt | Tutor |