What will I learn?
The specific aims of CEMS are to help students:

• develop their animal handling skills for all common domestic species,
• enhance their understanding and appreciation of diagnostic and medical/surgical treatments commonly employed in a variety of veterinary working environments,
• appreciate the role of preventive medicine in all common domestic species,
• appreciate the role of herd health and epidemiology in food production animals,
• understand the practice and economics of food production animals,
• develop their understanding of practice economics and practice management by encouraging participation in the internally run European Veterinary Business Alliance (EVBA)
• develop their communication skills for all aspects of veterinary work,
• expand their experience and knowledge of disciplines, techniques or species that are not extensively covered within your parent university’s degree programme, or during the clinical year at University College Dublin,
• appreciate the importance of animal welfare and the necessity to relieve pain/distress,
• understand the ethical and legal responsibilities of veterinarians in relation to clients, animals, and the wider community,
• to explore clinical research and laboratory practice, allowing students to become exposed to future career avenues or opportunities that they may otherwise not have considered.

How will I be assessed?

This is a Pass/Fail module.
At the end of each CEMS placement, students must provide evidence of satisfactory completion. This will be a Myprogress assessment form submitted online on the last day of the CEMS placement (or within one month of completing the placement).
A minimum of 24 weeks of CEMS and assessment forms pertaining to those weeks must be completed and submitted by April 30th of the final year.

Am I eligible to take the module?

CEMS commences after Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Surgery (VET30160):
- Trimester two of Stage 3, for those registered as Undergraduate MVB students (BHVET001)
- Trimester two of Stage 2, for those registered as Graduate Entry students (BHVET004) who have completed their 12-week pre-clinical placement requirements for VET20120 and passed the animal handling exam. It is vital to note here students will not be permitted to undertake CEMS in a species where they have not demonstrated effective handling competency via the examination.

How do I organise CEMS?

- Students make their own arrangements with practices and establishments they wish to attend.
- CEMS placements must be approved by the CEMS team before being undertaken.
- Students identify learning objectives for each placement and record them on their My Placement approval form which is reviewed by the CEMS coordinator. The student should discuss these learning objectives with their placement host at the start of their placement.
- Feedback from the placement host on a student's performance in each placement must be submitted at the end of each placement via the appropriate Myprogress feedback form.

How is CEMS recorded?

- All CEMS placements require that a placement request form is submitted and approved 30 days prior to embarking on the placement (via My Placements on SISWeb).
- Students are personally responsible for submitting completed Myprogress feedback forms online at the end of each placement.
- Students will not be eligible to graduate unless CEMS placements are completed in accordance with the CEMS regulations.

The module is open to all Stage 3 of the MVB/ Stage 2 Grad Entry programme students but contributes to the completion of the Stage 5 of the MVB/ Stage 4 Grad Entry programme only.

CEMS commences after Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Surgery (VET30160):

- Trimester two of Stage 3, for those registered as Undergraduate MVB students (BHVET001)
- Trimester two of Stage 2, for those registered as Graduate Entry students (BHVET004) who have completed their 12-week pre clinical placement requirements for VET20120 AND passed the animal handling exam. It is vital to note that students will not be permitted to undertake CEMS in a species where they have not demonstrated effective handling competency via the examination.

EXCEPTION: students can participate in continued professional development (CPD), also known as continuing veterinary education (CVE) and have it counted as CEMS from the start of Trimester 2 in Stage 3 (undergrads) and Stage 2 (grad entry) respectively.

Students must ensure that they submit the relevant Myprogress feedback form within 30 days of the final day of each placement they complete.

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

Students will receive feedback on their placements from their placement host. If they have not completed the required number of hours, the number of weeks/types of placements, the student will be able to remediate any incomplete components by completing the necessary placement weeks. Students are welcome to discuss any feedback that they receive from their placement provider with the module coordinator.