VET30490 Professional Skills

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module will introduce students to the professional attributes required to contribute as a productive member of the veterinary profession. Issues impacting on professional life will be introduced in lectures and explored through facilitated discussions and workshops which will require student interaction. Topics covered will include professional standards, fitness to practice, ethics, professional regulatory frameworks, communication skills, evidence based veterinary medicine, responsible use of social media, team-working, problem solving, communication and leadership.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

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 and professional behaviour.
Have explored and begun to develop the necessary communication, team-building and leadership skills to enable them to be successful in clinical veterinary education and beyond.
Critically evaluate the use and role of social media in professional life.
Understand the concepts underpinning evidence based veterinary medicine

Indicative Module Content:

Professionalism
Communication
Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine
Personal Development
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
Professional Standards and Fitness to Practise
Teamwork, Collaboration and Leadership
Responsible use of social media

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

12

Specified Learning Activities

12

Autonomous Student Learning

90

Total

114

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module will be delivered through a combination of lectures, in-class discussions, reflective learning activities and group work. Students are required to engage in all learning activities and to reflect on their learning and how this will impact their future development. These reflections will be included in their ePortfolio. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

To enrol in this module you must be registered to the Graduate Entry Veterinary Medicine programme


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Group Project: Group Project Week 11 n/a Graded No

50

Portfolio: Development of an e-portfolio Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

50


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Group feedback post presentations. ePortfolio will be marked with a rubric this will provide feedback feedback to students.

Name Role
Mr Mark Cumisky Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Orla Hanratty Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Maurice Knightly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Avril McGinn Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Emma O'Neill Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Susan Rackard Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Carla Coll Tutor
Dr Emmet Kelly Tutor
Dr Pamela Kelly Tutor
Mr Maurice Kinsella Tutor
Ms Michelle Purcell Tutor
Ms Nicola Walshe Tutor
Mr John Wyatt Tutor