VET30550 Professional Growth 4

Academic Year 2021/2022

This 5-credit module is a continuation of the stage 3 module professional growth 3. The aim is to enable students to gain an understanding of several professional/non-technical competencies required by members of the veterinary profession. It will comprise of blended learning including lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical classes, online resources, guest speakers and simulated client communication workshops. Communication will be the overarching theme early in the module; this will include communication in challenging settings, inter-professional and written communication. Cultural competency and diversity will be explored including a focus on conscious and unconscious bias. The importance of resilience, workplace stress and self-care will be highlighted. The later part of the module will focus on the business aspect of veterinary practice including personal and business finance, leadership, roles of accrediting bodies and workplace health and safety. Evidence based practice will be a recurring theme throughout.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Communication skills:
Use an appropriate framework (e.g. Calgary-Cambridge) to structure a general and challenging clinical consultations
Demonstrate effective communication skills with team members (verbal and written)
Apply evidence based practice to clinical scenarios.

Personal development:
Identify and appreciate diversity and cultural values to allow for effective cross-cultural communication
Identify potential risks for workplace stress and discuss possible management strategies
Reflect on the importance of self-care in challenging times (resilience)

Health and Safety learning outcomes:
Apply risk assessment to different clinical situations.

Business and finance:
Use a framework for financial planning to understand the overall role finances play in one's personal life.
Apply financial principles to business financial situations.
Distinguish between different types of insurance.
Explain the requirements of a practice accreditation scheme
Recognize legislative and ethical requirements as outlined in the code of professional conduct


Indicative Module Content:

Communications:
History taking
Active listening skills
Non-verbal behavior
Open and closed questioning
Client resistance and anger responses
Communication challenges
Inter-professional communication
Written communication – including clinical note taking
Evidence based practice

Personal development:
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Workplace stress
Resilience

Business and finance:
Basic accounting principles
Basic financial planning
Budgets
Pricing
Taxation (PAYE)
Invoicing
Insurance
Practice accreditation
Leadership and management styles
Code of professional conduct

Health and Safety:
Risk assessment – emergency situations

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

11

Practical

18

Specified Learning Activities

10

Autonomous Student Learning

76

Total

115

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures
Peer and group work
Simulated client workshop
Case based learning
Student presentations
Reflective learning
Task based learning
Group practicals
e-Portfolio
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
VET30520 - Professional Growth 3


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Demonstrate an understanding of the code of professional conduct in Veterinary Medicine. Open book. Online MCQ. Unspecified n/a Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% No

20

Portfolio: ePortfolio: Demonstrate individual professional development and allow for reflection on learning throughout the module. Students will be given a detailed guideline on how to construct the ePortfolio. Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

55

Group Project: Demonstrate an understanding of financial principles through a choice of short projects. Groups will be asked to present their project in class and reflect on this in their ePortfolio. Unspecified n/a Graded No

25


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

ePortfolio: The ePortfolio will be centred around the communications, personal development and health and safety aspects of the module. Throughout the module prior to submission of the ePortfolio you will receive immediate verbal feedback from the facilitator during practical classes and in the simulated client workshops. In these classes and workshops you will also receive peer feedback, actor feedback and will be given the opportunity to give personal/self feedback. Individual feedback on the ePortfolio will be provided by way of a marked rubric. Group project: The group project will focus on the finance aspect of the modules. Four groups will be asked to present their projects to the class and will receive immediate verbal feedback from the lecturer as well as peer feedback. Feedback on the submitted artefact will be provided by way of a marked rubric. MCQ: The MCQ will be focused on the Code of Professional Conduct in Veterinary Medicine.

Name Role
Dr Robin Farrell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Emmet Kelly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Miss Emma Kelly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Lisa Sheeran Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Elise O'Byrne-White Tutor
Ms Niamh O'Donoghue Tutor
Ms Michelle Purcell Tutor
Mr John Wyatt Tutor
Assoc Professor Annetta Zintl Tutor