Postgraduate Course: Specialist Clinical Skills 4 (March Intake) (VESC12045)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 70 |
ECTS Credits | 35 |
| Summary | This core course aims to provide continuation for students who have completed Specialist Clinical Skills 1, 2 and 3, providing further hands on experience at the level of a senior clinician. Students will be fully supported and supervised where necessary. |
| Course description |
This core course will include:
1. Continued experience in the specialty, through practice of specialist level 12 clinical work.
2. Hands on experience of subject specific advanced level practical and technical skills.
3. One to one review with clinical specialists.
4. Further experience of report writing and effective communication.
5. Management and critique of junior members of clinical staff.
6. Training of undergraduates, junior staff and lay people.
In this year 4 course, students will undertake a minimum of 10 weeks of supervised subject specific training. Having completed the Specialist clinical skills 1, 2 and 3 courses, students will undertake clinical work at the level of a specialist (level 12), with back up as required. Once again the course and practical training can be tailored to individual student experience and competence.
By working at the level of a clinical specialist, students will gain further experience of the requirements in that specialty.
Students will be required to produce clinical reports and convey advanced level 12 information verbally to other professionals as well as lay people. They will also be responsible for managing students and junior members of clinical staff.
Students will be encouraged and expected to undertake autonomous background subject reading, and make use of the information obtained in a clinical setting.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a complete ability to manage the responsibilities of a specialist in their chosen subject, and to apply advanced SCQF level 12 subject specific knowledge.
- Perform advanced SCQF level 12 subject specific specialist practical/technical tasks with little or no supervision.
- Produce advanced SCQF level 12 clinical reports, demonstrating communication skills and subject specific knowledge appropriate for a specialist in that area.
- Critique clinical work of students and junior members of staff and provide constructive feedback.
- Explain advanced SCQF level 12 subject related information to other professionals, as well as lay people, both verbally and in writing.
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Reading List
| This will be maintained by the specialist leads for each subject area, but there are ample resources in the clinical hospitals, R(D)SVS library and online. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
On completion of this course, students will:
1. Have a good understanding of the majority of the responsibilities of a specialist in their chosen subject and an advanced level 12 subject specific knowledge.
2. Be able to perform practical/technical tasks at the level of a specialist within the chosen subject.
3. Know how to perform thorough literature searches, critically appraise their findings and put those findings to use in their clinical practice.
4. Be able to explain advanced level 12 subject related information to other professionals, as well as lay people, both verbally and in writing.
5. Undertake a management role for junior members of clinical staff.
6. Be able to train undergraduates, junior staff and lay people. |
| Keywords | Veterinary; Specialist; Clinical training; Diploma; Professional Doctorate |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Mrs Emma Pineau
Tel: (0131 6)51 9198
Email: |
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