Tag: exams
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Omnicompetence – maybe not so foolish?
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The first of April brought with it the usual abundance of amusing online articles, tweets and blogs, only claiming credibility until midday – and the veterinary community was no exception. Some April Fools were obvious hoaxes – such as Sun Life’s courtesy pet scheme, offering owners a replacement pet in place of their beloved while…
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RCVS council election manifesto: Cheryl Scudamore
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CHERYL SCUDAMORE BVSc, PhD, FHEA, FRCPath, FRCVS Mary Lyon Centre, MRC Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0RD. T 01235 841017 M 07714 484522 E c.scudamore@har.mrc.ac.uk PROPOSERS: Nicky Paull, Susan Rhind I graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1988 and completed a PhD at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen. I continued my research interests…
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RCVS council election manifesto: Stephen May
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STEPHEN MAY MA, VetMB, PhD, DVR, DEO, DipECVS, FHEA, FRCVS Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA. T 01707 666270 M 07768 288711 E smay@rvc.ac.uk PROPOSERS: Sue Dyson, Andrew Harrison I graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1980. After spending time as large animal house surgeon (intern) at the University…
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RCVS council election manifesto: Melissa Donald
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MELISSA DONALD BVMS, MRCVS Otters View, Purclewan Mill, Dalrymple, East Ayrshire KA6 6AN. T 01292 560083 M 07921 384852 E melissadonald88@gmail.com PROPOSERS: Alison Lambert, Freda Scott-Park I started as a food animal intern at Iowa State University, having graduated from Glasgow (1987). After two children, my first full-time position was in a traditional mixed two-person…
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RCVS council election manifesto: Christopher Barker
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CHRISTOPHER BARKER BVSc, MLitt, CertVR, MRCVS Ashlea Veterinary Centre, Unit 2b, Port Road Business Park, Carlisle CA2 7AF. T 01228 549177 M 07703 753758 E ctbarker@supanet.com PROPOSERS: Anne French, Iain Richards Since qualifying from Bristol in 1980, I have worked in a wide range of first-opinion practices (mixed, pure equine and pure small animal) and,…
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EMS funding support: hoping the sums add up
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The scrapping of the maintenance grant is only the beginning of upcoming UK financial changes that promise to affect students in the near future. The removal of the cap on tuition fees is soon to come under scrutiny, with the possibility of universities being free to charge more for tuition fees than they currently do.…
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Rabbiting on at London Vet Show
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Well, I finally did it. Like Christopher Reeve in Superman III, I am using my superpowers for evil. I’m not suggesting I am planning to melt anyone with laser eye beams (though if I had them, they would be great for amputating limbs), but I did agree to write this blog post for a pet…
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How I know what hell’s going to smell like
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I hoped for many things when I embarked on a career in veterinary medicine, including fame, fortune and power. All have now, of course, come to pass (except for those three), but there have been many unforeseen benefits on this rocky road. For instance, I had no idea what an exciting new world of smells…
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Compromise: learning the ‘art of veterinary medicine’
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It was my first day at work. I was nervous as heck, keen to impress, and desperate to prove to myself I could actually function as a veterinary surgeon (and, ideally, without writing my car off in the first week, which is what my university mates had voted me the person most likely in the…
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OSCEs are over… so, what’s next?
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The big summer OSCE extravaganza is over. For many nursing students it’s just a wait for results and then it’s “RVN time”. For those who need to resit (and it’s never that many), the focus returns to exams. But what do you do if you’ve passed and suddenly have all this free time on your hands? You’re qualified.…