Unit name | Professional Studies 1 |
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Unit code | VETS14000 |
Credit points | 0 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Slingsby |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
All other units in BVSc 1 |
School/department | Bristol Veterinary School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This unit is vertically integrated with Professional Studies units in years 2, 3, 4 and 5 and allows the initial development of an understanding of the complex issues and responsibilities associated with being a veterinary professional.
Communication skills - Teaching facilitates the development of sound and effective face to face and written communication skills.
Professional conduct ethics and law - Teaching encompasses the principles of ethical decision making and reflects on the concept and implications of professionalism.
Business management - This element explores the structure of veterinary, agricultural and wider business in the UK, and the role of innovation, entrepreneurship and business finance.
Health and safety - Teaching facilitates understanding of health and safety law and practice in the UK applicable to agricultural and veterinary environments.
Study Learning and Investigation - Essential study skills are explored, the role of questioning and hypothesis generation introduced, and a reflective approach encouraged.
Aims:
Communication skills. Students should be able to:
Professional conduct, ethics and law. Students should be able to:
Business management. Students should be able to:
Health and safety. Students should be able to:
Study, Learning and Investigation. Students should be able to:
Lectures
Seminars
Practical classes
Technology-enhanced learning
Reflective journal
Administrative staff will ensure that all students have completed the must-pass MCQ before starting the first of their compulsory EMS placements, and submit a Health and Safety risk assessment for each EMS placement to the EMS office.
There will be an opportunity to resit examinations during the resit period.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. VETS14000).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.