227511

Veterinary Clinics and Public Health

Tuition, demonstration and clinical experience in surgery, anaesthesia, medicine, epidemiology and theriogenology of domestic animals; health and management of production animals; diagnostic procedures, including imaging, necropsies and laboratory tests; and diagnostic reasoning. Professional ethics and legislative obligations to the public and state; the role of veterinary professional organisations and veterinarians as communicators and educators, veterinary business management and the maintenance of physical and mental fitness as a veterinarian. Principles and practical applications of veterinary public health, meat hygiene and quality assurance programmes to meet national and international standards will also be taught. Opportunities for students to gain further experience in chosen areas of interest.

Course code

Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.

227511

Level

The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).

500-level

Credits

Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.

120

Subject

Veterinary Science

Course planning information

Course notes

Students will be required to be at Massey University until the end of each semester. The Examination dates posted on the University Website do not include Practical or other SoVS organized examinations, most of which take place after the formal written examination. Travel plans should therefore be made on the basis of being at Massey until the semester end date unless and until the Undergraduate Programme Office advises that an earlier departure date will be permitted.

Students must pass the in-training evaluations (roster assessments), submit all assignments, pass each examination in each subject and complete the portfolio of skills. Attendance at all practical, laboratory, tutorials, fieldwork, external placements, and/or clinical classes, animal classes, clinical rosters (inc abattoir) and block courses is compulsory. Non-attendance, without exemption having been granted, constitutes failure in the course, regardless of marks obtained in assessment procedures.

Prerequisite courses

Complete first
120 credits from 2274xx

You need to complete the above course or courses before moving onto this one.

Learning outcomes

What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.

  • 1 Apply comprehensive skills in diagnosis, diagnostic reasoning and problem-solving, including the ability to maintain and manage and retrieve information from case records, at a standard appropriate for entry to practice.
  • 2 Apply comprehensive skills in case management, including the ability to apply and implement safe, effective and legal treatment and preventative health plans for common conditions.
  • 3 Perform routine veterinary medical and surgical procedures to a standard of competence that allows them to be registered as practicing veterinarians.
  • 4 Demonstrate appropriate management of animals under their care including application of appropriate standards of animal welfare and management of euthanasia.
  • 5 Discuss the legislative processes and laws that pertain to the veterinary profession and the roles of veterinary regulatory and professional organisations operating in New Zealand and internationally.
  • 6 Develop and implement management plans for infectious disease outbreaks and veterinary public health in clinical settings, including application of epidemiological and ecological principles.
  • 7 Evaluate the roles and responsibilities of veterinarians in national and international biosecurity and disease incursion management.
  • 8 Discuss the national and international food production requirements within the food processing industry and the welfare of production animals within the meat industry.
  • 9 Formulate rational, cost-effective advice on appropriate management practices for livestock production, with regard to the inter-relationship between health, welfare and productivity.
  • 10 Discuss business and management of veterinary clinical practice.
  • 11 Demonstrate an evidence- and research-based approach to veterinary medicine.
  • 12 Demonstrate an ethical, professional attitude at all times to their work including interactions with the public, clients and their animals, interactions with university staff, practicing veterinarians, support staff and fellow students.
  • 13 Demonstrate planning of strategies for maintenance of personal physical and mental wellbeing.
  • 14 Demonstrate an ability to undertake self-directed learning and scientific writing and communication skills.

Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.

Assessments

Assessment Learning outcomes assessed Weighting
Practical/Placement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 39%
Portfolio 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16%
Exam College/GRS-based (not centrally scheduled) 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 11 12 10%
Exam College/GRS-based (not centrally scheduled) 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 11 12 10%
Exam College/GRS-based (not centrally scheduled) 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 11 12 8%
Exam College/GRS-based (not centrally scheduled) 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 8%
Exam College/GRS-based (not centrally scheduled) 1 6 11 6%
Exam College/GRS-based (not centrally scheduled) 12 3%
Portfolio 1 2 3 4 6 12 0%
Supplementary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 0%

Assessment weightings can change up to the start of the semester the course is delivered in.

You may need to take more assessments depending on where, how, and when you choose to take this course.

Explanation of assessment types

Computer programmes
Computer animation and screening, design, programming, models and other computer work.
Creative compositions
Animations, films, models, textiles, websites, and other compositions.
Exam College or GRS-based (not centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by a college or the Graduate Research School (GRS). The exam could be online, oral, field, practical skills, written exams or another format.
Exam (centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by Assessment Services (centrally) – you’ll usually be told when and where the exam is through the student portal.
Oral or performance or presentation
Debates, demonstrations, exhibitions, interviews, oral proposals, role play, speech and other performances or presentations.
Participation
You may be assessed on your participation in activities such as online fora, laboratories, debates, tutorials, exercises, seminars, and so on.
Portfolio
Creative, learning, online, narrative, photographic, written, and other portfolios.
Practical or placement
Field trips, field work, placements, seminars, workshops, voluntary work, and other activities.
Simulation
Technology-based or experience-based simulations.
Test
Laboratory, online, multi-choice, short answer, spoken, and other tests – arranged by the school.
Written assignment
Essays, group or individual projects, proposals, reports, reviews, writing exercises, and other written assignments.

Textbooks needed

There are no set texts for this course.