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Course code
Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using 6 digits.
- 227511
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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
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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
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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
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.
Textbooks needed
There are no set texts for this course.