Nottingham, University of, BVM BVS, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

Years 1 and 2: Develop learning about the 'normal' animal using clinical case examples and scenarios; throughout their early studies students develop skills in handling animals, clinical history taking and clinical examination; students are exposed to the farming community and animal production systems and they learn the role of animals in society; personal and professional skills focus on learning, communication and the professional role of the veterinary surgeon. Years 3 and 4: Develop learning about animal production, trauma management, disease processes, diagnosis and therapeutics; this part of the course integrates learning of pathological processes with the food industry, zoonotic disease and public health; personal and professional skills incorporate business skills and entrepreneurship; year 3 provides a research focus leading to the Bachelor of Veterinary Medical Sciences (BVMedSci) degree. Year 5: The summer of year 4 and the whole final year of the course is spent learning and practising clinical skills with clinical teaching by university staff within hospital, practice and laboratory settings; students are also required to undertake 38 weeks of extra mural studies (EMS) during the 5 years of the course; successful completion of the programme leads to the ware of the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Bachelor of Veterinary Surgery (BVM BVS) degrees.