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Module subjects

The list below shows the modules developed to date and the accredited universities offering them. (Please note that copies of the modules shown as being 'under development' from the list are not available at present. You should contact education@rcvs.org.uk for further information on these particular modules.)


Please note that module outlines and methods of assessment may be subject to change.

To download syllabus, please follow the link for your chosen subject.

RCVS Reference
Full Name
Accredited Universities

Key Skills

Professional and Clinical Key Skills

 

A-PKS.1

Professional Key Skills - Syllabus
Professional Key Skills - Assessment

Edinburgh
Liverpool
Middlesex
RVC
University of West of England

B-CKS.0

Clinical Key Skills

Edinburgh
Liverpool
Middlesex
RVC
University of West of England

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AWSEL

Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law


C-AWSEL.1

Introduction and theory

Cambridge

C-AWSEL.2

Applying the theory

Bristol

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C

Cattle


B.PAP.2

Production Animal Practice - In the context of Cattle

Edinburgh
Middlesex
University of West of England

C-C.1

Management and Diseases of Beef Cattle

Edinburgh
Liverpool

C-C.2

Dairy Nutrition and Production

Edinburgh
Liverpool

C-C.3

Dairy Health and Fertility

Edinburgh
Liverpool

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E

Equine


B-EP.3

Equine practice

Liverpool
Middlesex
RVC
University of West of England

C-E.1

Gastrointestinal disease and intensive care

Liverpool
RVC

C-E.2

Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases

Liverpool
RVC

C-E.3

Equine general medicine

Liverpool
RVC

C-E.4

Neuromuscular, behaviour and special senses

Liverpool
RVC

C-E.5

Basic equine surgery

Liverpool

C-E.6

Lameness A

Liverpool

C-E.7

Lameness B

Liverpool

C-E.9

Mare reproduction and breeding management

Liverpool

C-E.10

Stallion reproduction and breeding management

Liverpool

C-E.11

Care and management of foal and yearling, stud farm management, herd health

Liverpool

C-E.12

Equine Dentistry - Equine Dental Anatomy and Physiology

Edinburgh
Liverpool

C-E.13

Equine Dentistry - Equine Dental Care, Diagnosis and Treatment

Edinburgh
Liverpool

C-E.14

Equine Dentistry - Equine Dental Surgery

Edinburgh
Liverpool

C-VD.4

Equine dermatology (also see Dermatology modules)

Edinburgh
Liverpool

C-E.15

Equine Part 1 - Basic Equine Practice

Liverpool

C-E.16

Equine Part 2 - Basic Equine Practice

Liverpool

C-E.17

Equine Part 3 - Basic Equine Practice

Liverpool

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F

Fish


C-F.1

Management of fish

 

C-F.2

Clinical ornamental fish

 

C-F.3

Clinical farmed fish

 

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LAS

Laboratory Animal Science


B-LAS.4

Laboratory Animal Science

Edinburgh

C-LAS.1

Anaesthesia and analgesia of laboratory animals

Edinburgh

C-LAS.2

Animal models, endpoints and study design

Edinburgh

C-LAS.3

Genetic Models, transgenic animals and genomics

Edinburgh

C-LAS.4

Health and disease and the impact on research

Edinburgh

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POU

Poultry


C-POU.1

Husbandry and management

 

C-POU.2

Disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment

 

C.POU.3

Legislation and industrialised poultry production

 

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P

Pigs


C-P.1

Pigs - Reproduction, Obstetrics, Parturition and Adult Herd Management

 

C-P.2

Pigs - Infectious Diseases

 

C-P.3

Pigs - Non-infectious conditions, production and management





S

Sheep


B-PAP.2

Production animal practice (Information to be provided)

Edinburgh
Middlesex
Liverpool

 

C-S.1

Diseases of adult sheep

Edinburgh

 

C-S.2

Reproduction, pregnancy and parturition

Edinburgh

 

C-S.3

Diseases of lambs and parasitic diseases

Edinburgh

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SAM

Small Animal Medicine


B-SAP.1

Small Animal Practice

Edinburgh
Liverpool
Middlesex
RVC
University of West of England

C-SAM.1

Canine - Cardiovascular disorders, Respiratory disorders, Critical care, Infectious diseases

Edinburgh

 

C-SAM.2

Canine - Gastrointestinal disorders, Urogenital disorders, Clinical nutrition

Edinburgh

 

C-SAM.3

Canine - Endocrine and metabolic disorders, Haematopoietic disorders, Neurological, incl neuromuscular disease, Ophthalmological disorders

Edinburgh

 

C-SAM.4

Feline - Cardiovascular disorders, Respiratory disorders, Infectious diseases

Edinburgh

 

C-SAM.5

Feline - Gastrointestinal disorders, Urogenital disorders, Clinical nutrition, Critical care

Edinburgh

 

C-SAM.6

Feline - Endocrine and metabolic disorders, Haematopoietic disorders, Neurological, incl. neuromuscular disease, Ophthalmological disorders

Edinburgh

C-SAM.7

Small Animal Neurological Medicine

 

C-SAM.8

Small Animal Medicine A-Cardiovascular, respiratory, haematopietic and endocrine disorders affecting dogs and cats

RVC
Liverpool

C-SAM.9

Small Animal Medicine B - Gastrointestinal and urogenital disorders affecting dogs and cats. Principals of clinical nutrition and critical care.

RVC
Liverpool

C-SAM.10

Small Animal Medicine C- Neuromuscular, Ophthalmologic and dermatological disorders affecting dogs and cat. Diagnosis and management of neoplastic and infectious disease

RVC
Liverpool

C-GHD.1

Greyhound Practice

 Liverpool

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SAP

Small Animal Practice



From a selection of C modules from Small Animal Medicine, Small Animal Practice categories, and other species and discipline modules that can be taken with a small animal slant


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General Small Animal Surgery


 

C-SAS.1

Small animal surgery (core)

Edinburgh
RVC
Liverpool

 

C-SAS.2

Soft tissue (A)

Edinburgh
RVC
Liverpool

 

C-SAS.3

Soft tissue (B)

Edinburgh
RVC
Liverpool

 

C-SAS.6

Orthopaedic surgery (A)

Edinburgh
RVC
Liverpool

 

C-SAS.7

Orthopaedic surgery (B)

Edinburgh
RVC
Liverpool

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ECC

Emergency Critical Care


 

C-ECC.1

Critical Care

Glasgow
RVC

 

C-ECC.2

Emergency Care (A)

Glasgow
RVC

 

C-ECC.3

Emergency Care (B)

Glasgow
RVC

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VA

Veterinary Anaesthesia


 

C-VA.1

Small Animal Anaesthesia and Analgesia

RVC
Liverpool

 

C-VA.2

Equine Anaesthesia and Analgesia

RVC
Liverpool

 

C-VA.3

Critical care and analgesia

RVC
Liverpool

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VBM

 

Veterinary Business Management

 
C-VBM.1 Veterinary Business Management;  Marketing Liverpool
C-VBM.2 Veterinary Business Management;  Financial accounting & resources management Liverpool
C-VBM.3 Veterinary Business Management;  Human Resources Liverpool
C-VBM.4 Veterinary Business Management;  Business strategy & entrepreneurship Liverpool
 

VC

Veterinary Cardiology


 

C-VC.1

Cardiovascular Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology

Edinburgh

 

C-VC.2

Cardiovascular Diagnostics

Edinburgh
RVC

 

C-VC.3

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Edinburgh
RVC

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VCR

Veterinary Clinical Research


 

C-VCR.1

Veterinary Clinical Research

Cambridge

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VDen

Veterinary Dentistry


C-SAD.1

Small Animal Dentistry (Core)

 

C.SAD.2

Small Animal Dentistry (A)


C.SAD.3

Small Animal Dentistry (B)


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VD

Veterinary Dermatology


 

C-VD.1

Veterinary dermatology (Core)

 Liverpool

 

C-VD.2

Small animals dermatology (A)

 Liverpool

 

C-VD.3

Small animals dermatology (B)

 Liverpool

 

C-VD.4

Equine dermatology (see also Equine modules)

 Edinburgh
 Liverpool

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VEPI

Veterinary Epidemiology


C-VEPI.1   

Methods in Surveillance and Field Investigation

Glasgow   

C-VEPI.3

Quantitative Methods

Glasgow



 

VDI

Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging


 

C-VDI.1

Imaging in practice (small animal, large animal or mixed)

RVC

 

C-VDI.2

Small animal diagnostic imaging - orthopaedics

RVC

 

C-VDI.3

Small animal diagnostic imaging - soft tissue

RVC

 

C-VDI.4

Large animal diagnostic imaging (A)

RVC

 

C-VDI.5

Large animal diagnostic imaging (B)

RVC

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VO

Veterinary Ophthalmology


 

C-VO.1

Small animal and exotic animal ophthalmology

 

 

C-VO.2

Production animal and equine ophthalmology

 

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VP

Veterinary Pathology


 

C-VP.1

Basic tissue pathology, necropsy and biopsy

RVC

 

C-VP.2

Clinical pathology - laboratory diagnostics

RVC

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VPH

 

Veterinary Public Health


B-GVM.5

Global Veterinary Medicine

Glasgow
RVC

 

C-VPH.1

Animal Welfare in the Food Chain

Glasgow
RVC

 

C-VPH.2

Hygienic Production of Food I: Hazard, Risk, Auditing and Regulatory systems

Glasgow
RVC

C-VPH.3

Zoonoses and Infectious Diseases

Glasgow

C-VPH.4

Hygienic Production of Food II: Food Technology and the Consumer

Glasgow

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ZM

Zoological Medicine


 

B-ZM.6

Zoological medicine

Edinburgh

 

C-ZM.1

Wildlife medicine

Edinburgh

 

C-ZM.2

Zoo animals

Edinburgh

 

C-ZM.3

Small pet mammals

Edinburgh

 

C-ZM.4

Exotic Avian Species

Edinburgh

 

C-ZM.5

Reptiles

Edinburgh

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VGP

Veterinary General Practice


 

C-VGP.1

Clinical audit

Middlesex

 

C-VGP.2

Consultation skills

Middlesex

 

C-VGP.3

Professional responsibility and practice

Middlesex

 

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