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- About extra-mural studies (EMS)
- EMS requirements
- Information for vet students
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- Extra-mural studies fit for the future
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- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
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- XL Bully dog ban
- 'Under care' - guidance
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- Accrediting veterinary degrees
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- Reasonable adjustments for student vets
- Health and disability in veterinary medicine study and practice
- The role of the veterinary schools and the RCVS
- Reasonable adjustments and the Equality Act 2010
- Reasonable adjustments and Day One Competences
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet students
- Annex
- Reasonable adjustments for student vets - summary
- Reasonable adjustments for student veterinary nurses
- Health and disability in veterinary nurse education and training
- Reasonable adjustments for students and the UK disability discrimination legislation
- Educational assessment of veterinary nurses
- Roles of key stakeholders in the application of reasonable adjustments
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet nurse students
- Embracing reasonable adjustments for student vet nurses - summary
- External review of the RCVS by ENQA
- Requirements for remote and online student assessments
Document library
Gracey, James - Decision on Disgraceful Conduct
16 December 2022 - 185KB PDF
Decision and Reasons on Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect
Consent Form: Use of data, samples in retrospective studies
15 December 2022 - 177KB PDF
For any veterinary practice that carries out clinical research, the consent for retrospective use of data etc. should be contained within the usual consent form for treatment.
Example of an acceptable Consent Form (a hypothetical prospective study that aims to look at the histology of mast cell tumours removed from dogs)
15 December 2022 - 188KB PDF
This study aims to compare the histology (appearance under a microscope) of mast cell tumours (a type of skin tumour) that are routinely removed from dogs at this practice.
RCVS Ethics Review Panel (ERP) Guidance on handling personal data in Clinical Veterinary Research
15 December 2022 - 193KB PDF
This guidance note aims to provide some useful background and pointers that will help you to develop your application(s) in relation to personal data and research.
RCVS Ethics Review Panel (ERP) Guidance on Informed Consent for Clinical Veterinary Research
15 December 2022 - 149KB PDF
This guidance is designed to ensure that researchers obtain consent that is informed, voluntary and valid from potential research participants.
RCVS Ethics Review Panel (ERP) Guidance on Multicentre Studies in Clinical Veterinary Research
15 December 2022 - 172KB PDF
Clinical veterinary research may involve other centres in the UK or from outside the UK. The reasons may be to increase the number of subjects in a study as well as to advance the science with diagnostic methodology not available in the UK.
Royal Veterinary College CertAVN Accreditation Report 2022
22 November 2022 - 220KB PDF
Royal Veterinary College CertAVN Accreditation Report 2022
VN Council Committee Papers November 2022
11 November 2022 - 1113KB PDF
Unclassified papers for the meeting of Veterinary Nurses Council on 16 November 2022
PIC Report to Council November 2022
10 November 2022 - 217KB PDF
PIC Report to Council November 2022
RVN PIC Report to Council November 2022
10 November 2022 - 178KB PDF
RVN PIC Report to Council November 2022