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- Standards Committee
- Advancement of the Professions Committee
- Audit and Risk Committee
- Education Committee
- Disciplinary Committee
- Charter Case Committee
- Preliminary Investigation Committee and Disciplinary Committee Liaison Committee
- Registration Committee
- Preliminary Investigation Committee
- Paper classification: some definitions
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- About extra-mural studies (EMS)
- EMS requirements
- Information for vet students
- Information for EMS providers
- Information for vet schools
- Temporary EMS requirements
- Practice by students - regulations
- Health and safety on EMS placements
- EMS contacts and further guidance
- Extra-mural studies fit for the future
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- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses
- Contact the Advice Team
- XL Bully dog ban
- 'Under care' - guidance
- Advice on Schedule 3
- Controlled Drugs Guidance – A to Z
- Dealing with Difficult Situations webinar recordings
- FAQs – Common medicines pitfalls
- FAQs – Routine veterinary practice and clinical veterinary research
- FAQs – Advertising of practice names
- GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
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- Accrediting veterinary degrees
- Accrediting veterinary nursing qualifications
- 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
Dr James Guthrie
BVM&S CertAVP(GSAS) DipECVS DipACVSMR DipECVSMR
FRCVS
- Location: Surrey
- Year of Fellowship: 2025
- Route to Fellowship: Meritorious Contributions to Clinical practice
Field of work
Clinical practice (private)
Areas of special interest
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Regenerative Medicine
Areas of support
- Collaborative research
- Innovation in professional practice
- Professional mentoring
- Promoting knowledge and best practice
- Public engagement
- Translating research into veterinary practice
Professional positions
- Senior Surgeon @ Fitzpatrick Referrals
- Clinical Instruction Mentor @ University of Surrey, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Education Chairman @ BVOA
- Examination Committee Member @ ECVSMR
- Founder @ ExamVet
Biography
Dr James Guthrie is one of Europe’s most highly qualified clinical veterinarians and the only UK vet to hold diplomate status in both small animal surgery and canine sports medicine and rehabilitation. He specialises in maximising patient outcomes through minimally invasive surgery, regenerative medicine, and rehabilitation, using advanced medical technologies. Graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 2010 as top orthopaedics student, he completed a rotating internship at Northwest Surgeons, then two years in small animal practice, gaining the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Small Animal Surgery). Joining Fitzpatrick Referrals in 2013, he completed a surgical internship and a three-year residency, becoming a European College of Veterinary Surgeons diplomate in 2018 and RCVS-recognised specialist. He then undertook a sports medicine residency, becoming a diplomate of both the American (2021) and European (2022) Colleges of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, and a certified canine rehabilitation therapist. James trains interns and residents, lectures at the University of Surrey, has published research, and serves in leadership roles with BVOA and ECVSMR. He founded ExamVet, a coaching service for veterinary examinations, and became an RCVS Fellow in 2025.