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Commitment to nursing excellence through CPD
17/01/2015
With more than 100 veterinary nurses qualifying each year, CVS wanted to make high-quality CPD available to its qualified VNs -
The University of Edinburgh's massive open online course (MOOC) on animal welfare and behaviour began in July 2014
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WSAVA volunteer scheme for vets and nurses
31/05/2014
WSAVA Global Outreach is an initiative that aims to help share the knowledge and experience of WSAVA members through veterinary volunteer schemes -
As president of SVECCS, Stef Philips aims to ensure that students are comfortable working in an emergency setting
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A visit to the WVPA congress helped equip Una with the knowledge needed to better understand the avian industry
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The VTLP course is the first of its kind in the UK to focus on non-technical competences across the entire veterinary team
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Dawn Aitken put her VN training to good use by joining a Worldwide Veterinary Service trip to Malawi
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Volunteering has been an inspiring and life-enhancing journey for Australian vet Laura Macfarlane, who was given the opportunity to work on an FAO project in Bangladesh
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Denise Turner joined Medivet in 1999 as a trainee veterinary nurse and is now an area manager for the group
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Pioneering research in gastric ulceration
23/02/2013
Practitioner Richard Hepburn completed a Masters in gastric ulceration in horses, during which he identified what he believes is a new gastric condition -
Course director Perdi Welsh explains how this online course offers working VNs the chance to study for a university qualification
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Embarking on an Executive MBA
09/02/2013
As managing director of a 14-vet equine practice, Julian Samuelson felt that studying accounting, marketing and finance as part of an MBA would solve his lack of management training -
How to plan and keep record of your CPD
05/01/2013
Tips on how to take stock of your continuing professional development (CPD) and get ahead with some planning -
Emily Gascoigne began her first year in practice with a one-year intern programme with the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Synergy Farm Health
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Isobel Richards swapped practice for a teaching position in higher education. Read more about her journey here
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Padraig Egan encourages young vets to consider an internship as a worthwhile and rewarding stepping stone in specialist career development
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Kelly Lawless gained a place on Medivet's new graduate support programme and was offered a job before she sat her finals
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Laura Heaps made the most of an opportunity to do a period of voluntary work in Africa
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The graduate programme aims to develop the business and clinical skills of vets, equipping them to become future partners
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Zoe Belshaw offers some advice on working abroad, the various logistics involved and how to make it an achievable goal