PD/OSCE CPD Day Adult

Course information

These days will give active, experienced clinical supervisors an overview of the gateway and professional discussion process. This is to ensure supervisors remain up to date and compliant with Awarding Organisation requirements and is especially important for supervisors of students with imminent PDs and OSCEs.

Veterinary Nurse Students are assessed in many ways before they can qualify; their training log is used to assess their practical capabilities. When a clinical supervisor has confirmed competence for a student in all of their tasks they are confirming that the student is competent in the Day One Competencies for Veterinary Nurses. The training log must be complete before students can enter their OSCEs. Therefore, the OSCE tests, in part, are used as an assessment of the Clinical Supervisor’s judgement, as well as the student’s ability.

Supervisors who have attended these events have stated that they have increased their understanding of the PD and OSCE requirements and, in turn, this proves invaluable to their students. Students should be practicing practical tasks as part of their training log and OSCE preparation within their training practices, in addition to the support they receive from the VN Centre. There is the added bonus that these days provide 5 hours of really useful, affordable, locally accessed CPD.

What You Will Learn

You will learn how the apprenticeship gateway process works for Veterinary Nursing Students. You will learn what students need to know in order to undertake their professional discussion examination and how as RVNs/Vets you can help your students to revise and what will happen during the exam.

You will learn the structure of the OSCE examination and an overview of all OSCE tasks will be given on the day as well as opportunities to ask any questions.

Entry Requirements

RCVS Registered MRCVS/RVN

Bicton College

Bicton College

Bicton College is based in East Devon, near Exeter, and set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just two miles from the Jurassic Coast. The historic Georgian mansion, commercial farm, animal husbandry school, modern veterinary nursing building, world-class engineering and heavy plant machinery workshop, walled garden and arboretum are all set in over 200 hectares of historic parkland.

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Course Code 20030-BIC-25, 20029-BIC-25

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