VET10060 Professional Growth 1

Academic Year 2020/2021

This veterinary core module is only available to students registered to the veterinary professional degree programme. This module will introduce students to the professional attributes required to contribute as a productive member of the veterinary profession. Issues impacting on professional life will be introduced in lectures/webinars and explored through facilitated discussions and workshops which will require student interaction. Topics covered will include professional standards, fitness to practice, career options, ethics, professional regulatory frameworks, communication skills, evidence based veterinary medicine, goal setting, personal financial planning, team-working, problem solving, non-verbal and verbal communication skills and leadership. Some teaching will be integrated with veterinary nursing with the purpose of forming a strong working relationship with the other key members of the veterinary team. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their progress to date, and to set goals for themselves to provide the motivation and direction necessary for personal growth and success. Peer-assessment and group work also forms part of this module.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module, students should be able to:

Explore and critically discuss the role of the veterinary profession in society.
Describe and discuss the key concepts and attitudes underpinning professional standards ('code of conduct'), professional behaviour and veterinary ethics.
Be aware of the employment and career options availaible to the modern veterinarian.
Understand the importance of core business skills to the modern veterinarian with a particular emphasis on personal finances.
Have explored and begun to develop the necessary communication, team-building and leadership skills to enable them to be successful in clinical veterinary practice and beyond.
Understand and apply some of the concepts underpinning evidence based veterinary medicine.
Understand and appreciate the importance of critical self-reflection and goal setting in professional development.

Indicative Module Content:

Professionalism
Communication
Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine
Ethical frameworks
Personal Development
Personal financial planning
Veterinary Career Options
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
Professional Standards and Fitness to Practise
Teamwork, Collaboration and Leadership

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

20
Specified Learning Activities

20
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module will be delivered through a combination of lectures/webinars, in-class/online discussions, in-class/online quizzes and reflective learning assignments and group work. Students are required to engage in all learning activities and to reflect on their learning and how this will impact their future development. These reflections will be included in their ePortfolio.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Enrollment in either the veterinary medicine degree programme- i.e. degrees to which the Veterinary Practice Act 2005 applies.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
HUM20010 - Career Readiness for Arts, HUM20030 - Career Readiness (Humanities)

Equivalents:
Vet Career Orien & Prof Dev (VPB10010)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Portfolio: Goal setting and critical reflection on learning to date Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded Yes

40
Group Project: Group project preparation and presentation which inlcudes peer-assessment Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

40
Continuous Assessment: Completion of on-line assignments associated with taught material Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

20

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Online automated feedback via quizzes. Group feedback post presentations. ePortfolio will be marked with a rubric this will provide feedback feedback to students.

Name Role
Dr Gerald Barry Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Andrea Dineen Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Robin Farrell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Vivian Gath Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Emmet Kelly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Pamela Kelly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Emma O'Neill Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Maurice Kinsella Tutor
Mr John Wyatt Tutor