Program Overview
This 1.5-year Master's program in Veterinary Clinical Studies offers veterinarians in residency programs intensive clinical training through real-life cases at Murdoch University's Veterinary Hospital. It prepares graduates for specialty certification and careers in academia or veterinary practice, meeting credentialing requirements for various veterinary colleges.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This course provides veterinarians engaged in a residency training program with intense clinical instruction using case material from the Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital. The course comprises units and structured training opportunities that meet the credentials for examination by the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists or the American or European Colleges in the relevant veterinary clinical discipline. Practical clinical training is based on supervised management of clinical cases in a selected field of veterinary clinical science, attendance and participation in clinical rounds, seminars, journal club and necropsy presentations, and in the completion of papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Objectives:
- To provide veterinarians with intense clinical instruction using case material from the Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital.
- To meet the credentials for examination by the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists or the American or European Colleges in the relevant veterinary clinical discipline.
- To provide clinical training opportunities that meet components of the credentialing process for examination by the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists or the American or European Colleges in the relevant veterinary clinical discipline.
Description:
The Master of Veterinary Clinical Studies is a full-time, 1.5-year program designed for veterinarians who are already engaged in a residency training program. The program provides students with the opportunity to gain practical clinical experience in a selected field of veterinary clinical science. Students will also participate in clinical rounds, seminars, journal club and necropsy presentations, and will complete papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Careers:
This course provides clinical training opportunities that meet components of the credentialing process for examination by the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists or the American or European Colleges in the relevant veterinary clinical discipline. As such, this is a step in the professional pathway to recognition as a veterinary specialist and towards a career in veterinary academia or specialty practice.
Other:
- The course meets components of the credentialing process for examination by the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists or the American or European Colleges in the relevant clinical discipline.
- The course provides clinical training opportunities that meet components of the credentialing process for examination by the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists or the American or European Colleges in the relevant veterinary clinical discipline.
