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This area of the website features a selection of computer aided learning programs completed or under development by the Electronic Media Unit in collaboration with teaching staff.

More computer aided learning resources for veterinary students can be found on WikiVet (see below).

Canine Radiographs Canine Radiographs
Canine Radiographs (44.8MB PowerPoint Slide Show) has been created as both a reference resource for pre-clinical students and revision aid for clinical students.
Requires PowerPoint 2007 (Win) or PowerPoint 2008 (Mac).
Bovine placentome - link to Digital SlideBox Digital SlideBox
Zoom right in to an image - up to 40x magnification. See eight example of this exciting development in online slide viewing.
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WikiVet
WikiVet is a collaborative project involving vetschools at Cambridge, Edinburgh, Nottingham and the Royal Veterinary College. It is an ongoing initiative to author a comprehensive veterinary version of Wikipedia for free access by students at veterinary schools throughout the world.

RVC Podcasts logo - cow wearing iPod earphones - click to go to Podcasts page

RVC Podcasts - Veterinary Science on the Move
Episode 43 in the series now available. This month's subject is Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses – degenerative neurological diseases of humans and dogs - RVC Podcast - Episode 43 (5.7MB MPEG-4 - right click to download or subscribe via the iTunes Store).

Podcasting Potcasting
The RVC is developing a range of digital audio downloads for use by students on their iPods or MP3 players. Potcasts are one version of this format which provide an interactive narration of the anatomy museum
An Introdocuction to Veterinary Dentistry An Introduction to Veterinary Dentistry Whole course now online
Aimed at veterinary students, surgeons and nurses to reinforce basic canine dental skills. It is a comprehensive multimedia course incorporating quizzes, flash animations and video clips as well as text and images.
Dermatology Cases Dermatology Cases
These are a selection of dermatology cases developed for the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology. They have been developed in Powerpoint using some of the more advanced features of the program.
Emergency Cases Simulator Emergency Cases Simulator
This Flash packages is designed to simulate emergency clinical cases. It allows students to safely experiment with a “virtual” patient." and encourages them to apply their knowledge and decision-making skills.
Recombinant DNA Recombinant DNA
This program has been developed in Flash for first year veterinary students. It is designed to demonstrate some of the more complex genetic concepts through comprehensive animations.
Pitfalls in Practice Pitfalls in Practice
This programme was developed to highlight some of the potential problems that new graduates need to be aware of when starting out in practice. It has been distributed to new graduates from all the UK veterinary schools.
Parasitology website Parasitology
The ‘RVC/FAO Guide to Veterinary Diagnostic Parasitology’ is a collaborative project which provide a user-friendly computer-aided educational tool for lecturers in both the UK in the developing world.
Spanish version also available: La Guía TVC/FAO para el Diagnóstico Parasitológico Veterinario
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New Treatments for Cushing's Disease
This is an example of a streaming Powerpoint lecture by Professor Reto Neiger on Hyperadrenocorticism. The College also uses a simpler approach to capture audio lectures for use by students after a lecture.

A Guide to Snakes

A Guide to Snakes
The first chapter of this CD is now available online.
To view the course, you will need to install Authorware Web Player (full version, 10.2 Mb). The video clips require QuickTime Player (11 Mb).

The Canine Abdomen The Canine Abdomen
The Abdominal Embryology chapter from an online learning course on The Canine Abdomen.

If this page has inspired you and you would like to talk about a new computer-aided learning project, please email blackboard@rvc.ac.uk.


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