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Students at RVC take part in first ever pilot inter-professional development initiative
Veterinary and veterinary nursing students at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) took part in the first ever pilot event at the Hawkshead Campus exploring emotional intelligence within interprofessional teams, known as interPOD (inter-Professional … -
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Keeping One Step Ahead Through Advanced RVN Education
The RVC recently celebrated the tenth intake of students to the Graduate Diploma in Professional and Clinical Veterinary Nursing. Since its inception, 132 Registered Veterinary Nurses have completed this unique distance learning course. It is designed to enhance RVNs’ knowledge bases, skills and motivation. -
Colic
The Royal Veterinary College's Equine Referral Hospital has state-of-the-art facilities needed to carry out advanced diagnostics, colic surgery and intensive care treatment for horses with colic, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. -
French Bulldogs predisposed to catastrophic elbow fractures, according to RVC research
Fractures of the elbow joint (humeral condyle fractures – see figure 1) can be challenging to repair and in certain dog breeds can happen with minimal trauma, often when dogs are quite young. These fractures are painful and cannot be managed …Fractures of the elbow joint (humeral condyle fractures – see figure 1) can be challenging to …
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Tortoise Bladder Stone
Tortoises are regular patients at the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital, but Kobe the leopard tortoise was a slightly unusual case as he had been referred for a suspected bladder stone found incidentally on x-rays by his normal vet. -
Blended learning strategy - References
Advance, HE (2018). ‘Framework for flexible learning in higher education’. Available at: www.advance-he.ac.uk/guidance/teaching-and-learning/flexible-learning#overview Askell-Williams, H., Lawson, M. & Murray, Harvey, R. (2007). ‘What happens in my … -
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Feline Lymphoma
Irina Gramer, Lecturer in Veterinary Oncology, and Alexandra Guillen Martinez, Lecturer in Veterinary Oncology Lymphoma is the most frequently diagnosed among all types of feline cancer and due to its systemic distribution often affects a wide … -
MARS EQUESTRIAN Scholarship, September 2022 – September 2024
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and University of Pennsylvania have launched a unique equine research training opportunity generously funded by MARS EQUESTRIAN™. The overarching goal of this programme is to improve the health and welfare of the … -
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Unusual Persistent Urachal Remnant in A Guinea Pig
A three-year-old guinea pig was referred to the RVC Exotics and Small Mammals Service with an eight-week history of vocalising when urinating, progressing to haematuria and dysuria. A few weeks before referral, an ultrasound of her bladder was … -
New VetCompass study investigates potential association between exposure to antibiotics and corticosteroids and the development of diabetes mellitus in dogs
A new study at the Royal Veterinary College has investigated whether there is any association between exposure to particular classes of prescription drugs (antibiotics and corticosteroids) and the development of diabetes mellitus in dogs. …