The Graduate Development Programme will be delivered over 2 years and is open to all NGVS that join VetPartners within the first year after qualifying. It is also open to those returning to work after a period of time away from practice and graduates from overseas that may not have a good knowledge of the realities of practice life in the UK.
Year 1
In year 1, it’s all about providing a thorough grounding in the practical aspects of daily clinical practice by focusing on the common presentations.
Areas covered will include amongst others:
- Lameness
- Skin and ear disease
- GIT disease
- Topics in feline medicine
The modules will have a clear focus on identifying clinical problems, communicating with the client, recommending investigation and/or treatment as necessary.
Year 2
Consolidate the advances made in Year 1 with graduates developing a sense of veterinary practice as a business with the client/pet at its core. The modules aim to develop vets that are effective and efficient employees that estimate and bill correctly for the work they have done, develop a sense of professional pride in the work they do and place a value on this.
Further development clinically has a focus on less common presentations such as exotic medicine, treating animals on a budget and an intensive introduction to imaging.
At the end of Year 2 we should have veterinary surgeons that are competent, confident vets with the ability to cope with the spectrum of daily life in general practice.