Vet Times

Tag: CPD

  • Planning the RVN/SVN year

    Planning the RVN/SVN year

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    We can start our good intentions now! Let’s make 2014 the year of pre-planning and proactive rather than reactive decisions… promise? To help, here’s a few dates we already know: RCVS diploma exams – written and OSCE [link]. City & Guilds (C&G) and Central Qualifications (CQ) exams are held “in-house”, so you should contact your…

  • EMS vs TP

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    I would like to thank Michal Szulc and Jill Hubbard for their letter in a recent edition of Veterinary Times (Vol.43, No.42), in which they speak of an issue close to my heart: in-practice training of vets and nurses. The TP and EMS schemes try to do the same thing, but are structured very differently. Michal…

  • Chocolate, tea and respect

    Chocolate, tea and respect

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    I’m getting old. I can see that. People greet me not by saying “you look great” but by saying “you’re getting greyer”. The worst part of that is not that it’s rude, but that they seem to think it’s funny. I’ve been in this profession a long time, and I have seen quite a bit.…

  • Money makes the world go around…

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    …unless you’re a member of the veterinary professions according to the latest edition of the SPVS Salaries Survey, which has revealed “an overall dip” in vets’ pay packets. The figures – which cover the whole salary package, including accommodation, company cars and CPD (when provided) – are particularly disappointing for small animal practitioners, revealing that the only…

  • Revalidation and us

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    As part of my studies at the moment I have to get up to speed with regulation of other professions. Part of this made my heart sink: in December 2012 the General Medical Council acquired the statutory powers to require revalidation of medical staff on a regular basis. Looking at the wording of the regulations…

  • New Year plans

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    A new year and the new awarding bodies for the VN diploma seem to be settling in well. Most RCVS enrolments have been processed and students have started logging evidence on their nursing progress log (NPL).

  • Libby Earle @ BVNA Congress 2012

    Libby Earle @ BVNA Congress 2012

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    Libby Earle, then-head of veterinary nursing at the RCVS, demonstrates how to use the Royal College’s new online CPD recording system for vets and VNs during BVNA Congress 2012 at the International Centre in Telford.