cert avp- A and B modules

Re: cert avp- A and B modules

Rob Reid — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:27:48 GMT

Your A & B modules are going to have a fairly similar course outline wherever you do it.

The A module is 'Professional key skills' which covers communication, management, business skills, ethics, animal welfare etc. The B module is 'Practice skills' with large, equine or small animal bias depedning on which way you go.

It is the 3 C modules where there is variablility. From what I recall when I looked a few months ago: Middlesex offer the management/business type C modules (therefore not likely to be very clinical), Liverpool offer the equine ones and Edinburgh and RVC offer the small animal ones. Not sure re the other universities but one must offer large animal, another pathology etc.

To complete the CertAVP you must pass the mandatory A and B modules and then choose whichever C modules correspond to the discipline you fancy. Hope this makes sense - it took me a while to get my head round it

Re: cert avp- A and B modules

Hanna Bennett — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:32:12 GMT

when i looked into it Liverpool seemed to offer the best clincal A module as they actually offer workshops to help you along which i thought was great. Only problem is they only offer equine B modules so that is a pain, tho they are looking into the small animal ones now apparently.

Those of you who went with Middlesex University - how clinically based was it? I got the impression it was less about the clinical side of things and more about 'good practice' ie. clinical audit etc. May just be that i don't understand it very well (the RCVS descriptions don't seem very clear to me)

Re: cert avp- A and B modules

Rob Reid — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:19:29 GMT

I am currently doing the 'A' module through the RVC. It is all done online and you have option of paying a little extra for access to the university blackboard system, library and ATHENS. I have gone for the option of online support, which I have found valuable - the Blackboard discussion board hasn't added much, but I would have been lost without the ATHENS journal access.

The module is in the form of a series of essays covering various topics from animal welfare and ethics through to legislation and marketing. I am finding the essays quite challenging as they are mostly of a social science style, a bit of a change when everything you have written since school is clinical!

The timescales for completing workare are flexible - you can submit as little or as much work as you want between deadlines. All in all I have found the RVC system good so far though admittedly I am only in the early stages. Hope this helps.

Re: cert avp- A and B modules

Vikki Moran — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:57:30 GMT

I'm just going to do one module at a time I think. I'm not sure how i fit in the time to do everything as it is, but this is something i really do want to get started with.

Has anyone else any experience of other providers? they seem few and far between, and to be honest I'm a little nervous of the whole distance learning thing too!

Re: cert avp- A and B modules

Charlotte Marshall — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:56:49 GMT

I did mine with Middlesex too. I thought the support was pretty good but I did think doing the A module and both B modules in the year was a lot of work and I do not think I would want to do them at the same time as a C module!

Re: cert avp- A and B modules

ms1083 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:56:17 GMT

currently just about to submit my A&B modules. done through middleselx university (vet learning). Very much suggest them, run by a number of group meetings and online group support. Developed in a way to teach candidates the art of adult learning and very much focused on how you have learnt from experiences and how this has changed your way of professional work. The case studies are designed to be done in general practice and it does not matter if the treatment was not optimal due to financial concerns etc, so long as other aspects are discussed - again, its all about what you have learnt from the case and how to improve your managment of a such case.

Re: cert avp- A and B modules

Vikki Moran — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:47:29 GMT

I'm glad you've asked this, because i'm thinking of enrolling for them. I also want to know how much work is involved?