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The University of Nottingham is offering a novel training opportunity for people in the veterinary profession.
The Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University has developed a new evidence-based veterinary medicine training programme, thanks to funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
The unique programme draws from the experience of various experts in the veterinary field as part of an advisory group who are helping to shape the course. The group is made up of practising veterinary surgeons, educational specialists and industrial representatives — to ensure that the training will be relevant and accessible for everyone in the industry.
Training by vets from vets
The idea is that the training is to be developed for the veterinary profession, by the veterinary profession.
The new training has three key areas and will be delivered through a range of distance learning, real-time online tutorials and face-to-face workshops.
The three areas are: what is evidence-based veterinary medicine and why is it important? How do I find and appraise the evidence? And how do I apply the evidence-based veterinary medicine approach to my practice?
Enhancing clinical decision-making
Marnie Brennan, from the Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine at the University, said: “The course is designed to help people to apply the skills and techniques in evidence-based medicine to their own environments, helping them to keep up to date with new research more easily and ultimately enhance their clinical decision-making.”
Enrolment is open now for both the first course which starts on the 27 June 2016, and the second which begins on the 1 November 2016. The CEVM are delighted to be able to offer a bursary for this course which covers the full registration costs for an individual veterinary surgeon to join either of the first two course start dates. If you are interested in applying for this bursary please email cevm@nottingham.ac.uk
For more details or to book onto the course, please visit www.nottingham.ac.uk/vet/cpd
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