RCVS Veterinary Clinical Career Pathways stakeholder focus group: Edinburgh

Join us for an in-depth discussion on RCVS Veterinary Clinical Career Pathways - your input matters!

Please note: formal registration for this event has now closed. If you are interested in attending, please contact the RCVS Events Team, and we will do our best to get you registered. 

RCVS Council has recently approved an ambitious project to expand and diversify the career options available to veterinary surgeons working in clinical practice. This focus group will consider the objectives associated with workstream one ‘to develop a curriculum and implementation proposals for Veterinary GP specialty training’ and workstream three ‘Developing flexible routes for specialist training’

Focus Group Objectives

Participants will hear about the proposals for the further development of veterinary clinical career pathways, the individual workstreams and any co-dependencies between them. Following this introduction, participants will discuss several specific questions in small groups, which will help the RCVS address the following objectives for the project to develop a curriculum for veterinary GP specialty training (workstream 1) and developing flexible routes to specialist training (workstream 3):

• To establish the overarching purpose of the veterinary GP specialty training programme, through consideration of the needs of the workforce, the profession and the scope and focus of veterinary care services. (Workstream 1)
• To identify the intended learning outcomes of the training in terms of the clinical and professional knowledge, skills and behaviours required to fulfil the role of Specialist in Primary Care / General Practice. (Workstream 1)
• To consider the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of different learning environments for clinical specialty training, with regard to learner support and supervision, access to appropriate clinical content and assessment. (Workstream 3)
• Explore the barriers faced by vets who felt unable to commit to an internship / residency programme, and how these might be overcome. (workstream 3).

Agenda for the day

09:30 - 10:00 - Registration and refreshments
10:00 - 12:30 - Morning session
12:30 - 13:15 - Lunch
13:15 - 15:20 - Afternoon session
15:20- 15:45 - Afternoon break
15:45 - 17:00 - Afternoon session
17:00 - Programme concludes

The focus of the day

This event is for stakeholders who want to contribute to the development of a curriculum for specialty training in veterinary primary care, and help us develop flexible routes to specialisation. Our aim is to explore the purpose of the proposed training program for GPs, discuss the potential content of the programme, and consider the learning environments suitable for clinical specialty training. As part of this focus group we will also discuss barriers faced by vets who felt unable to commit to an internship / residency programme, and how these might be overcome.

Joining instructions

Final programme details for the event will be sent out with joining instructions ahead of the event.

Attendance

Numbers are limited and we want a wide range of stakeholders from the following groups:

• Representatives from independent practicing vets
• Representatives from corporate practices
• Representative group of Advanced Practitioners
• Representative group of Specialists
• Representative group of vets working in general practice
• Representative group of veterinary students
• Veterinary surgeons who have faced barriers committing to an internship / residency programme
• Educationalist and representatives from training providers

For this event, we are particularly keen to hear from students, new graduates and early career vets in addition to the above groups.

Event enquiries

If you would like to find out more about the session or have a query, please contact the RCVS Events team directly.