Competences matching exercise working group membership and work programme
Introduction
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is currently developing a range of ‘essential competences’ required of the veterinary surgeon on Day One after graduation and at the end of Year One in the profession. These competences mirror the QAA subject benchmark statement for veterinary medicine.
Within DIVERSE, a Competences Matching Exercise will take place, linking competences to different types of disabilities, indicating where difficulties may arise and how they might be overcome. Each competence will be examined within the context of the veterinary schools’ curricula. This exercise will enable the Director of DIVERSE to carry out an accessibility audit of the various curricula and learning and teaching processes. The exercise will also enable the RCVS to consider how competence relates to performance, an issue that takes into account the coping strategies developed by people with disabilities.
The Working Group will focus initially on the ‘Day One Skills’, although there is likely to be some overlap in the matching exercise
Membership of the competences matching exercise working group
The Director of DIVERSE is responsible for managing the work carried out by this Working Group, which will involve the following veterinary schools:
- Cambridge
- Liverpool
- The Royal Veterinary College
The following staff are involved:
Cambridge
Christine Latham, Student Affairs Officer & EMS Co-ordinator
Liverpool
Catherine Payne-Johnson, Admissions Sub-Dean for the Faculty
The Royal Veterinary College
Lynne Hill, Director of Clinical Services
List of the RCVS essential competences
This list, attached in Appendix CME/1, is taken from the RCVS document ‘Veterinary Education and Training – A Framework for 2010 and Beyond’, a consultation paper prepared by the RCVS Education Strategy Steering Group in July 2001. The relevant pages are 31 to 44. After consultation, this document was revised and recommendations were presented to RCVS Council in June 2002. The final paper was published in July 2002, with only minor amendments to the Day One skills.
