ANML4304 – Rural Animal Practicum 1
Module code
ANML4304
Module title
Rural Animal Practicum 1
Prescription
The aim of this course is to develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies to provide day to day care of rural animals as part of an interprofessional team.
Programmes
- NZ4388
NZQA Level
Level 4
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- 1. Demonstrate skills related to animal behaviour, husbandry, hygiene, and handling in a rural animal context.
2. Communicate effectively within a team in a rural animal context. - Content
- Practicum will take place in a suitable animal healthcare environment that enables a balance of application of theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquisition required for the strand. The total requirement of 240 hours of practicum during this programme (inclusive of 80hrs in a veterinary clinic) will be distributed among strand specific practicum courses. Aakonga will be advised of each practicum course requirements prior to the start of the course.
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- All required and recommended resource are provided to aakonga via course outlines.
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this course employs a competency-based grading scheme. Aakonga will be advised of all matters relating to summative assessment at the start of the course.
Aakonga are required to achieve all of the outcomes in order to pass competency-based assessment. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning and teaching activities will employ a range of elements drawn from approved methods to align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional specific requirement, etc.) and any particular needs of the group of aakonga.
Work experience will be supported with ongoing individualised support, formative assessment and feedback, learning conversations, observations, and communities of practice. Teaching content will be developed in response to learner needs in order to provide them with the practical skills for work-based learning.
