Clinical rotations I, II and III are an integrated program comprising of 27-weeks of core clinical veterinary education.

This will be an opportunity to combine all the skills sets obtained and apply them to a realistic clinical setting, whilst still under the observation of an academic institution. The clinical rotations will involve application of skills in clinical examination and diagnosis, clinical medicine, clinical pathology, therapeutics, pharmacy, anaesthesia, diagnostic imaging, surgery, clinical pathology, pathology, preventative vet medicine and health monitoring, and veterinary certification relevant to the particular class of animal.

The program is comprised of a 2-week pathology rotation, 2-week diagnostic imaging rotation, 2-week referral medicine rotation, 2-week surgery rotation, 2-week anaesthesia rotation, 4-week general practice rotation, 2-week emergency and critical care rotation, 1-week exotic rotation, 3-week equine rotation, 1-week  aquatics rotation, 1-week swine rotation, 1-week poultry rotation, 2-week and 3-day ruminant rotation (cattle & small ruminants), and 1-week slaughterhouse rotation. The majority of the clinical rotations will be intramural at CityU's Veterinary Medical Centre (VMC) and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL). The swine, poultry, small ruminant and aquatics rotations will be hosted by the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science's Ambulatory Veterinary Services Team. 

The equine and ruminant rotations will be arranged in in-house veterinary departments of large livestock industry establishments. 

The clinical rotations make a major contribution towards the development of the competencies, skills and attributes required by the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Inc (AVBC) of veterinary graduates. It also contributes to the development of the general professional skills and attributes, practical and clinical competencies expected by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) of newly qualified graduates, except that the student may not happen to experience situations in which competencies 38 (reporting of notifiable diseases) or 8 (reporting of suspected adverse reactions) apply. The clinical rotations will also contribute to the underpinning knowledge and understanding required by RCVS in relation to the development of effective interpersonal skills and an ethical approach to animals and veterinary practice.

• Attendance Requirement

Students are required to attend each 2-week rotation for a minimum of 9 days, each 3-week rotation for a minimum of 13.5 days, and each 4-week rotation for a minimum of 18 days. Full attendance is required for rotations that last 1 week or less. If students fail to meet the minimum attendance requirement, they are required to make up the days of absence at the rotation practice.

• Assessment Schedule

Students will submit an activity log of the cases they have participated in provision of veterinary care, including for example health checks, case diagnostic investigations, treatments etc. Students will also submit a clinical skills log of each rotation with all clinical skills performed and signed off by rotation supervisors. Further, students will also complete a communication task and mini-CEX designed by the rotation supervisor.

The rotation supervisor will coordinate the assessment of each student's performance using an in-training evaluation report (ITER). For rotations at least 2-weeks long, one will be administered at the mid-point and one at the end of the rotation. Students identified at risk, at the end of the first week of the rotation will be given opportunities to remediate during the rotation to improve their performance. For rotations shorter than two weeks, students will be given formative feedback during the rotation where possible.

Students must achieve a satisfactory performance in the ITER administered at the end of the rotation, activity log, mini-CEX, communication task, and clinical skills log and attend each rotation for the minimum required days to pass each rotation.

• Failing an individual rotation:

Should a student fail to achieve a passing grade in any given rotation, the student shall be afforded a maximum of one additional attempt by repeating that rotation, to attain a satisfactory outcome. Failure to pass that rotation on the second attempt will result in the student repeating the entire clinical rotations (I, II and III) including the final examination.

A repeat of individual rotations will be capped at no more than three (3) for any student over the entirety of rotations (I, II and III). If a student fails more than three individual rotations, then an overall fail is achieved and the student will be required to repeat the entire clinical rotations (I, II and III) including the final examination.

• Final Examination

At the end of the VM4303 Clinical Rotations Part III, students will sit for a Final Qualifying Examination that assesses student’s clinical knowledge and competencies.

Students who have fulfilled all rotation requirements and have achieved a passing score on the final examination shall be eligible for graduation on the date set by the Academic Regulations and Records Office (likely in June).

If a student fails the final examination, a supplementary examination will be granted one (1) month after the initial assessment.

A student who passes the supplementary examination shall be conferred eligibility to graduate on the next available date set by the Academic Regulations and Records Office (likely in October).

A student who fails the supplementary examination will constitute a failure for the entire rotations (I, II and III), and will be required to repeat the entire clinical rotations and resit the end of rotation final