[:@] NPL at CAW leeds

Re: [:@] NPL at CAW leeds

sarah shipley — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:23:05 GMT

Not sure it's of any help at all, but when I did my clinical coach training at CAW last month they said the aim was to complete the NPL, assignments & written exams witinin the first two years. The idea being to allow the last year to help finish of any unfinished NPL or assigments where necessary and then constrant on the practical exams.

Though I have to say we have a 2 year placement student who they wish to take the RCVS exams in June which is not very practical for her as an individual. Our two 3 years students haven't heard anything about when to expect to sit their exams as yet, though they have been given a target of completing 2 units by end of March and another 1 by end of April. All of our students are at college today so will wait to hear if they come back with anything tomorrow or Monday.

Re: [:@] NPL at CAW leeds

Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:46:07 GMT

don't get me wrong, i'am perfectly civil in my dealings with colleges, however the goal posts are forever being moved, (i know the rcvs are to blame here) the thing i object to is my students being stressed out and being made to feel like they have done something wrong, or that they should have known this, it is the job of the colleges to update students and the practices. i may add we never get told of these changes i always hear it from my upset SVN's.

and after i have discussed this with CAW, the VN dept will hear from me too.

thanks for your replies, i will keep you posted.

Re: [:@] NPL at CAW leeds

Caro Laithwaite VN — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:34:42 GMT

We had same problems as the first on what is now the non course the nvq when it came out. Poor myescough used to give different instructions every other week as rcvs behaved in exactly the same way.Thew it out then said sort it with no guidence.

I agree with what Juliet said kick rcvs head in very hard but be careful you will break for foot on the brick wall of stupidity they have over things...l see they never mess the vets around in the same way.

Re: [:@] NPL at CAW leeds

Catherine Goulding — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:51:58 GMT

In all fairness to CAW (no, I don't work there anymore...) I would aim your barrel at the RCVS, not them. Please remember this is a brand new course and it appears the RCVS don't really know what they are doing either, so how are CAW expected to? In my own personal opinion, the whole course was rushed out in time for September and the poor SVN's have had the brunt of it. There appears to be no consistency between RCVS EV's (so what's new there!) and one person tells you one thing and someone else tells you another. At the beginning the RCVS said we could teach the course how we wanted to (word from word from J Molyneux herself) - but now they have changed their minds. Also, the funding is an issue, your student has to complete the course within a certain timeframe to be eligible for funding and the RCVS didn;'t really talk to the funding people either before the course was released. I work for a training provider and we are having similar issues, so I would say its a national thing, not a CAW thing.