ANA Course

Re: ANA Course

Katy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:28:49 GMT

Ooh thanks Charlotte!

Not got round to looking at your website yet, but glad that you do a course!

Re: ANA Course

Debbie Allgood — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:01:40 GMT

You could also take a look at The College of Animal Welfare's VCA (Veterinary Care Assistant) programme. An alternatice to the ANA and 100% distance learning. You can either be volunteering or employed in practice. Mentor can be either VN or Vet.

Have a look - http://www.caw.ac.uk/vn/vnncvca.htm

Re: ANA Course

Maisy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:30:00 GMT

To some extent but it's not as repetitive as you only write 8 caselogs for the entire course! For instance if you're doing you're hospitalisation case for a cat with renal disease, you would include basic systemic involvement (using your syllabus which gives pointers about what units should be considered for each case), basic nursing care/feeding and health and safety. Your casebook works towards your overall mark so thorough cases with relevent points are best.

The course covers A&P to a slightly lesser scale of the NVQ2, but in greater depth of exotics than the entire NVQ. You'd also study parasites, theatre practice/sterilisation, first aid....It's quite an indepth course really but you really feel you know more at the end.

Re: ANA Course

Katy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:20:39 GMT

How does it work then? Is it as pedantic as the caselogs for the VN course? I.e. it has to explain everything you do in minute detail, and why you are doing it?

Re: ANA Course

Maisy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:19:13 GMT

Worth thinking about if you do decide to stay on in practice. Less stress too as you don't have to worry about unenthusiastic assessors!! I really enjoyed the course

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Katy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:16:26 GMT

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Are you not doing the NVQ anymore Katy? Sorry things went a bit pear shaped

The ANA is a really good option though and all you need as a mentor is a QVN or Vet (this is so you have someone to mark your casebook-this is a lot smaller/straightforward than the NVQ portfolio!) I did the ANA and now mentor a student for the course and I would always recommend it to anyone.

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Nope. Try not to think about that stress! Lol!

ANA course sounds interesting. Might just have to wait to September, and not 100% sure if I want to continue in practice. It's all a bit up in the air at the mo! Defo something i'm interested in though, and it might give me a goal.

Re: ANA Course

Fleabee99 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:14:07 GMT

ahh there you go you can use a vet!

good luck!

Re: ANA Course

Fleabee99 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:13:14 GMT

the vet might work best thing to do is call them and ask, describe your situation, i mean with you employed in a vet practice your half way there just give the college a ring and see, you never know !!

hope this helps!! and good luck dear

Re: ANA Course

Maisy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:12:40 GMT

Are you not doing the NVQ anymore Katy? Sorry things went a bit pear shaped

Re: ANA Course

Katy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:09:55 GMT

Myerscough do a correspondance ANA course. So you could probably do that too?

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Katy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:09:13 GMT

Oh rubbish. We have no QVNs. TUT.

Would a vet work? The vet I would choose is going off sick at the end of the year for a few months too.

Nothing is simple!

I do work full time at a vets though. And I don't think boss would pay the £600 for the course.

Re: ANA Course

Fleabee99 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:07:00 GMT

hi, i was looking at doing that a few weeks back, with me being a volunteer at a vet practice i thought it might help with getting into a trainee VN position but apparently you still have to work or volunteer in a practice at least 3 days a week (part-time) and you will still need a mentor figure to help with your studies(this being a QVN), but with you talking of myerscough it might be different near you but i was looking a college of animal welfare in leeds and thats what they told me unfortunately