Any lecturers on here?

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Jade.Simmons — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:50:54 GMT

[quote user="wilkoannie"]Hi I have my certificate in education and lecture one day a week whilst being in practice the rest of the week. I think it is really important to have a lot of experience behind you first.. Also to keep up to date with everything, my students appreciate that i am still in practice unlike others on the team that haven't been in practice for years but are excellent tutors in certain subjects such as anat and phys . It is extremely hard work being a lecturer and you are forever preparing lessons and researching around the subject. If you wanted to do this why not contact the college and ask them to sit in on a lesson or maybe take a lesson to see if its for you. Good luck though Hun xx

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thankyou sounds like a good idea x

Re: Any lecturers on here?

wilkoannie — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:43:32 GMT

Hi I have my certificate in education and lecture one day a week whilst being in practice the rest of the week. I think it is really important to have a lot of experience behind you first.. Also to keep up to date with everything, my students appreciate that i am still in practice unlike others on the team that haven't been in practice for years but are excellent tutors in certain subjects such as anat and phys . It is extremely hard work being a lecturer and you are forever preparing lessons and researching around the subject. If you wanted to do this why not contact the college and ask them to sit in on a lesson or maybe take a lesson to see if its for you. Good luck though Hun xx

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PHA86 — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 09:32:56 GMT

Ah that's good, I'd love to do it sooner!

Re: Any lecturers on here?

Jade.Simmons — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:01:03 GMT

It depends on the individual college running the course they decide if your able and ready.

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emma sime — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 16:10:59 GMT

I'm a lecturer, have been for nearly 4 years now. Worked in a busy clinical practice for a number of years before going into teaching and still return during academic holidays and the odd weekend. I enjoy my time back in practice and find that it helps me stay up to date with what is going on in day to day practice, new drugs etc. You definately need to have worked in clinical practice to teach. Not only does it give you valuable experiences you can relate to whilst teaching but also it helps to have 'done' what you are teaching before in order to have a full understanding of what you are teaching as well as giving you credability with your students.

Good luck!

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PHA86 — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:16:26 GMT

I was always under the impression you had to be a year qualified to be a clinical coach, although not sure where I got that info from?!

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Jade.Simmons — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:14:28 GMT

Brilliant thanks guys. The offers were to work as only nurse in a hospital branch practice, or to work in a general practice and do my clinical coaching in a couple of months which ive chosen to do. I agree you

need to be in touch with modern practice when teaching and have good experience so you can relate to the students.

Re: Any lecturers on here?

Sal the 1st — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:53:01 GMT

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very few colleges will hire a lecturer with no clinical experience, because the course itself involves a lot of work with clinical practice; remember that vet nursing is not a classroom-only course! :)

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sadly there are a number of colleges that have - and veterinary nursing in general is now paying for it. I can name at least two places where nurses became tutors within a few months of qualifying. Sometimes you can even tell which students have come from which college and who has taught them because they get the same things consistently wrong ( at least it says the teaching is consistent ) but woe betide you if you ever try and correct them or their tutor.

we had an example of this on here only this week

http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/forums/p/22756/146074.aspx#146074

that pot of a 1000 pred 5's sitting on the shelf - you will have to be going some to get them out in 28 days!

worrying isnt it

I would like to see that a requirement of being a lecturer is that there should be at least 2 years post qualification worked in practice and that lecturers have worked for some time in a minimum number of 3 practices so that they get a feel for how different practices work and can build this experience into how they train the next generation

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Sal the 1st — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:38:44 GMT

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Without clinical experience you'll lack understanding when one of your students has a problem in practice. To be quite honest, some of the absolute rubbish I've heard some students tell me they are being taught in college makes me think most lecturers haven't had practice experience anyway! If you know how things tend to go in the Real world, and how students will be **gasp** USING A BOTTLE OF INJECTABLE DRUG THAT HAS BEEN OPEN FOR MORE THAN 28 DAYS!!! then you can at least teach the syllabus with a bit of empathy.... nothing worse than holier-than-thou lecturers who are totally out of touch.

I'm sure you've had some clinical experience given that you're qualified, but it's good to get some time as a QVN under your belt, as you're more accountable for your actions and decisions. That responsibility will give you a different perspective.

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well said

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Celine — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:42:46 GMT

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Mark Hedberg — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:31:46 GMT

I would tend to agree - very few colleges will hire a lecturer with no clinical experience, because the course itself involves a lot of work with clinical practice; remember that vet nursing is not a classroom-only course! :)

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Stuart Ford-Fennah — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:53:27 GMT

You would be much better off getting good experinece in a good practice for a good few years before going into lecturing. Any one who is teaching sombody else should not only have the knowledge but also experience, clinical skills and critical thinking skills which only develop thorugh time in clinical practice.

Go for a good clinical Job