IMPARTING LIFE SKILLS TO VETERINARY STUDENTS: AN EMBEDDED CURRICULUM TO ENHANCE SUCCESS IN VETERINARY PROFESSIONAL LIFE Dr Martin Cake School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
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Veterinary Professional Life (VPL) is a whole-of-course stream of interventions recently introduced to the Murdoch University veterinary curriculum, intended to raise the profile of, and student outcomes in, professional skills and attributes important to success in veterinary practice. These include not only veterinary-specific professional attributes (e.g. ethics, business, diagnostic skills), but also more generic skills (communication, critical inquiry) and personal qualities such as self-awareness, self-management and leadership.
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