No 6387
Thursday 21 May 2015
Vol cxlv No 31
pp. 538–586
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2015–16, by comparison with those examinations in 2014–15, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine give notice that, with effect from 2015–16, the form and conduct of certain of the examinations for Part I of the Final Veterinary Examination will be changed as follows. The supplementary regulations have also been amended.
The existing Paper 3 – Dermatology and Paper 12 – Cardiology, will be combined into one single examination Paper 3 – Cardiology and dermatology. Examinable material will be that covered in the lectures and practicals of the courses of those names. The examination will be conducted in the Lent Term, will be of 90 minutes’ duration, and will be of sixty multiple-choice questions. Candidates should attempt all questions. The pass mark will be 60%.
The format of the examination will remain as a multiple choice exam but will be changed from a 60-minute examination with forty questions to a 90-minute examination with a practical component comprising nine stations. Each station will be of 10 minutes’ duration and will be based on clinical pathology data that may be supported by a haematology/cytology slide, photograph, or pathological specimen. Each station will have five multiple choice questions. Candidates will move from station to station at 10-minute intervals and should attempt all questions. The examination will be held in Easter Term, and will cover material delivered in the lectures and practicals of the course of that name and specific lectures and practicals in other courses in the Vet.M.B. course. A list of those specific lectures and practicals will be published no later than one term before the Clinical Pathology examination. The pass mark will be 60%.
The existing Paper 8 – Urology, Paper 10 – Neurology, and Paper 11 – Endocrinology and metabolic diseases, will be combined into one single examination Paper 8 – Neurology, endocrinology, and urology. Examinable material will be that covered in the lectures and practicals of the courses of those names. The examination will be conducted in the Michaelmas Term, will be of 90 minutes’ duration, and will be of sixty multiple-choice questions. Candidates should attempt all questions. The pass mark will be 60%.
The format of other papers comprising Part I of the Final Veterinary Examination remains unchanged.
The existing Paper 13 – Veterinary public health, has been re-numbered as Paper 10.
The papers and practical components of the examinations shall be as follows:
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Paper 1. |
Respiratory system |
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Paper 2. |
Principles of clinical practice |
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Paper 3. |
Cardiology and dermatology |
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Paper 4. |
Principles of infectious diseases |
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Paper 5. |
Clinical pathology |
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Paper 6. |
Alimentary system |
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Paper 7. |
Integrated animal management |
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Paper 8. |
Neurology, endocrinology, and urology |
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Paper 9. |
Animal breeding |
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Paper 10. |
Veterinary public health |
Papers 7 and 9 will each be of one hour’s duration; Papers 1 (which will have a practical component), 2, 3, 4, 5 (which will have a practical component), 8, and 10 will each be of 90 minutes’ duration; and Paper 6 will be of two hours’ duration and have a practical component.