To satisfy the requirements for Work Based Training / Extra Mural Studies students must adhere to the following:
Students must complete Doctor of Veterinary Medicine extra mural studies (EMS) to the value of 23 weeks. This is broken into three components:
- 6 weeks of preparatory extra mural studies (EMS-1)
- 4 weeks of Year 2 EMS (EMS-2)
- 12 weeks of Year 3 EMS (EMS-3) which cannot begin until DVM Year 2 courses are successfully completed.
- 1 week of after-hours roster in the University of Adelaide Veterinary Health Centre (EMS-VHC). This can begin after the successful completion of DVM Year 1 and must be finalised by the end of semester 2 in DVM Year 2.
Progression into the second year of the DVM program is subject to satisfactory completion of six weeks of DVM EMS. In order to be eligible for early conferral and registration as a Veterinarian in January of the year following completion of studies, students must ensure that their EMS have been finalised by early December in their final year of study.
- The EMS must be completed no more than 1 year after DVM Level 3 courses have been completed.
Before beginning a period of extra mural studies, students are required to ensure that the placement will be acceptable by consulting the Extra Mural Coordinator and / or DVM Program Management Committee, and the placement attendance has approval of the Head of School.
Upon completion of each period of extra mural studies, students are required to complete and submit all placement associated documentation and tasks to a satisfactory standard, including certification of attendance by the placement supervisor for approval by the Extra Mural Coordinator or DVM Program Management Committee.