The new veterinary medicine course in the South East Technological University (SETU) will rely on vets in the southeast to teach students, head of veterinary medicine at the college Mary Kate Burke has said.

Vets will be taught how to teach students who will complete placement in practices around the southeast of the country.

“We are relying on the vets in the southeast and they are going to be our partner practices – they will be taught how to teach by SETU and they will work with us to teach the students,” Burke said.

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“Students will be out in real-life vet practices for the whole of final year and be taught by the clinical perceptors that are out in the practices, as well as the SETU staff, so they’ll get really hands-on experience, meet clients and animals and be exposed to different types of veterinary practice around the southeast.”

Kildalton College

Students will benefit from access to facilities at Teagasc Kildalton College, where they will spend one and a half to two days per week, depending on the semester.

At Kildalton, they will learn about animal handling, be exposed to large animals and anatomy and pathology teaching will also take place there.

The five-year course was 566 points in the CAO and has taken in its first cohort of students this year.