We are delighted that our eight Edinburgh Napier University Veterinary Nursing Students, Karen Hibell and Andrew Coe from The College of Animal Welfare, and Hayley Walters and Heather Bacon from the JMICAWE, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, have arrived safely in Kerala, India.
This past weekend saw a Veterinary Science Conference in which Barbara Cooper, Principal at The College of Animal Welfare, presented a talk on Veterinary Nurse Training in the UK. Despite the country’s ever increasing pet population, there are no officially recognised veterinary nursing qualifications in India.
The students and staff will be working over the next 10 days in the veterinary clinics attached to Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, helping out with the strays and inpatients and showing the vet students and clinicians what vet nurses are all about. Additionally they will be running a series of workshops on practical nursing to teach the paravets and vets about good nursing skills; things that will make a huge difference to the quality of life of the animals in their care.
Keep up the great work everyone!
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- Veterinary Nursing Students in India
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- Making friends with a dog with a right forelimb fracture
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- Making friends with an inpatient
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- Veterinary Nursing Students outside Kerala University Hospital
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- Costs associated with having animals treated in India
Study veterinary nursing at The College of Animal Welfare
Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education