Short courses FROM THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE BY DISTANCE LEARNING

35-hour short courses

These short courses have been designed as stand-alone courses for Continuing Professional Development purposes only.

These courses are suitable for non-graduates, with no relevant experience, or those
studying for interest.
There are no entrance or English language requirements.
Once the registration form and fee has been paid, all applicants will receive a Certificate of Registration.
If you choose to be assessed, you will be required to submit a short answer paper consisting of 8 questions. If successful, a Certificate of Achievement would be sent to you.
From these courses, you cannot transfer onto the degree programme.
Fee: £365 in 2011.

Course code	Course title
V35-A005	Animal transport and slaughter - critical welfare considerations
V35-F001	An introduction to risk analysis and risk assessment
V35-F003	An overview of zoonotic diseases caused by bacteria, virus and rickettsia
V35-F002	An overview of zoonotic diseases caused by parasites
V35-F006	Control of food safety – eggs, milk and milk products
V35-F005	Control of food safety – red meat and poultry
V35-D005	Design and analysis of epidemiological investigations – intervention studies
V35-D004	Design and analysis of epidemiological investigations – observational studies
V35-F008	Development of a disease control programme – bovine TB
V35-F007	Development of a disease control programme – salmonella in pigs
V35-D010	Diagnostic decision making and epidemiological disease information management
V35-D001	Introduction to statistics and hypothesis testing
V35-D006	Principles of farm animal economic analysis
V35-F004	Principles of food safety control and antibiotic resistance
V35-D003	Principles of veterinary epidemiological investigations and some descriptive epidemiological methods
V35-G001	Risk analysis using @RISK software
V35-D009	Sampling in epidemiological investigations
V35-D002	Statistical aspects of study design and analysis of data
V35-D007	Tools for economic analysis
V35-D008	Use of economic tools in epidemiology
V35-A004	Welfare issues in extensive farming systems
V35-A003	Welfare issues in systems involving confinement

You can register using the registration form [pdf: 1pg, 83KB]. Please complete this in full and return it with the fee to:

Short course Registry Office
University of London International Programmes
Stewart House
32 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
United Kingdom