If you regularly host final year students in your practice you will know there can be a wide range in their capacity to communicate with clients and colleagues. In this conversation Dr Sanaa Zaki talks about navigating this to help students contribute meaningfully whilst on their placement, and ensure a harmonious experience for everyone.

Guest: Dr Sanaa Zaki

Host: Dr Simone Maher - Director, Centre for Veterinary Education

Providing feedback can be one of the trickiest parts of hosting students. In this conversation, Dr Anne Quain provides tips for navigating those discussions to bring about behaviour change without causing distress.

Guest: Dr Anne Quain

Host: Dr Simone Maher - Director, Centre for Veterinary Education

Learning clinical skills is an important component of extra mural placements for DVM students. But how to integrate these into a busy practice without compromising patient outcomes can be tricky. Dr Kate Mills discusses tips for helping students develop these essential skills from both the perspective of how these skills are taught in the university setting, and how this can be transferred to the clinical environment.

Guest: Dr Kate Mills

Host: Dr Simone Maher - Director, Centre for Veterinary Education

In this first episode of the PiVE Pointers podcast for Partners in Veterinary Education (PiVE) practices, Dr Lara Boland (University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Sydney) discusses the basics of clinical placements. With tips on how to welcome students into the hospital team, what expectations the University has of students on placements, how to engage them and where you can find additional support if needed, this short conversation covers the key elements of setting the foundations for a successful rotation for everyone.

Guest: Dr Lara Boland - University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Sydney, The University of Sydney

Host: Dr Simone Maher - Director, Centre for Veterinary Education