Focus 20 Programmes for postgraduate learning
Accredited, relevant and accessible online CPD.
Take your learning further with our NEW Focus 20 programmes designed to help you in everyday clinical practice and support the whole veterinary team. Develop your skills in your chosen subject, and tackle different cases with greater confidence, as well as adapt your learning around your busy schedules.
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Why choose a Focus 20 programme
20 ISVPS points: Gain 20 ISVPS points per modular programme. You can build these points to progress through My Veterinary Nurse Career route to achieve the NEWLead Veterinary Nurse Practitioner from ISVPS. See below for further information about this.
40 hours of CPD: The Focus 20 programmes are each based over approximately 5 months of learning and will enable you to meet your annual CPD targets.
100% online: Using blended media which is a mixture of different learning styles from interactive online lessons and videos, webinars and “knowledge” checks.
CPD developed by leading experts: We have selected the very best experts to help develop the content and structure of the Focus 20 programmes.
RCVS knowledge access: The RCVS Knowledge library includes access to a wealth of electronic resources including the latest journals and clinical research.
Improve Veterinary Practice Membership: One year’s access to the Improve Veterinary Practice Membership – an online knowledge and information hub for veterinary professionals across all specialities.
ISVPS Foundation Certificate (FCert): suitable if you have gained an ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert), Postgraduate Certificate (PgC) or ISVPS Nurse Certificate (NCert) as it provides a more detailed insight into subjects that may have been studied as part of a modular programme previously.
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What’s included?
Access to a live webinar with a leading specialist/author (this may vary by course) in the subject area
Course information delivered via our world-leading online learning platform
Specialist Module Tutor to support you during the online lesson and discussion group forum
Ability to achieve 20 ISVPS points and 20 Academic Credits from Harper Adams University* which can be used towards My Veterinary Nurse Career
ISVPS awarded Certificate for selected programmes
A set of notes to accompany the module along with reading references
How they work:
You will receive access via an email to your course
Once you have logged in you will see the course you have booked
Complete the weekly lessons for each module spanning 1 month (there are approximately 5 modules in total running over 5 months (some courses may differ))
Complete the assessment which involves a critical appraisal of a peer-reviewed journal article
Schedule your learning when and where you want
You can access the content any time you want
