Dr Carol Gray, Principal Lecturer in Veterinary Nursing at Hartpury University has featured in a report highlighting the day-to-day impact of clinical veterinary research, published by veterinary group Linnaeus.
Research to Reality: The Impact of Clinical Veterinary Research can be downloaded for free here.
In Dr Gray’s article, she explores the importance of informed consent for research in veterinary practice. In clinical veterinary research, whether obtaining consent from clients for their own or for their animals’ participation, the fundamentals of ensuring that the client is given sufficient information, has time to consider that information, and then makes an uncoerced decision about whether to consent or not, are the same as when considering consent to veterinary treatment. The report also features studies by Linnaeus Associates on periodontal disease in cats, mobility changes in dogs, equine colic, and immune-mediated polyarthritis. Other expert contributors outside of Linnaeus include Dr Sara Owczarczak-Garstecka, Canine Behaviour Research Studies Manager at Dogs Trust, who writes about supporting dogs during fireworks season.
Dr Luisa De Risio, Clinical Research & Excellence Director at Linnaeus, said: “The veterinary profession continues to explore and innovate in science, enabling us to introduce life-changing treatments and support for conditions ranging from feline infectious peritonitis to the management of osteoarthritis. While we may stretch the boundaries of our knowledge, it is for a very simple reason – to help pets lead happy, healthy lives.
“Our latest insight report highlights the day-to-day impact of high-quality clinical research and shares these learnings with our peers. It features studies that have tangible, practical outcomes for our patients, our clients and each other.”
Research to Reality is the latest in a series of award-winning insight reports published by Linnaeus, which have included articles by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Investors in the Environment, Waltham Petcare Science Institute, The Kennel Club Genetics Centre and Nottingham Trent University.
Veterinary Nursing at Hartpury University
It’s an exciting time to study veterinary nursing at Hartpury University. Student veterinary nurses at Hartpury get to apply theory in a real-life setting through a variety of seminars, lectures, research, and debate.
Notably, one initiative that sets the BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing and BSc (Hons) Equine Veterinary Nursing degrees apart from most other veterinary nursing qualifications is a research dissertation in the final year. This allows students to pursue an area of interest and to contribute to real-world practice.
Explore Hartpury University’s undergraduate veterinary nursing programmes here.
At the postgraduate level, the first UK cohort of Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) studying the Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Advanced Equine Veterinary Nursing (Critical Care, and Diagnostic Imaging and Rehabilitation streams) graduated from Hartpury University in November.
Explore Hartpury postgraduate veterinary nursing programmes here.
Earlier this year, Hartpury University’s Veterinary Nursing programmes were fully accredited by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ (RCVS) Veterinary Nurse Education Committee (VNEC), covering the next five years.
