Murdoch University was founded to help provide the highest quality education and training to our students to prepare them for successful careers. As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we’re immensely proud to continue this for our veterinary medicine students.
We are excited to support the development of clinical skills, which are essential for our students as they prepare to enter the workforce.
Celebrating 50 years of Veterinary Medicine
Help raise more than $150,000 to acquire, modify and maintain the clinical skills models needed so that the techniques and technologies we use to teach remain cutting edge.
Your support makes it possible to create these one-of-a-kind local teaching models that are instrumental to both students and staff.
Past donations enabled us to purchase a life-sized fibreglass cow and modify it according to the needs of our large animal clinical teaching.
These models enable our students to practice essential procedures in a simulated clinical setting, under the guidance of experienced faculty members within our clinical skills laboratory. You can read more about this here.
5th year student Claris finds the cow clinical model, aptly named Henryetta, highly useful.
Henryetta is very versatile and simple to use. She was useful for practicing a wide range of clinical skills and I especially enjoyed the feedback given from the model. I feel more confident and better prepared now to perform these skills on live patients.
Lecturer in Clinical Skills Development, Annett is continually evolving the resources available to our students.
Models like Henryetta enable us to optimise our teaching of hands-on clinical skills as students can practise repeatedly in a safe environment. Students especially like the built-in feedback mechanisms. Future funding would help us build and develop more models like Henryetta.
You can assist more students like Claris by making a donation today.
By providing our students with access to state-of-the-art equipment and technology, we can better prepare them to provide high-quality care to the animals they nurture. Your support contributes to the purchase of new models and enabling our expert staff to modify models so our veterinary medicine students can practice the exact skills they need.
There has never been a more critical time to support our students before going out on practical placements.
Emeritus Professor Ian Robertson and his wife Dr Cathy Robertson are long-term supporters of the Veterinary School. Professor Robertson worked at Murdoch since 1989 before becoming the inaugural principal of the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2014. They both agree on the importance of supporting students’ clinical skills.
The Laboratory and its range of models and mannequins help build student proficiency and confidence prior to attempting procedures on live animals. We have donated to it as we strongly believe it helps improve student confidence, decreases student anxiety and benefits patient safety and welfare.
Join us by making a gift today towards these special resources to empower the next generation of veterinarians to make a positive difference in the world as we endeavour to create a brighter future, together.
If you would like to make this a regular gift, please call our office on (08) 9360 6211 or email us.
This is a meaningful and special way for the University to celebrate its 50th anniversary, supporting our core mission to provide the highest quality education and training to our veterinary students and investing in the training of students like Claris to help shape the future of veterinary medicine.
