CQ
Level 3
QN: 610/4387/4
Curriculum Active
CQ Level 3 Diploma in Equine Practice - Top Up
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CQ. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 335 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
CQ
Syllabus Units
11 Units
Guided Hours
335 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Applied animal welfare, health and husbandry in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Understand the principles of equine welfare and identification
- Understand the essential factors for maintaining equine health
- Be able to handle and restrain horses safely
2
Diagnostic imaging in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Understand how to take equine radiographs and undertake other diagnostic modalities
3
Equine functional anatomy and physiology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Know equine anatomical and physiological terminology
- Understand the normal form and function of body systems in horses
- Be able to relate normal form and function to the effects of disorder in equine disease processes
4
Nursing support for emergency and critical care in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Understand the principles of equine first aid
- Know how to support equine emergency veterinary care
- Understand the nursing requirements of a critically ill or injured horse
- Understand special intensive nursing care techniques for horses
- Know nursing requirements for horses requiring intensive care
5
Practical laboratory diagnostics in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Understand how to collect and prepare specimens from equines for examination
- Be able to test pathological specimens taken from equines
6
Practical nursing support in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Be able to follow a plan and provide care for horses with a range of commonly encountered conditions
- Be able to maintain the hygiene of equine in-patients
- Be able to provide food and fluids to equine in-patients
- Be able to address the mobility and behavioural requirements of equine in-patients
- Be able to apply simple wound dressings and bandages and demonstrate effective wound management techniques for equines
- Be able to administer equine medication
- Know how to supply equine veterinary medicines to clients
- Be able to perform a range of complex nursing techniques in support of sick horses
- Be able to provide nursing care to equine patients requiring isolation
- Be able to provide appropriate home care plans for chronically sick horses
- Be able to participate in an equine veterinary nursing clinic
7
Practical peri-operative nursing support in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Be able to prepare an equine patient for surgery
- Be able to provide immediate post-operative care for horses
- Be able to provide care for convalescent horses
- Be able to provide nursing for horses before, during and following specific procedures
- Be able to facilitate home convalescence for horses
8
Principles of equine neonatal care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Understand the reproduction and breeding of equines
- Understand normal foal physiology and development
- Understand foal nutrition and feeding
- Understand the routine veterinary care of normal foals
- Understand the nursing requirements of sick foals
- Be able to provide nursing care to a sick foa
9
Principles of nursing support in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Understand how pathology affects the normal function of a horse
- Understand how to plan and deliver care for horses with a range of commonly encountered conditions
- Understand the principles of equine pharmacodynamics
- Understand how to facilitate effective home and follow-up care for horses with long-term illness
- Understand how to support a client through grief and loss
10
Principles of peri-operative nursing support in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Know how to prepare an equine patient for surgery
- Understand the requirements for immediate post-operative care for horses
- Understand nursing requirements of the convalescent horse
- Know nursing requirements for horses before, during and following specific surgical procedures
- Understand how to facilitate home convalescence for horses
11
Supporting anaesthesia in equine practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The learner will
- Know the function of anaesthetic drugs used in horses
- Understand the function of equine anaesthetic circuits
- Understand equine anaesthetic preparation and induction
- Understand the principles of monitoring an anaesthetised horse
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/4387/4
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- CQ
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Aug 2024