NOAH Certificate of Animal Health

NOAH Certificate of Animal Health Syllabus

Completion of the NOAH Certificate of Animal Health (NCAH) helps ensure that animal medicines representatives can provide accurate and ethical information to prescribers and sellers of animal medicines in compliance with the NOAH Code of Practice for the Promotion of Animal Medicines.  The course is formally academically accredited by Harper Adams University (HAU), who also host both the training course and examinations.

A training manual and extensive training materials, including narrated lectures, have been developed to support study towards the NCAH and are available via HAUs Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The training course is designed to supplement the learning materials and is held approximately four to six weeks before the examination. It will be assumed that prior study, from the manual, has taken place.

Who is the course designed for?

It is a requirement of both NOAH membership and participation in the NOAH compendium that all companies’ sales representatives involved in the direct selling of medicines (other than those on general sale, i.e. AVM-GSL medicines) appear on the NCAH register and have taken the NCAH examination within two years of joining the industry.

Benefits

As a result of this course, participants will be able to -

• Understand basic animal physiology of a range of species including companion animal, farm animal and equine.
• Understand nutrition and feeding and how nutritional management will  affect animal health.
• Understand the causes and the  management of disease.
• Better fulfil their role in transmitting knowledge of products, the law and the codes that control and influence their use.

Award structure

The NOAH certificate of animal health award is comprised of one module, comprising key aspects of animal physiology and health.

Qualification

You will receive a certificate from NOAH. The module has an academic credit value of 15 credits (these credits are nationally recognised and, dependent on the requirements of the receiving institution, may be used towards a Higher Education award).

Applications

Applications for future courses and exams can be made by emailing the completed application form to animalswd@harper-adams.ac.uk

Please note that you must have first registered with NOAH as we require confirmation of your 'M' number.

If you have any questions please contact us at  animalswd@harper-adams.ac.uk