A Museum Medicine Internship: Program Outline and Participants' Reflections of Its Impact on Their Veterinary Careers.

IF 1.1 3区 农林科学 Q3 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Emily Haupt, Larry S Christian, Yaxin Zheng, Daniel S Dombrowski, Shweta Trivedi
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The Window on Animal Health at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosts the VetPAC Museum Medicine Internship, an undergraduate student internship program founded in collaboration with the Veterinary Professions Advising Center at North Carolina State University. It is designed to train pre-veterinary track students for wildlife and exotic animal husbandry and medicine in a unique museum clinical facility surrounded by large windows and a two-way audio system to facilitate public interaction during veterinary casework. The development of veterinary skills for interns is achieved via four competency-based stages: stage 1, veterinary assisting; stage 2, veterinary diagnostics; stage 3, medical case management and presentation; and stage 4, biosecurity and animal welfare. The goal of the internship is to provide students a hands-on opportunity to work alongside veterinarians on wildlife and exotic animal cases while simultaneously interacting with and educating museum visitors. A participant experience evaluation assessing the impact of this program on past participants' veterinary education and careers was performed via online survey upon completion of 10 years since its inception. The results show that participants reported a higher comfort level working with wildlife and exotic animals in all the proposed taxa categories after participating in the internship program. Of the 42 (98%) participants who indicated their career paths, 27 (64%) were accepted into a veterinary college following the internship program. Additionally, 42 (98%) participants stated they would strongly recommend this program to students interested in a veterinary sciences career. Through this manuscript we present a practical model for a Museum Medicine Internship program and describe the value for establishing similar programs at peer institutions through the reflective feedback of past internship participants.

博物馆医学实习:项目大纲和参与者对其兽医职业影响的反思。
北卡罗莱纳州自然科学博物馆的动物健康之窗举办了VetPAC博物馆医学实习项目,这是一个与北卡罗莱纳州立大学兽医专业咨询中心合作建立的本科生实习项目。它的设计是为了在一个独特的博物馆临床设施中培养野生动物和外来动物饲养和医学的兽医预科学生,该设施被大窗户和双向音频系统包围,以促进兽医个案工作期间的公众互动。实习生兽医技能的发展是通过四个以能力为基础的阶段来实现的:第一阶段,兽医协助;第二阶段,兽医诊断;第三阶段,医疗病例管理和陈述;第四阶段,生物安全和动物福利。实习的目标是为学生提供一个与兽医一起处理野生动物和外来动物病例的实践机会,同时与博物馆游客互动并进行教育。参与者体验评估评估了该计划对过去参与者的兽医教育和职业生涯的影响,在该计划开始10年后通过在线调查进行。结果表明,参与实习项目后,参与者在与野生动物和外来动物打交道时的舒适度都有所提高。在42名(98%)表明了职业道路的参与者中,27名(64%)在实习项目后被兽医学院录取。此外,42名(98%)参与者表示他们会强烈推荐这个项目给对兽医科学职业感兴趣的学生。通过本文,我们提出了一个博物馆医学实习项目的实用模型,并通过过去实习参与者的反思性反馈,描述了在同行机构建立类似项目的价值。
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来源期刊
CiteScore
2.20
自引率
30.00%
发文量
113
审稿时长
>36 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (JVME) is the peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). As an internationally distributed journal, JVME provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, research, and discoveries about veterinary medical education. This exchange benefits veterinary faculty, students, and the veterinary profession as a whole by preparing veterinarians to better perform their professional activities and to meet the needs of society. The journal’s areas of focus include best practices and educational methods in veterinary education; recruitment, training, and mentoring of students at all levels of education, including undergraduate, graduate, veterinary technology, and continuing education; clinical instruction and assessment; institutional policy; and other challenges and issues faced by veterinary educators domestically and internationally. Veterinary faculty of all countries are encouraged to participate as contributors, reviewers, and institutional representatives.
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