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Does the DVM-MPH Dual-Degree Program Effectively Prepare Veterinarians for Public Health Roles in the United States? Gaps Identified From a National Survey. DVM-MPH双学位课程是否有效地为美国的兽医公共卫生角色做好准备？从全国调查中发现的差距。

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Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2024-0142

Sulagna Chakraborty, William Sander

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Innovating for Curriculum Design Using a Text-Mining Exploration of Common Clinical Topics in Equine Primary Care. 利用文本挖掘探索马初级保健常见临床主题的课程设计创新。

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Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2024-0175

Rebecca Batterham, Kate Allen, Julie Dickson, Sheena Warman, Tim Parkin

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Supporting Faculty at All Levels: A Practical Guide for Teaching Development in Veterinary Medical Education. 各级师资支持：兽医教育教学发展实践指南。

IF 1.1 3区农林科学

Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2024-0144

Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu

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The Experience of Using CASPer at One College of Veterinary Medicine in the United States. 美国一所兽医学院使用CASPer的经验。

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Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2024-0136

Malathi Raghavan, S Kathleen Salisbury, James L Weisman, Lori Stout

{"title":"The Experience of Using CASPer at One College of Veterinary Medicine in the United States.","authors":"Malathi Raghavan, S Kathleen Salisbury, James L Weisman, Lori Stout","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2024-0136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0136","url":null,"abstract":"CASPer (Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal characteristics), an online, open-response situational judgment test, screens applicants to educational programs early in the selection process for non-cognitive abilities. CASPer was applied in Purdue University's DVM admissions cycle in 2020-2021 in two ways: applicants met a threshold criterion of eligibility for further review by having a reported CASPer Z-score >-1.5; and applicants were awarded points for Z-score >0 during in-depth review. The requirement that applicants meet a threshold CASPer Z-score affected male, underrepresented minority (URM) and international students adversely: higher proportions of these individuals were eliminated early from admissions consideration. Among those with Z-score >-1.5, first-generation, male, URM, and international applicants scored lower, on average, than non-first-generation, female, and non-URM applicants. Additionally, Z-scores were correlated with undergraduate grade point average (uGPA). The correlation coefficient r of Z-scores with cumulative and core uGPA was 0.20 (p < .001) and 0.12 (p < .001), respectively, in all applicants. Hoping to select high-potential applicants without overemphasizing cognitive abilities, we expected CASPer Z-score to be independent from uGPA which is already weighted appropriately in our process. The nonrandom distribution of Z-scores systematically influenced early rejection and possibly biased later selection of applicants. Concerned that CASPer incorporation may have unintentionally narrowed access to DVM admissions for some applicant groups, and not seeing added value in a standardized test whose predictive validity remains understudied in veterinary medicine-a profession aiming to diversify its workforce-our admissions committee suspended CASPer as an admissions criterion until systematic, multi-source information becomes available within the profession.","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":" ","pages":"e20240136"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144608703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Confidence, Competence and Cadavers: Improving the Self-Perception of Practice through Practical Teaching. 自信、能力与尸体：通过实践教学提高实践自我认知。

IF 1.1 3区农林科学

Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2024-0112

Jill R D MacKay, Kirsty Hughes, John Ryan, Kelly L Bowlt Blacklock

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What is Knowledge Exchange for Educators and Students? A Framework Based on Findings from a Literature Search and Veterinary Education Conference Workshop. 什么是教育工作者和学生的知识交流？基于文献检索和兽医教育研讨会发现的框架。

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Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-07-02 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2024-0123

Marnie L Brennan, Sabine Tötemeyer, Virginia E Sherwin, Rebecca N Blanchard, Anna J Heritage, Caelyn M Millar, Ílknur Aktan, Sian Rosser, Paul Pollard, Amanda L Roshier

{"title":"What is Knowledge Exchange for Educators and Students? A Framework Based on Findings from a Literature Search and Veterinary Education Conference Workshop.","authors":"Marnie L Brennan, Sabine Tötemeyer, Virginia E Sherwin, Rebecca N Blanchard, Anna J Heritage, Caelyn M Millar, Ílknur Aktan, Sian Rosser, Paul Pollard, Amanda L Roshier","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2024-0123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0123","url":null,"abstract":"There has been growing interest in knowledge exchange (KE) activities as a result of recent calls for higher education establishments in the UK to provide more evidence of how they serve society for the benefit of the economy, the public and the community. KE has been defined as \"A collaborative, creative endeavor that translates knowledge and research into impact in society and the economy,\" where this exchange takes the form of sharing knowledge, experience, ideas, evidence, or expertise. While well established in the context of research, it is less clear what KE activities are in the context of teaching. The aim of this project was to use a collaborative approach to identify types of KE activity relevant for veterinary educators and undergraduate students (pre-veterinary registration), and ways of measuring these activities. Initially, a literature search identified four main overarching categories of interactions that KE activities for veterinary educators and undergraduate students could be assigned to: people-based activities, problem-solving activities, commercialization activities, and community activities. Second, a workshop with members of the wider veterinary education community evaluated these lists of activities and discussed how the impact of these could be measured. The lists generated provide a starting point for understanding how educators and undergraduate students can maximize their impact in relation to KE activities. It is expected that over time these will be built upon to represent the breadth of current and future activities undertaken in the clinical sciences. While the focus is on veterinary education, this framework can be applied to reviewing KE in a range of health care and client-facing disciplines.","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":" ","pages":"e20240123"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144553814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Collaborative Game to Assist Veterinary Undergraduate Students in the Conceptualization of a Research Dissertation. 协助兽医本科学生概念化研究论文的合作游戏。

IF 1.1 3区农林科学

Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-07-02 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2025-0013

Delphine Grézel, Anaïs Loizon, Claire Vandermeersch, Thomas Chetot

{"title":"A Collaborative Game to Assist Veterinary Undergraduate Students in the Conceptualization of a Research Dissertation.","authors":"Delphine Grézel, Anaïs Loizon, Claire Vandermeersch, Thomas Chetot","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2025-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2025-0013","url":null,"abstract":"The veterinary thesis, mandatory in many veterinary curricula, represents an important step in terms of students' autonomy and research-led education. The choice of the topic is crucial, especially when the student initiates it rather than accepting a teacher's proposal. To promote diverse thesis work and provide greater support to students, a collaborative game and preparatory activity have been designed with a focus on the thesis project. The game was developed to raise awareness among students about the challenges of creativity and feasibility. The training sequence began with a short presentation by the instructor about the ideation process and project management tools. Then, under the instructor supervision, the students played using a deck of cards and worksheets. In the first phase, each group of students drew four cards and used them to imagine an experimental or a clinical thesis topic. The cards represented the elements of a PICO-like question (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome). In the second phase, the groups exchanged their forms with another group, allowing them to evaluate each other's work and suggest modifications. This evaluation phase was based on \"De Bono's 6 thinking hats method,\" which encourages students to adopt different perspectives such as critical, creative, or objective thinking when assessing their peers' work. The student appreciation survey, conducted after the training, yielded positive results, particularly in terms of helping students identify different approaches to a topic and fostering collaborative peer discussions.","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":" ","pages":"e20250013"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144553813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Usefulness of a Computer-Aided Learning Module for Teaching Radiology of the Equine Foot to Clinical Veterinary Students. 计算机辅助学习模块在临床兽医学生马足放射学教学中的应用。

IF 1.1 3区农林科学

Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2024-0165

Mai R Tumber, Mary-Kate Burke

{"title":"Usefulness of a Computer-Aided Learning Module for Teaching Radiology of the Equine Foot to Clinical Veterinary Students.","authors":"Mai R Tumber, Mary-Kate Burke","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2024-0165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0165","url":null,"abstract":"Lameness in horses resulting from foot pathology is very common. When investigating the cause of a lameness localised to the foot, the first step is most frequently radiographic imaging. Therefore, being able to identify normal anatomy and recognise pathology on radiographs is important for a veterinary medicine student to learn. Computer-aided learning (CAL) is becoming increasingly utilised in the teaching of students on medicine-related courses, especially post-COVID where online learning has been continued in hybridisation with in-person teaching.In this study, a low-cost CAL module was created focusing on anatomy and pathology of the equine foot on radiographic images and testing was carried out to evaluate how beneficial students found this resource for their learning. There were two research questions: 1. Can a useful CAL module be produced at low cost? 2. Will this CAL module function to increase student confidence? The CAL module was produced at no cost; similar CAL modules could be easily re-created using a similar module at a low-to-no cost. Three skills were reviewed: recognition of normal anatomy, identification of pathology, and selection of appropriate radiographic views for investigation of specific pathologies. A statistically significant increase in confidence of students' ability to recognise pathology and to select radiographic views for investigating specific pathologies when comparing pre- and post-resource confidence. Anecdotally there was a positive response to the resource: users found it useful for the intended purpose. Therefore, a useful CAL module was produced at low cost, and did indeed increase students' confidence in some areas investigated.","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":" ","pages":"e20240165"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144540711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Perianesthetic Dose Calculation Errors by Veterinary Students During a Live Animal Teaching Laboratory. 兽医学生在活体动物教学实验中麻醉周围剂量计算错误。

IF 1.1 3区农林科学

Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2025-0037

Renata H Pinho, Alexandra R Robinson, Jessica Pang, Daniel S J Pang

{"title":"Perianesthetic Dose Calculation Errors by Veterinary Students During a Live Animal Teaching Laboratory.","authors":"Renata H Pinho, Alexandra R Robinson, Jessica Pang, Daniel S J Pang","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2025-0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2025-0037","url":null,"abstract":"Performing drug dose calculations is an expected fundamental skill in veterinary medicine. Calculation errors are a significant contributor to medication errors in veterinary anesthesia and have the potential to harm patients. Investigating dose calculation errors in a clinical environment with live patients has not been reported in veterinary medicine. Identifying and reporting calculation errors can assist with teaching and mitigating future dose calculation errors. In a prospective, observational study, drug dose calculations included in the proposed anesthesia protocols of 53 third-year veterinary students for a canine and feline spay/neuter laboratory were reviewed. Calculation error incidence, type, and drugs involved were analyzed. A total of 686 drug doses were calculated for 83 patients. Twelve dose calculation errors were identified in nine anesthesia protocols, representing a protocol error rate of 10.8% (9/83) and an overall drug dose calculation error rate of 1.8% (12/686). The majority of errors (83.3%; 10/12) would have led to overdoses, whereas two errors (16.7%; 2/12) would have resulted in underdoses. Drug dose calculation errors are common during anesthetic planning by veterinary students. The occurrence of calculation errors poses a risk to patient safety, highlighting the need for effective teaching and training in this skill, as well as the role of error-reducing strategies such as independent double-checking of calculations.","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":" ","pages":"e20250037"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144528593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Student-Led Development of an Elective Course: Cultural Competency and Humility in Veterinary Medicine. 学生主导的选修课程发展：兽医的文化能力和谦逊。

IF 1.1 3区农林科学

Journal of veterinary medical education Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2025-0005

Zachary Wildman, Misty R Bailey, Zenithson Ng, ShaRonda Cooper, Constance Fazio, Alexis Niceley

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