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Pub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-17DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2024-0031
Shawna M Clement, Tyler A Ubben, Dustin T Yates
Veterinary programs traditionally teach gross anatomy by having students perform regional dissections on animal cadavers. Dissection is effective but also costly, time consuming, and intimidating for students. These factors, along with reduced contact hours devoted to gross anatomy, warrant investigation of more time-efficient teaching modalities. We sought to determine whether learning anatomy from instructor-prosected cadavers is a suitable alternative to in-class cadaveric dissections. Veterinary students completed nine units of regional gross anatomy over three courses. For each unit, students were randomly assigned to study the region on instructor-prosected cadavers (i.e., prosection students, n = 25) or perform their own dissection of the region in small groups (i.e., dissection students, n = 25). Prosection students spent on average 18 minutes/week less (p < .05) in class than dissection students. Despite comparable amounts of time spent studying outside of class each week, prosection students outperformed (p < .05) dissection students on 56% of the practical unit exams and 44% of the overall unit exams, whereas dissection students outperformed (p < .05) prosection students on only a single unit exam. Prosection students also performed better (p < .05) on subsequent quizzes administered to assess knowledge retention. Survey responses indicated that students were more confident in the accuracy of prosections and valued the efficiency they provided. Although they found value in performing dissections and were generally satisfied with the knowledge they gained, many students reported feeling timid toward dissecting, which diminished the experience. Together, these findings demonstrate that expertly prosected cadavers were more time-efficient than in-class cadaveric dissections and were generally more effective for learning gross veterinary anatomy.
{"title":"Cadaveric Prosections Prepared by Qualified Instructional Staff Were More Efficient and Effective Teaching Modalities for Veterinary Gross Anatomy than In-Class Dissections by Students.","authors":"Shawna M Clement, Tyler A Ubben, Dustin T Yates","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2024-0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Veterinary programs traditionally teach gross anatomy by having students perform regional dissections on animal cadavers. Dissection is effective but also costly, time consuming, and intimidating for students. These factors, along with reduced contact hours devoted to gross anatomy, warrant investigation of more time-efficient teaching modalities. We sought to determine whether learning anatomy from instructor-prosected cadavers is a suitable alternative to in-class cadaveric dissections. Veterinary students completed nine units of regional gross anatomy over three courses. For each unit, students were randomly assigned to study the region on instructor-prosected cadavers (i.e., prosection students, <i>n</i> = 25) or perform their own dissection of the region in small groups (i.e., dissection students, <i>n</i> = 25). Prosection students spent on average 18 minutes/week less (<i>p</i> < .05) in class than dissection students. Despite comparable amounts of time spent studying outside of class each week, prosection students outperformed (<i>p</i> < .05) dissection students on 56% of the practical unit exams and 44% of the overall unit exams, whereas dissection students outperformed (<i>p</i> < .05) prosection students on only a single unit exam. Prosection students also performed better (<i>p</i> < .05) on subsequent quizzes administered to assess knowledge retention. Survey responses indicated that students were more confident in the accuracy of prosections and valued the efficiency they provided. Although they found value in performing dissections and were generally satisfied with the knowledge they gained, many students reported feeling timid toward dissecting, which diminished the experience. Together, these findings demonstrate that expertly prosected cadavers were more time-efficient than in-class cadaveric dissections and were generally more effective for learning gross veterinary anatomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583770","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}
Jennifer Routh, Sharmini Julita Paramasivam, Peter Cockcroft, Vishna Devi Nadarajah, Kamalan Jeevaratnam
Veterinary students, academics, and clinical supervisors are likely to have different perspectives on what it takes to be prepared for workplace clinical training (WCT). Differing expectations could confuse students if they receive conflicting messages about the skills and attributes to which they should aspire. Furthermore, they may struggle to engage with the affordances that workplaces provide for learning if unprepared. Using a survey, we ranked 91 preparedness characteristics and seven preparedness themes for WCT for importance, according to clinical supervisors, academics, and final-year veterinary students before and after undergoing WCT in a UK veterinary school employing a distributive model of WCT. Statistical analyses were used to determine 1) rank alignment and 2) significant differences in characteristic and theme rank among groups. The correlation among characteristic rankings was strongest between students and clinical supervisors, and weakest between clinical supervisors and academics. Honesty, integrity and dependability was the most important characteristic for students and clinical supervisors, whereas students' awareness that perfection is not expected was the most important characteristic for academics. The "knowledge" theme was ranked as significantly more important for academics compared to students pre-WCT. Therefore, differences in the expectations of students starting WCT have been demonstrated in this study. As the educational setting transitions from "classroom to clinic", academics and students must adapt their notions of preparedness to align with conceptions of learning and teaching in the workplace, while supervisors should be mindful of students' pre-existing expectations. Continuous communication and expectation alignment are necessary for a cohesive curriculum strategy.
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Emma K Read, Michelle Wisecup, Lindsay Cuciak, Michelle Matusicky, Kristen Miles, Joe Snyder, Hillary Wentworth, Karin Zuckerman, Roger B Fingland
Spectrum of care (SOC) has recently been described in the literature, yet it is not an entirely new concept within the veterinary profession. Practitioners in general veterinary practice have long needed to provide a broad range of unique care options for their patients and clients, particularly those for whom referral is not possible. More recently, graduates and their employers have reported that new veterinarians often lack the competence and confidence to provide a broad array of care options, while training in ever more specialized tertiary-referral environments. To better prepare veterinary learners to cope with the variable nature of general veterinary practice and to better meet employer demands, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine purposefully backward designed learning experiences in a new outcomes-based curriculum so that SOC is emphasized and aligned with the foundation offered by the Competency-Based Veterinary Education (CBVE) model. A unique set of subcompetencies and educational goals were collaboratively developed and used to define a new final year rotation, with additional input provided by an advisory panel of practicing SOC veterinarians from private practice. Ideal caseload characteristics, case numbers, appointment length, daily activities, and other elements were defined, and final year student performance was monitored during implementation to assess progress in meeting key developmental milestones. Incorporating spectrum of care training at The Ohio State University shows promise for developing confidence and competence in new graduates, while also increasing their skills, and perhaps improving their mental health.
最近有文献对 "护理频谱"(Spectrum of Care,SOC)进行了描述,但它在兽医行业内并非一个全新的概念。长期以来,普通兽医从业者一直需要为病人和客户,尤其是无法转诊的病人和客户,提供广泛的独特护理选择。最近,毕业生和他们的雇主反映,新兽医往往缺乏能力和信心,无法提供广泛的护理选择,同时又要在更加专业化的三级转诊环境中接受培训。为了让兽医学员更好地应对普通兽医实践的多变性,并更好地满足雇主的需求,俄亥俄州立大学兽医学院特意在基于成果的新课程中向后设计了学习经验,以强调SOC,并与基于能力的兽医教育(CBVE)模式所提供的基础保持一致。我们合作开发了一套独特的子能力和教育目标,并将其用于定义新的毕业年级轮转课程,来自私人诊所的SOC执业兽医顾问团也提供了额外的意见。理想的病例量特征、病例数量、预约时间、日常活动和其他要素均已确定,在实施过程中对最后一年学生的表现进行了监控,以评估他们在达到关键发展里程碑方面的进展情况。在俄亥俄州立大学纳入全方位护理培训有望培养新毕业生的信心和能力,同时提高他们的技能,或许还能改善他们的心理健康。
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Jason F Martin, Andrea Linton, Gwendolyn Rose Svenson, Andrew C Garrett, Damon W Mango, Paulina M Svec, Christianne Magee
Research has shown an inconsistent relationship between spatial abilities and learning outcomes from virtual anatomical tools. Instructors must understand this relationship to select appropriate resources for diverse learners. To identify appropriate tests for measuring spatial ability and evaluate the effectiveness of virtual anatomical resources, this study compared 96 students' visuospatial ability (measured using the Mental Rotation Task [MRT] and Landmark Position on a Map [LPM] tests) with learning outcomes from experimental anatomy sessions and undergraduate anatomical course examinations. During experimental sessions, students took a test after a brief instructional session using one virtual resource: a monoscopic resource (e.g., digital photographs or a rotatable three-dimensional [r3D] specimen) or a stereoscopic virtual reality (VR) specimen. A negative linear relationship was found between MRT scores and students in Session B using VR with controllers (r = -.56 to -.29), and LPM scores and students using VR (r = -.71 to .39) and r3D (r = -.41 to .43). There was a positive linear relationship between MRT scores and all other resources (r = .01 to .91), and course examination scores (r = .25 to .42, p = .05). Although the results were inconsistent, correlations were found between spatial ability and outcomes using both the MRT and LPM. The LPM might be better suited for determining which learners would benefit from VR. The results suggest that monoscopic resources best support high spatial abilities, and stereoscopic resources best support low spatial abilities. These findings support accounting for diverse learner visuospatial abilities when selecting resources.
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The European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education emphasizes the importance of communication skills and teamwork for student success in clinical practice. Traditionally, many veterinary curricula lacked standardized formal training in acquiring these essential skills. Effective communication and collaborative teamwork are not only crucial for fulfilling the clinical responsibilities of the veterinary profession but also play a pivotal role in the broader societal context. Veterinarians, in their social role, serve as scientific communicators for the community. This role involves conveying scientific concepts, even complex ones, with a particular emphasis on their significance for public health, reaching a diverse audience. Currently, there is a growing public health necessity to improve health literacy, which refers to the ability to access, understand, appraise, and use information to support healthy choices by society, especially for topics like infectious diseases and vaccination. This became more evident during the global COVID-19 pandemic. This teaching tip describes the development, organization, and broad outcomes of a student competition introduced during a standard veterinary medicine course to design novel resources on microbiology and infectious disease-enhancing health literacy. Three separate events were organized during the academic years 2020-2023. The third-year veterinary medicine students attending the 3-month course on infectious diseases of small animals participated in a student competition aimed at promoting creativity and innovation. Their task was to develop novel resources that delivered informative content to the public concerning microbiology and infectious diseases. Participation was voluntary and students participated in groups of 5-6. Overall, 125 students created 22 projects on microbiology and infectious diseases that were able to enhance health literacy. This approach allowed students to engage with the content and convey foundational knowledge to others in an easily accessible way. This skill of communicating with the public using easy-to-understand language is essential for success in the veterinary medicine profession. The resources produced, such as drawings, comics, games, and videos, constitute informative sources. Thus, they were published online on a scientific journal to disseminate knowledge of infectious diseases to a broader audience.
欧洲兽医教育机构协会(European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education)强调,沟通技能和团队合作对于学生在临床实践中取得成功至关重要。传统上,许多兽医课程缺乏掌握这些基本技能的标准化正规培训。有效的沟通和团队协作不仅对履行兽医专业的临床职责至关重要,而且在更广泛的社会背景下也发挥着举足轻重的作用。兽医在社会中扮演着科学传播者的角色。这一角色包括向不同的受众传达科学概念,即使是复杂的概念,并特别强调其对公共卫生的意义。目前,公共卫生领域越来越需要提高健康素养,即获取、理解、评估和使用信息的能力,以支持社会做出健康的选择,尤其是在传染病和疫苗接种等方面。这一点在 COVID-19 全球大流行期间变得更加明显。本教学提示介绍了在标准兽医学课程中引入的学生竞赛的发展、组织和广泛成果,该竞赛旨在设计有关微生物学和传染病的新资源,以提高健康素养。2020-2023 学年期间组织了三次不同的活动。参加为期 3 个月的小动物传染病课程的兽医学三年级学生参加了旨在促进创造力和创新的学生竞赛。他们的任务是开发新颖的资源,向公众提供有关微生物学和传染病的信息内容。学生自愿参加,每 5-6 人一组。总共有 125 名学生制作了 22 个关于微生物学和传染病的项目,这些项目能够提高健康素养。这种方法使学生能够参与到内容中,并以一种易于理解的方式向他人传达基础知识。这种用通俗易懂的语言与公众交流的技能对于在兽医行业取得成功至关重要。制作的图画、漫画、游戏和视频等资源构成了信息来源。因此,这些作品在科学杂志上在线发表,向更广泛的受众传播传染病知识。
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Stephen D Cole, Bobbi J Conner, Ricardo de Matos, Danielle M Meritet, Florina S Tseng
A group of veterinary educators with diverse backgrounds and interests from five universities in the northeastern region of the United States convened in December 2020 to address challenges in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) in veterinary education. It was elected to develop a DEIJ-specific competency domain to supplement the nine domains previously described in the Competency-Based Veterinary Education framework. The domain that we created provides a detailed but flexible roadmap that can be used to guide curriculum-development initiatives that support learner development in DEIJ and, as a result, enhance their impact in working teams and the communities in which they will live and practice. However, we anticipate that this domain will be regularly updated to stay relevant with respect to social change and veterinary medicine.
{"title":"Development of a Competency-Based Veterinary Education Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Domain.","authors":"Stephen D Cole, Bobbi J Conner, Ricardo de Matos, Danielle M Meritet, Florina S Tseng","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2024-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A group of veterinary educators with diverse backgrounds and interests from five universities in the northeastern region of the United States convened in December 2020 to address challenges in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) in veterinary education. It was elected to develop a DEIJ-specific competency domain to supplement the nine domains previously described in the Competency-Based Veterinary Education framework. The domain that we created provides a detailed but flexible roadmap that can be used to guide curriculum-development initiatives that support learner development in DEIJ and, as a result, enhance their impact in working teams and the communities in which they will live and practice. However, we anticipate that this domain will be regularly updated to stay relevant with respect to social change and veterinary medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589617","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}
To develop a veterinary workforce equipped for long-term professional success, educational institutions must prioritize their students' well-being. Most approaches focus on building assets within the individual, like stress management, to limit negative outcomes, like burnout. Our research proposes a positive psychology-based model of student thriving that instead emphasizes the pervasive role of the social climate within a context. Basic Psychological Needs Theory (BPNT) posits that social relationships at the institutional, faculty and staff, and peer levels will promote student thriving and limit frustration through the satisfaction or frustration of the three psychological needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness. Veterinary medical students across the United States (N = 202) completed a survey, and we used structural equation modeling to test how their institution's social climate predicted positive student outcomes (i.e., hope and life satisfaction) and a negative outcome (i.e., burnout) mediated by psychological need satisfaction and frustration. Students' perceptions of positive aspects of their institution's social climate ubiquitously predicted each variable in the model. Overall, the model positively predicted psychological need satisfaction (R2 = .44), hope (R2 = .67) and life satisfaction (R2 = .51), and negatively predicted psychological need frustration (R2 = .34) and burnout (R2 = .87). Findings emphasize the role veterinary medicine peers, faculty, and staff play in creating learning environments that support student thriving while limiting their frustration. By leveraging the interpersonal qualities posited by BPNT's parent theory, self-determination theory, veterinary medical colleges can build a culture of student support that benefits all within their system.
{"title":"Using a Positive Psychology Lens to Understand How Veterinary Medicine Learning Contexts Promote Student Thriving and Inhibit Frustration.","authors":"Lindley McDavid, Sandra F San Miguel","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2024-0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To develop a veterinary workforce equipped for long-term professional success, educational institutions must prioritize their students' well-being. Most approaches focus on building assets within the individual, like stress management, to limit negative outcomes, like burnout. Our research proposes a positive psychology-based model of student thriving that instead emphasizes the pervasive role of the social climate within a context. Basic Psychological Needs Theory (BPNT) posits that social relationships at the institutional, faculty and staff, and peer levels will promote student thriving and limit frustration through the satisfaction or frustration of the three psychological needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness. Veterinary medical students across the United States (<i>N</i> = 202) completed a survey, and we used structural equation modeling to test how their institution's social climate predicted positive student outcomes (i.e., hope and life satisfaction) and a negative outcome (i.e., burnout) mediated by psychological need satisfaction and frustration. Students' perceptions of positive aspects of their institution's social climate ubiquitously predicted each variable in the model. Overall, the model positively predicted psychological need satisfaction (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = .44), hope (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = .67) and life satisfaction (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = .51), and negatively predicted psychological need frustration (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = .34) and burnout (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = .87). Findings emphasize the role veterinary medicine peers, faculty, and staff play in creating learning environments that support student thriving while limiting their frustration. By leveraging the interpersonal qualities posited by BPNT's parent theory, self-determination theory, veterinary medical colleges can build a culture of student support that benefits all within their system.</p>","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590710","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}
The gender distribution of authors in the health sciences literature has been well documented. We explored whether this distribution persists among library course reserves for a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program, as course reserves are veterinary faculty members' own teaching materials. Such a bibliometric analysis of course reserves provides a novel method of examining curricular materials. In the Fall of 2022, researchers collected the library's current course reserve metadata, including fields, such as author names and material types. Binary gender was determined based on a variety of sources: traditional naming conventions, gender presentation in photographs, pronouns in signatures, and biographies. Of the 167 exported authors, 162 were included for further analysis in SPSS. Course reserves' authors were analyzed by collaborators and media type. The dichotomous gender distribution of first authors was 76% male/ 24% female. Female first authors were more likely to have collaborators than male first authors (39% vs 26%). When collaborations did occur, first and second authors had the same gender at a significantly higher rate. Exploring author gender across material type, we found that generally, the first author gender ratio remained 3 males to every female. Contextualizing these results in the framework of contemporary health sciences literature, we found that the gender disparities in course reserves to be unsurprising, while still disappointing.
{"title":"Gender Distribution of Course Material Authors in a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program.","authors":"John P Bourgeois, KiLee Fortier, Nicholas Frank","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2024-0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The gender distribution of authors in the health sciences literature has been well documented. We explored whether this distribution persists among library course reserves for a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program, as course reserves are veterinary faculty members' own teaching materials. Such a bibliometric analysis of course reserves provides a novel method of examining curricular materials. In the Fall of 2022, researchers collected the library's current course reserve metadata, including fields, such as author names and material types. Binary gender was determined based on a variety of sources: traditional naming conventions, gender presentation in photographs, pronouns in signatures, and biographies. Of the 167 exported authors, 162 were included for further analysis in SPSS. Course reserves' authors were analyzed by collaborators and media type. The dichotomous gender distribution of first authors was 76% male/ 24% female. Female first authors were more likely to have collaborators than male first authors (39% vs 26%). When collaborations did occur, first and second authors had the same gender at a significantly higher rate. Exploring author gender across material type, we found that generally, the first author gender ratio remained 3 males to every female. Contextualizing these results in the framework of contemporary health sciences literature, we found that the gender disparities in course reserves to be unsurprising, while still disappointing.</p>","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589726","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}
Being able to prepare a diagnostic blood smear for evaluation is an essential skill for veterinary practitioners. While this basic technique can be demonstrated via videos or illustrations, it can only be learned through practice and with feedback. With the necessity for virtual learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, a model was developed and paired with an online module to facilitate at home instruction and practice of blood smear preparation. Materials for the simulated blood included water, corn starch, and gel-based food coloring. Students were supplied a kit that, in addition to the simulated blood, included slides, Kimwipes®, microhematocrit tubes, a disposable pipette, a cleaning cloth, and disposable gloves. The module includes an introduction to making blood smears, an explanation of simulation kit contents, a demonstration video, and a reflection component. The simulation experience was developed for a short course with 12 students, and the required clinical pathology course, which has 100 students. Overall, the model is cost-effective, and students felt that the activity was useful to practice making blood smears and provided a good introduction and useful explanation of the overall technique in a virtual/ distance learning environment.
{"title":"Creation and Implementation of a Blood Smear Simulation Model.","authors":"Devorah M Stowe, Jennifer A Neel","doi":"10.3138/jvme-2024-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2024-0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Being able to prepare a diagnostic blood smear for evaluation is an essential skill for veterinary practitioners. While this basic technique can be demonstrated via videos or illustrations, it can only be learned through practice and with feedback. With the necessity for virtual learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, a model was developed and paired with an online module to facilitate at home instruction and practice of blood smear preparation. Materials for the simulated blood included water, corn starch, and gel-based food coloring. Students were supplied a kit that, in addition to the simulated blood, included slides, Kimwipes®, microhematocrit tubes, a disposable pipette, a cleaning cloth, and disposable gloves. The module includes an introduction to making blood smears, an explanation of simulation kit contents, a demonstration video, and a reflection component. The simulation experience was developed for a short course with 12 students, and the required clinical pathology course, which has 100 students. Overall, the model is cost-effective, and students felt that the activity was useful to practice making blood smears and provided a good introduction and useful explanation of the overall technique in a virtual/ distance learning environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":17575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of veterinary medical education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142591130","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}