Teaching clinical skills mastery using immersive simulation

Pollock, Kristina; Morton, Carolyn; Spielman, Stacy

doi:10.2460/javma.22.11.0505

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“…Simulations can greatly assist in preparing students for the responsibility of case management [43]. Learning through the experience of being responsible for case management is an essential aspect of students' final rotations during veterinary school, and it is critical when they transition into clinical veterinary practice.…”

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Developing Communication Competency in the Veterinary Curriculum

van Gelderen (Mabin),

Taylor

2023

Animals

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Veterinary graduates require effective clinical communication skills for a successful transition to practice. The ways of teaching and assessing veterinary communication skills have developed and are increasingly supported by research. However, some students have difficulty applying the skills learned in a simulated consultation to working with real clients, particularly in the second part of a standard consultation, where the student communicates the reasons for their clinical decision making and assists the client’s treatment decisions. The authors explore three key developments in communication skills training in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program since 2015 at the University of Sydney: (1) Workshops were designed to include communication scenarios that were contextualised in ways that embraced a spectrum of care. These were facilitated within a clinical skills laboratory, and student surveys were used to evaluate this teaching and learning activity; (2) student and facilitator perceptions of the value of online communication skills training were evaluated using surveys; and (3) perceptions of the gap between pre-clinical training and the demonstration of communication competency in authentic clinical settings were evaluated using a survey. We conclude that the communications curriculum can be made more engaging and effective by student-centred design, which increases the realism and authenticity of the student’s experience.

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confidence: 99%