Research
Communication Skills
As a stream within the Professional Skills Curriculum, UCVM Clinical Communication Skills Program (CCSP) aims to teach students evidence based skills in clinical communication using teaching modalities that include simulation, coaching, feedback in a highly interactive setting.
Assessment of Competence and Admissions
Assessment and feedback drive learning. However, in the teaching and learning cycle in a classroom we rarely close the loop between our teaching practices, our assessment practices and our feedback practices.
Augmented Learning in Veterinary Education (ALiVE) and Neuroeducation
Can we assess the biology of learning, where we study the relationships between brain activity and behavior in various, learning, teaching, decision making, and assessment environments to help inform our teaching, assessment and feedback practices?
Clinical Skills and Simulation
The Clinical Skills program at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is world-renowned for its hands-on learning, dedicated instructors, emphasis throughout the veterinary program, use of low- and high-fidelity simulators, and innovation.
Service-learning
Service-learning provides students with the opportunity to engage in case management while improving their capacity for self-awareness, compassion, and community outreach. In partnership with human service organizations and Indigenous communities, the veterinary program at the University of Calgary offers multiple opportunities for students to engage in service-learning.