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. Projects focus on improvement of teaching and learning through effective assessment techniques, different strategies for learning.
- Video recording in veterinary medicine OSCEs: Feasibility and inter-rater agreement between live performance examiners and video recording reviewing examiners
- Comparison of text vs video as thoracic ultrasound learning strategies in a veterinary student population
- Learner progression in abdominal ultrasound techniques in equine patients
- Student performance and OSCE completion speed
- Evaluation of novel simulators in clinical skills learning
Tan JT, Ma IWY, Hunt JA, Kwong GPS, Farrell R, Bell C, Read EK. Video recording in veterinary medicine OSCEs: Feasability and inter-rater agreement between live performance examiners and video recording reviewing examiners. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2019-0142
Banse H, McMillan C, Hecker KG, Wilson B, Skorobohach B, Carter R, Lewin AC, Kondro D, Ungrin M, Doroz S, Baker R, Dehgpanpir S, Grandt B, Hale L, Anderson S. Development and validity evidence for a canine ocular model for training novice veterinary students to perform a fundic examination. In Press. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
Royal K, Hecker KG. Rater errors in clinical performance assessments. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 2015 doi: 10.3138/jvme0715-112R
Williamson J, Hecker KG, Yvorchuk K, Artemiou E, French H, Fuentealba C. Development and validation of a feline abdominal palpation model. Veterinary Record. 2015 doi:10.1136/vr.103212