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Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates
BACKGROUND: With an increasing caseload of veterinary neurology patients in first opinion practice, there is a requirement to establish relevant learning objectives for veterinary neurology encompassing knowledge, skills and attitudes for veterinary undergraduate students in Europe. With help of exp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300725/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25582136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-014-0315-3 |
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author | Lin, Yu-Wei Volk, Holger A Penderis, Jacques Tipold, Andrea Ehlers, Jan P |
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description | BACKGROUND: With an increasing caseload of veterinary neurology patients in first opinion practice, there is a requirement to establish relevant learning objectives for veterinary neurology encompassing knowledge, skills and attitudes for veterinary undergraduate students in Europe. With help of experts in veterinary neurology from the European College of Veterinary Neurology (ECVN) and the European Society of Veterinary Neurology (ESVN) a survey of veterinary neurologic learning objectives using a modified Delphi method was conducted. The first phase comprised the development of a draft job description and learning objectives by a working group established by the ECVN. In the second phase, a quantitative questionnaire (multiple choice, Likert scale and free text) covering 140 learning objectives and subdivided into 8 categories was sent to 341 ESVN and ECVN members and a return rate of 62% (n = 213/341) was achieved. RESULTS: Of these 140 learning objectives ECVN Diplomates and ESVN members considered 42 (30%) objectives as not necessary for standard clinical veterinary neurology training, 94 (67%) were graded to be learned at a beginner level and 4 (3%) at an advanced level. The following objectives were interpreted as the most important day one skills: interpret laboratory tests, perform a neurological examination and establish a neuroanatomical localization. In this survey the three most important diseases of the central nervous system included epilepsy, intervertebral disc disease and inflammatory diseases. The three most important diseases of the peripheral nervous system included polyradiculoneuritis, myasthenia gravis and toxic neuropathies. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study should help to reform the veterinary curriculum regarding neurology and may reduce the phenomenon of “Neurophobia”. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12917-014-0315-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-43007252015-01-22 Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates Lin, Yu-Wei Volk, Holger A Penderis, Jacques Tipold, Andrea Ehlers, Jan P BMC Vet Res Research Article BACKGROUND: With an increasing caseload of veterinary neurology patients in first opinion practice, there is a requirement to establish relevant learning objectives for veterinary neurology encompassing knowledge, skills and attitudes for veterinary undergraduate students in Europe. With help of experts in veterinary neurology from the European College of Veterinary Neurology (ECVN) and the European Society of Veterinary Neurology (ESVN) a survey of veterinary neurologic learning objectives using a modified Delphi method was conducted. The first phase comprised the development of a draft job description and learning objectives by a working group established by the ECVN. In the second phase, a quantitative questionnaire (multiple choice, Likert scale and free text) covering 140 learning objectives and subdivided into 8 categories was sent to 341 ESVN and ECVN members and a return rate of 62% (n = 213/341) was achieved. RESULTS: Of these 140 learning objectives ECVN Diplomates and ESVN members considered 42 (30%) objectives as not necessary for standard clinical veterinary neurology training, 94 (67%) were graded to be learned at a beginner level and 4 (3%) at an advanced level. The following objectives were interpreted as the most important day one skills: interpret laboratory tests, perform a neurological examination and establish a neuroanatomical localization. In this survey the three most important diseases of the central nervous system included epilepsy, intervertebral disc disease and inflammatory diseases. The three most important diseases of the peripheral nervous system included polyradiculoneuritis, myasthenia gravis and toxic neuropathies. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study should help to reform the veterinary curriculum regarding neurology and may reduce the phenomenon of “Neurophobia”. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12917-014-0315-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2015-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4300725/ /pubmed/25582136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-014-0315-3 Text en © Lin et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lin, Yu-Wei Volk, Holger A Penderis, Jacques Tipold, Andrea Ehlers, Jan P Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates |
title | Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates |
title_full | Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates |
title_fullStr | Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates |
title_full_unstemmed | Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates |
title_short | Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates |
title_sort | development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part i: undergraduates |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300725/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25582136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-014-0315-3 |
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