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Ag Animal Veterinary Curriculum Resources

Initiated 5/07    Last Update 07/17/2008

Purpose: This webpage is a collection of links to resources, primarily on-line, relevant to the recruitment, retention and training of students interested in agricultural animal veterinary medicine. If you are aware of materials that I should include or spot errors on this page, please let me know at jmgay at vetmed dot wsu dot edu.

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Major Sites and Documents:

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Veterinary Competency Lists / Instruction Content / Ag Program / Curriculum Websites (alphabetical by organization):

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Papers & Reports  (ag animal competency, curriculum and services):

  • AAVMC
    • Foresight Final Report, 2006 (local pdf)
    • Veterinarians in Population Health and Public Practice: Meeting Critical National Needs, 2003 (KH Hoblet, AT Maccabe, LE Heider, html) (SMP)
  • Academic Medicine
    • Deliberate practice and the acquisition and maintenance of expert performance in medicine and related domains (79(10):S70-81, 2004) KA Ericsson
  • Am J Pharmaceutical Education
    • A Tool for Measuring Active Learning in the Classroom (71(5):85-92 , 2007) pdf
  • Animal Production Science
    • A herd health approach to dairy cow nutrition and production diseases of the transition cow (96(2006):331-353 pdf) FJ Mulligan, L O'Grady, ML Doherty
  • Aust Vet J
    • Rural veterinary services in Western Australia: Part B. Rural practice (86(3):74-80, 2008) JAL Maxwell, ND Costa, LL Layman, ID Robertson
    • Food animal veterinary medicine: Whereto and why? (76(9):608-609, 1998 pdf) IJ Lean
  • AVMA Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition
    • Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition Report, 5/06 TOC
    • Attracting students into careers in food supply veterinary medicine (JAVMA 228(11):1693-1704, 6/1/06 pdf)
    • The need for a food supply–exclusive college of veterinary medicine (JAVMA 230(3):342-343, 2/1/07 pdf) M Kark, Frederick Cat Vet, Frederick MD
  • Can Vet J
    • Factors affecting the career path choices of graduates at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (49:161-166, 2008 pdf). MD Jelinski, JR Campbell, JM Naylor, LK Lawson, D Derkzen
  • Commonwealth of Australia
    • Review of Rural Veterinary Services Report, PT Frawley, 2003 (doc pdf)
  • JAVMA
    • Implementing a future national center concept in veterinary education for the dairy industry (232(9):1290-1293, 2008). HF Troutt, BI Osburn
    • Frequency of activities and procedures performed in private equine practice and proficiency expected of new veterinary school graduates (232(1): 42-46, 2008) JAE Hubbell, WJA Saville, RM Moore
    • A proposed novel food animal health care delivery system (Food Supply Veterinary Medicine, 231(6):854-860, 2007) DW Remsburg, DT Galligan, JD Ferguson
    • Efficacy of training in theriogenology as determined by a survey of veterinarians (229(4):514-521, 2006) MV Root Kistritz, PJ Chenoweth, A Tibary
    • Influence of demographic variables on the frequency of use of various procedures, skills, and areas of knowledge among veterinarians in private small animal exclusive or predominant practice and proficiency expected of new veterinary school graduates (226(1):38-48) CL Greenfield, AL Johnson, DJ Schaeffer
    • Frequency of use of various procedures, skills, and areas of knowledge among veterinarians in private small animal exclusive or predominant practice and proficiency expected of new veterinary school graduates (224(11):1780-7, 2004) CL Greenfield, AL Johnson, DJ Schaeffer
    • Nontechnical competencies underlying career success as a veterinarian (222(12):1690-1696, 2003 pdf) RE Lewis, JS Klausner
    • Recruitment and retention of veterinary students for food animal practices (222(12):1697-1699, 2003 pdf) RG Elmore
    • Individual animal medicine and animal production skills expected of entry-level veterinarians in bovine practice (221(7):959-68, 2002) DE Morin, PD Constable, HF Troutt, AL Johnson
    • Surgery, anesthesia, and restraint skills expected of entry-level veterinarians in bovine practice (221(7):969-974, 2002 pdf) DE Morin, PD Constable, HF Troutt, AL Johnson
    • Diagnosis and treatment of food animal educational diseases. (193:1066-1068, 1988) Leman, AD
    • Recommended minimal standards of performance for practicing veterinarians who offer mastitis control programs. (163(4):375-377, 1973) [AABP]
  • JVME - J Veterinary Medical Education
    • Collections - Food Animal - Food Services Veterinary Medicine - Food Safety
    • Addressing Educational Challenges in Veterinary Medicine through the Use of Distance Education (34(3):279-285, 2007, pdf) AL Murray, WM Sischo
    • Teaching Veterinary Students Beef Production Medicine with Student/Producer Teams (34(3):524-528, 2007) S Robbe-Austermang, DR Strohbehng M Penceg JU Thomson
    • Veterinary Medical Education for Modern Food Systems: Setting a Vision and Creating a Strategic Plan for Veterinary Medical Education to Meet Its Responsibilities (33(4):479-488, Winter 2006, html pdf) DD Buss, BI Osburn, NG Willis, DA Walsh
    • Importance-performance analysis of food-supply veterinary medicine career commitment. (33(4):525-529, Winter 2006, html pdf) Gwinner K, Andrus D, Prince B.
    • Veterinary Medical Education for Modern Food Systems: Past, Present, and Brainstorming a Future (33(4):530-532, Winter 2006, html pdf) TY Morishita, RF Kahrs, KW Prasse, A Maccabe, R Dierks
    • Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Issue (31(4), Winter 2004) - TOC
      • Food Animal Veterinary Medicine: Leading A Changing Profession (31(4):341-346, 2004, pdf) RL Larson
      • A coordinated teaching program for future dairy practitioners at the university of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine (31(4):372-379, 2004, pdf)  NB Cook, CO Eisele, RF Klos, TB Bennett, SM McGuirk, WJ Goodger, GR Oetzel, KV Nordlund
      • Practitioner-Defined Competencies Required of New Veterinary Graduates in Food Animal Practice (31(4):347-365, Winter 2004 pdf) RB Miller, LE Hardin, RP Cowart, MR Ellersieck
      • The UC Davis early dairy experience program (31(4):366-367, 2004 pdf) B Smith
      • The Opportunities Map at Cornell University: Finding Direction in Dairy Production Medicine (31(4):384-386, 2004 pdf) HM Mitchell, DV Nydam, KK Reyher, RO Gilbert
    • National Workshop on Core Competencies for Success in the Veterinary Profession (30(3):227-231, 2003, pdf) JW Lloyd, LJ King, JS Klausner, D Harris
    • Engineering veterinary education: a clarion call for reform in veterinary education-let's do it! (30(1):176-190, Summer 2003 pdf) OM Radostits
    • Having Students as Integral Rather than Peripheral Participants in Production Medicine Investigations (21(2), Fall 1994 html) DJ Sprecher and JA Farmer
  • NCVEI
    • Enhancing nontechnical skills, knowledge, aptitudes, and attitudes in the veterinary profession through the work of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues (JAVMA 230(11):1646-1652 (2007) pdf)
  • NEJM - medical education and training collection
    • A new Series on Medical Education (355:1375-1376, html pdf 2006)
    • "Continuity" as an Organizing Principle for Clinical Education Reform (356:858-866, 2007 html pdf)
    • Assessment in Medical Education (356:387-396, 2007 html pdf)
    • Educational Strategies to Promote Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning (355:2217-2225, 2006 html pdf)
  • The Professional Animal Scientist
    • Case Study: Profiles of Management Competencies Identified by Successful Dairy Managers (23:728-737, 2007) RE Stup, LA Holden, J Hyde
  • Vet Quarterly
    • Veterinary dairy herd health management in Europe: Constraints and perspectives (28(1):23-32, 2006 pdf)
  • Veterinary Sciences Tomorrow (on-line journal)
    • Quackery and Science in Veterinary Education : I do not believe in astrology, because I am a Libra (MC Horzinek, editorial 1/7/08)
  • 23rd Buiatrics Conference
    • Bovine Practice: Successes of the Past and Challenges and Opportunities in the Future, OM Radostits, 2004 (pdf)
  • Other papers:
    • Changes in the veterinary management of dairy cattle: Threats or opportunities? (2001, Jos P.T.M. Noordhuizen, html)
    • The Future of FSIS Veterinarians: Public Health Professionals For the 21st Century, 2000 (html pdf)

Stakeholder Priorities & Input:

  • Beef Cow-calf:
    • Priorities First: Identifying Management Priorities in the Commercial Cow-Calf Business, 2006 (Tom Field, CSU Prof Anim Sci, pdf)
  • Dairy
    • Economic Viability of Grazing Dairy Farms: Assessing Future Options, 2007 (CS Mott Group, Michigan State pdf)

Mentoring and recruitment website:

ARV - Academy of Rural Veterinarians

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Medical School Education Websites:

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Higher Education Websites:

bibliographies:

papers:

people:

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Other (by topic):

US News & World Report

  • Veterinary Medicine Rankings - 2007

accreditation - higher ed programs:

accreditation - USDA veterinary

  • proposed rules - Federal Register (pdf)

assessment:

  • Constructing Written Test Questions For the Basic and Clinical Sciences, 3rd ed revised, National Board of Medical Examiners (pdf)
  • Assessment of Teaching (Hawaii Pacific U)
  • FAST - TooFast (2nd generation) - free course assessment summary tool

audience / personal response systems: (see Mazur, Eric below)

WSU Q&T: A open source questioning and tutoring tool for Instruction and Assessment in Physics (Tom Dickinson)

curriculum development:

  • Internet Resources for Curriculum Development in Medical Education An Annotated Bibliography (J Gen Intern Med 19:599–605, 2004 pdf) (SMP)
  • Academic Plan 2006 – 2009 Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies U Edinburgh (doc) (SMP)

curriculum software:

  • CurrMIT (AAMC Curriculum Management & Information Tool)

educational psychology:

education technology:

e-portfolios:

  • eFolio: A Secure Personal Data Manager Serving Physicians (2007 conference proceedings, pdf)
  • Portfolios Are Replacing Qualifying Exams as a Step on the Road to Dissertations (Chronicle of Higher Ed, 7/11/08)

instructional design:

papers:

books:

people:

learning:

texts:

  • Adult Education: Foundations of Practice, a self-study course
  • Adult Learning: An Overview (Stephen Brookfield, pdf)
  • Learning to Learn (KR Wirth, D Perkins, 2008 doc - Curricular Materials)
  • Should we be using learning styles? What research has to say about practice pdf

websites:

books:

wiki:

learning objectives:

AAMC - Medical School Objectives Project  (SMP)

  • CurrMIT - Curriculum Management & Information Tool   (SMP)
    • CurrMIT: A Tool for Managing Medical School Curricula, 2003 (Acad Med 78(3):275-279 html pdf) (SMP)
    • Implementing an Online Curriculum Management Database in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum, 2005 (Acad Med 80(9):840-846 html pdf) (SMP)

lists:

  • IIME GMER - Global Minimum Essential Requirements - Learning Objectives
  • Marshall University School of Medicine Learning Objectives (pdf)

Medical Physiology Curriculum Objectives Project

wiki

licensing:

outcome assessment:

ACGME - Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

ASSESS - Assessment in Higher Education - discussion list

IDEA - Individual Development & Educational Assessment (Kansas State)

papers:

  • Acad Med
    • Conceptual Guidelines for Developing and Maintaining Curriculum and Examination Objectives: The Experience of the Medical Council of Canada (75:1031-1037, 2000, pdf)
  • Am J Pharmaceutical Education
    • Learning Outcomes and Program-level Evaluation in a Four-year Undergraduate Pharmacy Curriculum (71(5):90-7, 2007)
    • Preface: A Methodological Series on Assessment (69(1):81-83, 2005)
    • A Review of Educational Assessment (69(1):85-100, 2005)
    • Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: A Component of Program Assessment (69(2):256-268, 2005)
    • Beginning an Assessment Project: A Case Study Using Data Audit and Content Analysis (69(3):356-369, 2005)
  • British Dental J
    • The specification of learning outcomes in dentistry (196:289-294, 2004, pdf)
  • ETS
    • A Culture of Evidence: An evidence-centered approach to accountability for student learning outcomes, 2008 (ETS, pdf)
  • JAMA - medical education collection
    • Defining and Assessing Professional Competence (287:226-235, 2002, pdf)
  • JVME - J Veterinary Medical Education
    • The critical role of outcomes assessment in veterinary medical accreditation (Kochevar DT, Summer 2004, 31(2):116-119 pdf)
    • Engineering veterinary education (Eyre P, Winter 2002, 29(4):195-200, pdf)
    • Outcomes assessment planning: an overview with applications in health sciences (Trent AM, Spring 2002; 29(1):9-19, pdf)
    • Outcomes Assessment in Veterinary Medical Education (LS Black, GH Turnwald, JB Meldrum, Spring 2002, 29(1):28-31, pdf)
    • Defining the attributes expected of graduating veterinary medical students, part 2: external evaluation and outcomes assessment (Walsh DA, BI Osburn, RL Schumacker, Spring 2002; 29(1): 36-42, pdf)
  • NEJM - medical education and training collection
    • American Medical Education 100 Years after the Flexner Report (355:1339-1344, 2006 pdf) (SMP)
    • Assessment in Medical Education (356:387-396, 2007 pdf)
  • Reflections on Assessment - Enhancing Practice (pdf)

bibliographies:

books:

  • Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment (NAS, 2001) - TOC
  • Introduction To Rubrics: An Assessment Tool To Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning (DD Stevens, AJ Levi, 2004)  Amazon - authors website publisher website

peer instruction:

  • Peer Instruction: Results from a Range of Classrooms, 2002 (pdf)
  • Peer Instruction: Ten years of experience and results (html pdf)
  • Peer Instruction versus Class-wide Discussion in Large Classes: a comparison of two interaction methods in the wired classroom, 2003 (pdf)
  • Peer Instruction: Engaging Students One-on-One, All At Once, 2007 (CH Crouch, E Mazur 55 pg pdf)

scoring rubrics:

social networking software:

software

teaching / learning models:

  • adult learning
    • Ausburn, LJ (2004). Course Design Elements Most Valued by Adult Learners in Blended Online Education Environments: An American Perspective. Educ Media Int 41(4) DOI: 10.1080/0952398042000314820
    • Kasworm, CE (1997). Adult Meaning Making in the Undergraduate Classroom. Adult Education Quarterly 53:81-98.
  • JiTT - Just in Time Teaching
  • Peer Instruction
    • Peer Instruction: Results from a Range of Classrooms, 2002 (pdf)
    • Peer Instruction: Ten years of experience and results (html pdf)
    • Peer Instruction versus Class-wide Discussion in Large Classes: a comparison of two interaction methods in the wired classroom, 2003 (pdf)
    • Peer Instruction: Engaging Students One-on-One, All At Once, 2007 (CH Crouch, E Mazur 55 pg pdf)
  •  Assessment Workshop Series Carnegie Mellon A. Fay 2003
    • Knowing what students think: Techniques for assessing prior knowledge (A Fay, ppt)
  • Learning How to Learn Science
  • Mapping and Assessment (ppt)
  • Med Educ Online
    • Teaching Residents to Teach: The Impact of a Multi-Disciplinary Longitudinal Curriculum to Improve Teaching Skills, 2007; 12:12 (pdf)
  • TPI: Teaching Perspectives Inventory

bibliographies:

  • CASTL Annotated Bibliography: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2002 (pdf)

test item analysis:

  • ITEMAN - classical item analysis
  • Test Item Analysis Using Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Program (Chris Elvin, html)
  • books:
    • Haladyna, TM. (2004). Developing and validating multiple-choice test items, 3rd ed. Amazon
  • papers:

people:

books:

  • Bransford JD, AL Brown, RR Cocking (eds., 2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School: Expanded ed.
  • Fink LD (2003). Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses
  • Tagg J, PT Ewell (2003). The Learning Paradigm College
  • Wiggins G, J McTighe (2005). Understanding by Design, exp. 2nd ed. (WSU electronic)

higher education blogs / lists:

wiki:

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Miscellaneous:

ag animal related blogs:

stakeholder information sources:

instruction resources

Morning becomes Electric, Gerry McKiernan, Iowa State

sharepoint:

internal shared files (requires WSU password)

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