Veterinary Clinical Skills (Paperback, 1st)

Acknowledgments

List of authors

List of contributors

Preface

Book Chapters

Chapter 1 What is a clinical skill?

Emma Read and Sarah Baillie

Chapter 2 Clinical skills curricula: How are they determined, designed and implemented?

Jennifer Hodgson, Elrien Scheepers, Sarah Baillie

Chapter 3 How are clinical skills taught?

Sarah Baillie, Matt Read and Emma Read

Chapter 4 How are clinical skills practiced?

Emma Read and Robin Farrell

Chapter 5 How do I know if I’m learning what I need to?

Sheena Warman and Emma Read

Chapter 6 How do I prepare for assessment and how do I know I am being assessed fairly?

Kate Cobb and Sarah Cripps

Chapter 7 How can I learn best in a simulated environment?

Julie Hunt, Stacy Anderson, Jennifer Johnson

Chapter 8 How do I make use of peer teaching?

Lucy Squire and Marc Dilly

Chapter 9 What other skills are vital to successful clinical practice?

Elizabeth Armitage-Chan and Susan Matthew

Appendix 1: OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations)

Making a cheese and pickle sandwich

Sarah Baillie, Rachel Harris, Emma Read

Gowning and gloving

Tatiana Motta, Emma Read

Draping a small animal patient

Tatiana Motta

Bovine surgical anatomy

Jennifer Schleining

Canine physical examination

Steve Horvath, Missy Matusicky

Surgical towel placement

Abi Taylor

Pedicle ligature

Abi Taylor

Equine handling and restraint

Teresa Burns, Emma Read

Intramuscular injection in a canine model

Julie Hunt

Anesthetic machine set up and leak testing

Matt Read, Carolina Ricco-Pereira

Appendix 2: Model Recipes – Simple models you can make yourself

Canine castration model

Lindsey Ramirez, Megan Preston, Julie Hunt

Dental scaling model

Rachel Harris, Andrew Gardiner, Rachel Lumbis

Endotracheal intubation model

Maire O’Reilly

Equine abdominocentesis model

Catherine May, Catherine Werners, Keshia John, Sarah Baillie, Emma Read

Canine leg with cephalic vein model

Lissann Wolfe

Silicone skin suturing model

Marc Dilly

SimSpay model

Rikke Langebaek

Surgical prep model

Jean-Yin Tan and Alfredo Romero

Tea towel suturing model

Alison Catterall

Index