A Qualitative Analysis of Clinical Year Veterinary Student Journal Entries for a Shelter Medicine Rotation.

ABSTRACT: Veterinary medical schools are tasked with not only providing experiences necessary to graduate veterinarians proficient in the skills and knowledge used most frequently in private practice, but also develop expertise in animal behavior, welfare, ethics, veterinary forensics, and cultural competency. Integrating all these knowledge areas into the curriculum can be challenging. Shelter medicine is increasingly identified by educators as an optimal learning environment to offer exposure to these topics. It can not only meet learning objectives in veterinary medical curriculum, but also provide students with authentic learning experiences to engage in and gain a deeper understanding of cultural humility, implicit bias, diversity, and inclusion. This includes documentation of international lea

SUBMITTER: Jafarian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9019659 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature