Veterinary students' views on surgical entrustable professional activities and the impact of COVID-19 on clinical competence development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The primary purpose of this study was to understand veterinary students' views on the described key surgical entrustable professional activities (EPAs) and to understand how COVID-19 restrictions have impacted their clinical skill and competence development.

Methods

Final-year veterinary students at a single institute completed a web-based survey distributed by email. The survey aimed to characterise five constructs regarding EPAs, and a specific five-point Likert-like scale was created asking explicitly worded questions for each construct.

Results

One hundred and ten students responded. The cohort agreed that the previously described key surgical EPAs were clinically important and relevant, but over 50% of the respondents felt that they had no substantial

SUBMITTER: Thompson JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature