Provides instructors and students with clear guidance on best practices for clinical skills education

Veterinary Clinical Skills provides practical guidance on learning, teaching, and assessing essential clinical skills, techniques, and procedures in both educational and workplace environments. Thorough yet concise, this evidence-based resource features sample assessments, simple models for use in teaching, and numerous examples demonstrating the real-world application of key principles and evidence-based approaches.

Organized into nine chapters, the text explains what constitutes a clinical skill, explains the core clinical skills in veterinary education and how these skills are taught and practiced, describes assessment methods and preparation strategies, and more. Contributions from expert authors emphasize best practices while providing insights into the clinical skills that are needed to succeed in veterinary practice. Presenting well-defined guidelines for the best way to acquire and assess veterinary skills, this much-needed resource:

Emphasizing the importance of clinical skills in both veterinary curricula and in practice,Veterinary Clinical Skills is a valuable reference and guide for veterinary school and continuing education instructors and learners of all experience levels.

The editors

Emma K. Read, DVM, MVSc, DACVS, is Associate Dean for Professional Programs at the College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, USA.

Matt R. Read, DVM, MVSc, DACVAA, is a Board Certified Veterinary Anesthesiologist with MedVet in Worthington, OH, USA.

Sarah Baillie, BVSc, PhD, MRCVS, is an Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Education at Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol in Bristol, UK.

Acknowledgments viii

List of Contributors ix

Preface xii

About the Companion Website xiii

1 What Is a Clinical Skill? 1
Emma K. Read and Sarah Baillie

2 Clinical Skills Curricula: How Are They Determined, Designed, and Implemented? 7
Jennifer Hodgson, Elrien Scheepers, and Sarah Baillie

3 How Are Clinical Skills Taught? 25
Sarah Baillie, Matt R. Read, and Emma K. Read

4 How Are Clinical Skills Practiced? 45
Emma K. Read and Robin Farrell

5 How Do I Know if I am Learning What I Need to? 62
Sheena Warman and Emma K. Read

6 How Do I Prepare for Assessment and How Do I Know I Am Being Assessed Fairly? 82
Kate Cobb and Sarah Cripps

7 How Can I Best Learn in a Simulated Environment? 98
Julie A. Hunt, Stacy L. Anderson, and Jennifer T. Johnson

8 How Do I Make Use of Peer Teaching? 113
Lucy Squire and Marc Dilly

9 What Other Skills Are Vital to Successful Clinical Practice? 127
Elizabeth Armitage-Chan and Susan M. Matthew

Appendix 1: OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations)142

Making a Cheese and Pickle Sandwich 144
Sarah Baillie, Rachel Harris, and Emma K. Read

Asepsis Gowning and Closed Gloving 146
Tatiana Motta and Emma K. Read

Asepsis Draping 151
Tatiana Motta

Bovine Anatomy and Surgical Landmarks - Part One 156
Jennifer Schleining

Bovine Anatomy and Surgical Landmarks - Part Two 157
Jennifer Schleining

Canine Physical Exam 158
Steven Horvath and Missy Matusicky

Surgical Towel Placement Rubric 163
Abi Taylor

Pedicle Ligature (two-handed tie) Rubric 164
Abi Taylor

Equine Handling& Restraint 165
Teresa Burns and Emma K. Read

Intramuscular Injection in a Canine Model 170
Julie Williamson

Anesthetic Maching Set-Up and Leak Testing 172
Matt R. Read and Carolina Ricco Pereira

Appendix 2: Recipes for Making Clinical Skills Models175

Canine Castration Model 176
Lindsey Ramirez, Megan Preston, and Julie Hunt

Dental Scaling Model 181
Rachel Harris, Andrew Gardiner, and Rachel Lumbis

Endotracheal Intubation Model 186
Maire OReilly

Equine Abdominocentesis Model 190
Catherine May, Catherine Werners, Keshia John, Sarah Baillie, and Emma K. Read

Canine Leg with Cephalic Vein Model 194
Lissann Wolfe

Silicone Skin Suturing Model 198
Marc Dilly

SimSpay Model 201
Rikke Langebæk

Surgical Prep Model 208
Jean-Yin Tan and Alfredo E. Romero

Tea Towel Suturing Model 213
Alison Catterall

Index 217