Publications by authors named "M Cake"
Article Synopsis
- Curriculum leaders in veterinary education are committed to improving student learning and are focused on teaching, but they face challenges and tensions in their roles as they develop the curriculum.
- This study utilized interviews with nine curriculum leaders to investigate how they navigate these tensions and shape their professional identities, employing self-determination theory and narrative identity frameworks for deeper insights.
- The findings revealed that a strong curriculum leader identity is linked to being student-focused and adaptable to change, but experiences of conflict can influence their emotional responses, ranging from resilience to frustration, depending on social support and recognition from peers and institutions.
Curriculum leaders (individuals with responsibility for an institution's veterinary curriculum) play a vital role in driving local curriculum priorities, development, and accreditation. This study aimed to describe the career paths of curriculum leaders and identify what motivates them, the barriers they face, and the knowledge, skills, and attributes they perceive as essential for the role. Self-determination theory was used to identify tensions experienced within the role.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper presents a mini-review of employability as a guiding outcome in veterinary education-its conceptualisation, utility, core elements and dimensions, and pedagogical approaches-through a summary of the findings of a major international project with the same aims (the VetSet2Go project). Guided by a conception of the successful veterinary professional as one capable of navigating and sustainably balancing the (sometimes competing) needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders, the project integrated multiple sources of evidence to derive an employability framework representing the dimensions and capabilities most important to veterinary professional success. This framework provides a useful complement to those based in narrower views of competency and professionalism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of demographic and psychological factors on resilience in new graduate-, mid- and late-career veterinarians working in Australia.
Method: An online cross-sectional survey of 800 veterinarians collected demographic and descriptive data in two stages from late 2015 to 2017, such as gender, average hours worked per week, type and region of practice and intention to leave veterinary medicine. Psychological factors were measured utilising the Brief Resilience Scale, the Veterinary Resilience Scale-Personal Resources, the Brief COPE and General Self-Efficacy measures.