Initial Validation of a Survey Instrument to Evaluate Veterinary Student Self-Efficacy for Antimicrobial Selection in the United States.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to human and animal health, and antimicrobial use selects for AMR. Appropriate selection of antimicrobial drugs is an important part of veterinary education, but many veterinary students report that they have knowledge gaps in this area. Students with greater self-efficacy, the belief that one can perform the individual steps that comprise a task, tend to expend more effort and motivation in learning new skills.

Veterinary Student Evaluations of Teaching: Scores and Response Rate When Administered before or after Final Exams.

In higher education, instructors and administrators use student evaluations of teaching (SETs) as formative and summative assessments of instruction; thus, they need adequate response rates for optimal validity and reliability. Veterinary students are often requested to complete dozens of SETs each semester, and response rate is shown to decline as the number of SETs increases. Allowing students to complete SETs after final examinations has been suggested to help increase response; however, students' knowledge of their final course grade has been previously shown to negatively influence SET scores.

Basic science knowledge underlies clinical science knowledge and clinical problem solving: evidence from veterinary medicine.

Medical sciences education emphasizes basic science learning as a prerequisite to clinical learning. Studies exploring relationships between achievement in the basic sciences and subsequent achievement in the clinical sciences generally suggest a significant positive relationship. Basic science knowledge and clinical experience are theorized to combine to form encapsulated knowledge- a dynamic mix of information that is useful for solving clinical problems.

Discourse about higher education on Twitter in early phases of COVID-19: A crisis management social network analysis.

Unlabelled: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic brought changes and efforts for adaption to the new environment in every industry, including higher education. The present study, drawing on crisis management theory as a framework, aimed to understand information and communication sharing behaviors of the higher education community during the pandemic by exploring patterns and discourse on social media. Such analysis provides insight into how information is gained, shared, and used.

Measuring Post-training Activities Following a Veterinary Teaching Workshop in East Africa.

Unlabelled: A teaching workshop was delivered for faculty members of East African colleges of veterinary medicine to foster teaching development and reflection. The goal was for participants to use knowledge gained to improve teaching skills. The approach was to "train the trainer" so attendees could transfer new knowledge to colleagues at their institutions.

Veterinary Student Self-Assessment of Basic Surgical Skills as an Experiential Learning Tool.

Mastery of basic skills is critical for surgical training. Such training is best obtained by experiential learning, which requires an element of self-reflection. Self-reflection is not always an automatic process, however; guidance may be required.

Correlation of Mock Board Examination Scores During Anatomic Pathology Residency Training with Performance on the Certifying Examination.

Mock board exams are common in residency programs across many disciplines. However, the value of mock board results in predicting success on the actual certifying examination is largely anecdotal and undocumented. The University of Tennessee anatomic pathology residency program has a long history of giving mock board exams twice a year during the course of the 3-year diagnostic training program.