Is Digital Video Recorded Simulated Suture Skills Testing Associated With Lower Stress and Anxiety Than Traditional In-Person Assessment for Veterinary Students?

Anxiety can affect exam performance so exploring methods to improve mental health and academic performance is relevant. The objectives of this study were to investigate stress amongst veterinary students undergoing simulated suture skills examinations and determine if digital video recording can reduce stress compared to in-person examination. Thirty-nine students were prospectively enrolled and randomized to undergo two simulated suture examinations, a session proctored by an in-person examiner or one digitally recorded with no proctor present and then crossed over to the other group.

Comparison of the diagnostic yield of 3 and 5 mm laparoscopic liver biopsy forceps in cats.

Objective: To determine whether 3 and 5 mm laparoscopic cup biopsy forceps provide samples of equivalent diagnostic quality in cats.

Study Design: Experimental study.

Animals: Twelve colony cats undergoing a concurrent nutrition study.

Perioperative complications and outcomes following partial ear canal ablation and lateral bulla osteotomy in pet rabbits: 20 cases (2009-2021).

Objective: To investigate the perioperative complications and outcomes of rabbits undergoing partial ear canal ablation and lateral bulla osteotomy for treatment of chronic otitis.

Materials And Methods: Surgical logbooks were searched to identify rabbits that underwent partial ear canal ablation and lateral bulla osteotomy between December 2009 and September 2021. Data collected included signalment, history, clinical signs, historical and current medical management, physical examination findings, preoperative diagnostic imaging and aural bacterial culture results, surgical procedure information, duration of hospitalisation, complications and final outcome.

Primary repair of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-associated full thickness gastrointestinal ulcers in 11 dogs.

Objective: To report the outcomes of dogs that underwent primary repair of gastroduodenal perforations associated with the administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). A secondary objective was to identify clinicopathological findings that predisposed dogs to postoperative death.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Excellent Agreement of In-Person Scoring versus Scoring of Digitally Recorded Simulated Suture Skills Examination.

This study's objective was to evaluate the agreement between in-person performance scores and digitally recorded assessment scores by the same examiner using a simulated suturing skill examination. With ethics approval, veterinary students underwent a simulated skills examination proctored by an in-person examiner and simultaneously digitally recorded using two wide-angle cameras mounted overtop and to the side of the surgical field. Performance scores were based on a nine-item rubric.