The educational impact of assessment: a comparison of DOPS and MCQs.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of two different assessment formats on the approaches to learning of final year veterinary students. The relationship between approach to learning and examination performance was also investigated.

Method: An 18-item version of the Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ) was sent to 87 final year students.

Incidence of elevation of cardiac troponin I prior to and following routine general anaesthesia in dogs.

Objective: To estimate the incidence of raised cTnI after general anaesthesia in dogs and to explore major risk factors influencing this.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study. Animals A total of 107 (ASA physical status 1-2) dogs, 63% male and 37% female, median age 5 years (range 0.

The risk of death: the confidential enquiry into perioperative small animal fatalities.

Objective: To estimate the risks of anaesthetic and sedation-related mortality in companion animals in the UK. (The Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Small Animal Fatalities, CEPSAF).

Study Design: A prospective cohort study with nested case-control study.

The isoflurane-sparing and clinical effects of a constant rate infusion of remifentanil in dogs.

Objective: To evaluate the isoflurane-sparing and clinical effects of two constant rate infusions of remifentanil in healthy dogs undergoing orthopaedic surgery.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized clinical study.

Animals: Forty-one American Society of Anesthesiologists I-II client-owned dogs (age, 7 months-9 years; body mass 11-59 kg).