Zenner Dan, Burns Gilbert A, Ruby Kathleen L, Debowes Richard M, Stoll Sharon
Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, P.O. Box 647010, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.
J Vet Med Educ. 2005 Summer;32(2):242-8. doi: 10.3138/jvme.32.2.242.
The KPMG ''Mega Study'' (Brown JP, Silverman JD. The current and future market for veterinarians and veterinary medical services in the United States. J Am Vet Med Assoc 215:161-183, 1999) and other studies (Cron WL, Slocum JV, Goodnight DB, Volk JO. Impact of management practices and business behaviors on small animal veterinarians' incomes. J Am Vet Med Assoc 217:332-338, 1999; Lewis RE. Non-technical Competencies Underlying Career Success as a Veterinarian: A New Model for Selecting and Training Veterinary Students. Minneapolis: Personnel Decisions, 2002) concur that improvement in veterinary practitioner performance is necessary. Improvement in practitioners' non-technical competencies is considered most vital. Little research exists that identifies underlying psychological factors harbored by veterinary students that inhibit ability to achieve sustained maximum professional performance. Left unaddressed, these same characteristics may lead to coping behaviors that disrupt or, in the worst cases, lead to voluntary or involuntary termination of professional careers. Several performance-related characteristics and interpersonal dynamics are investigated in this study that provide preliminary evidence for the long-term shortcomings addressed in previous veterinary practice management literature. Pedagogical recommendations for addressing these student psychological characteristics are submitted for consideration.
毕马威的“大型研究”（布朗·J·P，西尔弗曼·J·D。美国兽医及兽医医疗服务的当前和未来市场。《美国兽医医学协会杂志》215:161 - 183，1999年）以及其他研究（克伦·W·L，斯洛库姆·J·V，古德奈特·D·B，沃尔克·J·O。管理实践和商业行为对小动物兽医收入的影响。《美国兽医医学协会杂志》217:332 - 338，1999年；刘易斯·R·E。作为一名兽医职业成功背后的非技术能力：一种选拔和培训兽医学生的新模式。明尼阿波利斯：人事决策公司，2002年）都一致认为提高兽医从业者的表现是必要的。提高从业者的非技术能力被认为最为关键。很少有研究能确定兽医学生所具有的潜在心理因素，这些因素会抑制他们实现持续最高专业表现的能力。如果不解决这些问题，同样的特征可能会导致应对行为，从而扰乱甚至在最糟糕的情况下导致职业生涯的自愿或非自愿终止。本研究调查了一些与表现相关的特征和人际动态，为之前兽医实践管理文献中提到的长期缺陷提供了初步证据。本文还提出了针对这些学生心理特征的教学建议以供参考。
