Schuenemann Gustavo M, Bas Santiago, Workman Jeffrey D, Rajala-Schultz Päivi J
Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
J Vet Med Educ. 2010 Fall;37(3):289-98. doi: 10.3138/jvme.37.3.289.
Comprehensive continuing veterinary medical education (CVME) programs are critical for veterinary practitioners to update their knowledge and improve their skills and services. CVME must offer an educational environment in which veterinarians can effectively rejuvenate their knowledge and skills and learn about new practices. The Ohio Dairy Health and Management Certificate Program is a comprehensive CVME program for practicing dairy veterinarians that was developed to provide advanced training on previously identified needs of the dairy industry. Our objectives in this article were (1) to provide a description of a comprehensive CVME program designed to enhance the flow of applied, research-based knowledge from educators and researchers to dairy veterinary practitioners and (2) to provide an assessment of outcomes achieved and experiences gained after the delivery of the first two modules on advanced dairy reproductive management. Findings from the two reproductive modules suggested that (1) the designed dairy reproductive management program was able to meet the participants' educational needs, (2) the implemented delivery methods significantly increased participants' knowledge level, and (3) additional educational needs should be addressed with future programming. In conclusion, results from the participants' self-reports suggested that both reproductive modules were relevant and effective, offering new information with immediate field application. These types of educational programs are important for dairy veterinary practitioners because they are a vital source of information and service providers for dairy producers. For the program to be considered completely successful, a detailed follow-up assessment of participants' behavior change, adoption of new practices and skills, and their on-farm impact is needed.
全面的持续兽医医学教育（CVME）项目对于兽医从业者更新知识、提高技能和服务水平至关重要。CVME必须提供一个教育环境，使兽医能够有效地更新他们的知识和技能，并了解新的实践方法。俄亥俄州奶牛健康与管理证书项目是一个针对执业奶牛兽医的全面CVME项目，旨在根据奶牛行业先前确定的需求提供高级培训。我们在本文中的目标是：（1）描述一个旨在加强从教育工作者和研究人员到奶牛兽医从业者的应用研究型知识流动的全面CVME项目；（2）评估在提供关于奶牛繁殖管理的前两个模块后所取得的成果和获得的经验。这两个繁殖模块的研究结果表明：（1）所设计的奶牛繁殖管理项目能够满足参与者的教育需求；（2）所采用的授课方式显著提高了参与者的知识水平；（3）未来的课程设置应满足其他教育需求。总之，参与者的自我报告结果表明，这两个繁殖模块都是相关且有效的，提供了具有直接现场应用价值的新信息。这类教育项目对奶牛兽医从业者很重要，因为它们是奶牛生产者重要的信息和服务来源。要使该项目被视为完全成功，需要对参与者的行为改变、新实践和技能的采用情况及其在农场的影响进行详细的后续评估。
