Bok Harold G J, Jaarsma Debbie A D C, Teunissen Pim W, van der Vleuten Cees P M, van Beukelen Peter
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
J Vet Med Educ. 2011 Fall;38(3):262-9. doi: 10.3138/jvme.38.3.262.
Changing demands from society and the veterinary profession call for veterinary medical curricula that can deliver veterinarians who are able to integrate specific and generic competencies in their professional practice. This requires educational innovation directed by an integrative veterinary competency framework to guide curriculum development. Given the paucity of relevant information from the veterinary literature, a qualitative multi-method study was conducted to develop and validate such a framework. A competency framework was developed based on the analysis of focus group interviews with 54 recently graduated veterinarians and clients and subsequently validated in a Delphi procedure with a panel of 29 experts, representing the full range and diversity of the veterinary profession. The study resulted in an integrated competency framework for veterinary professionals, which consists of 16 competencies organized in seven domains: veterinary expertise, communication, collaboration, entrepreneurship, health and welfare, scholarship, and personal development. Training veterinarians who are able to use and integrate the seven domains in their professional practice is an important challenge for today's veterinary medical schools. The Veterinary Professional (VetPro) framework provides a sound empirical basis for the ongoing debate about the direction of veterinary education and curriculum development.
社会和兽医行业不断变化的需求要求兽医医学课程能够培养出在专业实践中能够整合特定能力和通用能力的兽医。这需要以综合兽医能力框架为指导的教育创新来推动课程开发。鉴于兽医文献中相关信息匮乏，开展了一项定性多方法研究来开发和验证这样一个框架。基于对54名近期毕业的兽医和客户的焦点小组访谈分析，制定了一个能力框架，随后在德尔菲法程序中由29名专家组成的小组进行了验证，这些专家代表了兽医行业的全范围和多样性。该研究得出了一个兽医专业人员综合能力框架，它由16项能力组成，分为七个领域：兽医专业知识、沟通、协作、创业、健康与福利、学术研究和个人发展。培养能够在专业实践中运用和整合这七个领域的兽医是当今兽医学院面临的一项重要挑战。兽医专业（VetPro）框架为当前关于兽医教育方向和课程开发的辩论提供了坚实的实证基础。
