St-Hilaire Sophie, Nekouei Omid, Parkes Rebecca S V, Rosanowski Sarah M
Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Front Vet Sci. 2022 Jul 22;9:953687. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.953687. eCollection 2022.
Epidemiology is often a challenging course that is not well appreciated by many students learning veterinary medicine. The curriculum for this topic can sometimes be dry, difficult for students to contextualize, and heavy with statistics and mathematical concepts. We incorporated the concepts of epidemiology that are most important for practicing veterinarians and combined these with evidence-based veterinary medicine principles to create a practical course for second-year undergraduate veterinary students. We share the structure of our course and the different learning components, which also included incorporating graduate student mentors for journal clubs and an assignment that culminated in some students publishing their review findings. Anecdotal responses from students suggest they enjoyed the course and learned skills they felt would be useful in veterinary practice to help them make evidence-based clinical decisions.
流行病学往往是一门具有挑战性的课程，许多学习兽医学的学生对它评价不高。这个主题的课程有时可能枯燥乏味，学生难以将其与实际情况联系起来，而且充斥着统计学和数学概念。我们纳入了对执业兽医最重要的流行病学概念，并将这些概念与循证兽医学原则相结合，为本科二年级的兽医学生打造了一门实用课程。我们分享了课程的结构和不同的学习组成部分，其中还包括为期刊俱乐部引入研究生导师，以及一项最终让一些学生发表综述结果的作业。学生们的反馈表明，他们喜欢这门课程，并学到了他们认为在兽医实践中有助于做出循证临床决策的技能。
