Lubbers Brian V, Fajt Virginia R, Teller Lori M, Apley Michael D, Stillisano Jacqueline
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States.
Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
Front Vet Sci. 2023 Jan 16;9:1075752. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1075752. eCollection 2022.
Veterinarians contribute substantially to the health of their patients and enhance the communities in which they live. Delivery of veterinary curricula continues to evolve to ensure that veterinary graduates are prepared to meet their professional obligations on Day One of their careers. In this study, veterinary practitioners were recruited to deliver telehealth case rounds to veterinary students at Kansas State University and Texas A&M University. Case discussions were hosted virtually once per month in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years for a total of 16 sessions. Each presenting practitioner was instructed to develop a brief presentation for a case routinely seen in their practice, and to discuss important clinical decision points in diagnosis, treatment and management. Cases could also highlight important ethical or communication issues encountered in veterinary medicine. The overall goals of this project were to increase the quantity and diversity of clinical cases to which veterinary students were exposed during their professional training and to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of telehealth technology as a teaching strategy. Student participants were surveyed to determine the effectiveness of telehealth sessions in increasing overall confidence and competence in case management, and veterinary presenters were surveyed to determine motivations for participating in the project and perceived value of the telehealth sessions. More than 95% of students indicated that participation in telehealth sessions increased their clinical confidence and competence. Presenting practitioners unanimously indicated that they would participate in similar instruction in the future. Recommendations are provided to improve the educational experience for future adopters of telehealth teaching sessions.
兽医对其患者的健康做出了重大贡献，并改善了他们所生活的社区。兽医课程的传授不断发展，以确保兽医专业毕业生在职业生涯的第一天就做好履行其职业义务的准备。在这项研究中，招募了兽医从业者为堪萨斯州立大学和德克萨斯农工大学的兽医专业学生进行远程医疗病例讨论。在2020 - 2021学年和2021 - 2022学年，病例讨论每月通过线上方式进行一次，共进行了16次。每位参与展示的从业者被要求针对其临床实践中常见的病例制作一个简短的展示，并讨论诊断、治疗和管理中的重要临床决策点。病例还可以突出兽医学中遇到的重要伦理或沟通问题。该项目的总体目标是增加兽医专业学生在专业培训期间接触到的临床病例的数量和多样性，并评估远程医疗技术作为一种教学策略的可行性和可接受性。对参与的学生进行了调查，以确定远程医疗课程在提高病例管理的总体信心和能力方面的有效性，对参与展示的兽医进行了调查，以确定他们参与该项目的动机以及对远程医疗课程的感知价值。超过95%的学生表示参与远程医疗课程提高了他们的临床信心和能力。参与展示的从业者一致表示他们未来会参与类似的教学活动。文中还提供了相关建议，以改善未来采用远程医疗教学课程者的教育体验。
