title: Assessing clinical competency: reports from discussion groups.
abstract: This report describes proposed new models for assessment of eight of the nine clinical competencies the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education requires for accreditation. The models were developed by discussion groups at the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges' Clinical Competency Symposium. Clinical competencies and proposed models (in parentheses) are described. Competency 1: comprehensive patient diagnosis (neurologic examination on a dog, clinical reasoning skills); Competency 2: comprehensive treatment planning (concept mapping, computerized case studies); Competency 3: anesthesia, pain management (student portfolio); Competency 4: surgery skills (objective structured clinical examination, cased-based examination, "super dog" model); Competency 5: medicine skills (clinical reasoning and case management, skills checklist); Competency 6: emergency and intensive care case management (computerized case study or scenario); Competency 7: health promotion, disease prevention/biosecurity (360 degrees evaluation, case-based computer simulation); Competency 8: client communications and ethical conduct (Web-based evaluation forms, client survey, communicating with stakeholders, telephone conversation, written scenario-based cases). The report also describes faculty recognition for participating in clinical competency assessments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. turnwald@vt.edu
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turnwald
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bristol
authors.forename: Carmen
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authors.lastname: Fuentealba
authors.forename: Lizette
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authors.lastname: Hardie
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hellyer
authors.forename: Laurie
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authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: Sharon
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authors.lastname: Kerwin
authors.forename: Deborah
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authors.lastname: Kochevar
authors.forename: Kerry
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lissemore
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Kenita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Beth
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authors.lastname: Sabin
authors.forename: Cliff
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authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: Angeline
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authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D005178:Faculty / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods; D012952:Societies; D018634:Veterinarians / Q000592:standards*