title: TigerPlace: training veterinarians about animal companionship for the elderly.
abstract: Students learn more effectively when they are actively engaged in the learning process. Therefore, case studies have become increasingly popular as a way to teach students about a representative subject. This article discusses the benefits of case studies, with a primary focus on how case studies can help veterinary medical students learn about the human-animal bond. The discussion is particularly aimed at veterinary medicine instructors and discusses how case studies can be used and why they are important. TigerPlace, a pet-friendly, innovative housing facility for older adults, is used as an example of a case study that can be used to teach about, and to study, the human-animal bond. In particular, the article addresses the special advantages of TigerPlace to students with respect to learning about older adults and the bond they have with their pets.
authors.affiliation: Gerontological Nursing, Sinclair School of Nursing, Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. rajohnson@missouri.edu
authors.forename: Rebecca A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Marilyn J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rantz
authors.forename: Charlotte A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McKenney
authors.forename: Krista M C
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cline
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000379:methods*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods; D012944:Social Support