title: Clinical skills of veterinary students - a cross-sectional study of the self-concept and exposure to skills training in Hannover, Germany.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Students of veterinary medicine should achieve basic professional competences required to practise their profession. A main focus of veterinary education is on developing clinical skills. The present study used the guidelines of the "Day-One Skills" list of European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) to create an online questionnaire for assessing the skills acquired by students at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo). The theoretical and practical veterinary knowledge levels of the students and postgraduates are determined and compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In two batches, 607 people responded (response batch 1, 23.78%; response batch 2, 23.83%). From 49 defined skills, 28 are actually practised during training at the university and 21 activities are known only theoretically. Furthermore, the students showed great willingness to use simulators and models in a clinical skills lab.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this survey highlight that the opening of a clinical skills lab at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and its incorporation into the study programme are ideal tools to promote practical competences and foster the motivation to learn.
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Competence Centre for e-Learning, Didactics and Education Research in Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany. ta.roesch@web.de.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rösch
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Competence Centre for e-Learning, Didactics and Education Research in Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany. Elisabeth.Schaper@tiho-hannover.de.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schaper
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Teaching, Small Animal Clinic, Hannover, Germany. Andrea.Tipold@tiho-hannover.de.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tipold
authors.affiliation: Didactics and Education Research in Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. Martin.Fischer@med.uni-muenchen.de.
authors.forename: Martin R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Veterinary Director, Clinical Skills Lab, Hannover, Germany. Marc.Dilly@tiho-hannover.de.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dilly
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Competence Centre for e-Learning, Didactics and Education Research in Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany. jan.ehlers@uni-wh.de.|Witten/Herdecke University, Faculty of Health, Didactics and Education Research in Health Science, Herdecke, Germany. jan.ehlers@uni-wh.de.
authors.forename: Jan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ehlers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult