ViEW pre‑conference workshop "Assessment of Clinical Competence in Veterinary Education" : 5. september 2010 - 5. september 2010

The next Veterinary Education Worldwide (ViEW) pre‑conference workshop at The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) will be held on Sunday, September 5, 2010 Glasgow UK. The topic is "Assessment of Clinical Competence in Veterinary Education".

 

Following the success of previous workshops at AMEE, the annual meeting of
Veterinary Education Worldwide (ViEW) will again incorporate a full day
workshop on ‘Assessment of clinical competence in Veterinary Education’.
Evaluation of veterinary students during their clinical rotations is supposed to
reflect the progression of students’ clinical competence. The clinical environment
is where workplace learning takes place in veterinary curricula, and it is also
where the actual performance of students is assessed. However, assessment of
performance is complex and therefore the use of multiple assessment methods is
imperative to create a rigorous, objective, and defensible assessment program.

In today’s veterinary medical education competency-based assessment
programs are put in place mainly by using existing knowledge from the medical
education domain, but amongst veterinary educators there is a need to develop
distinct veterinary strategies that reflect the breadth and diversity of the
profession.

The interactive workshop aims to:

• discuss the definitions of workplace-based assessment and clinical
  competence in relation to veterinary curricula
• provide practical advice and best practices for developing and enabling
  different kinds of assessment methods.

Participants will work together to create teaching sessions and share
experiences. Although this workshop places a strong emphasis on veterinary
education, colleagues from other professions are welcome to attend.