Clinical Skills Learning Center
Mission & Objectives
Mission
To provide a setting in which veterinary students can gain competence and confidence in technical clinical skills through:
- self-directed learning
- deliberate practice
- formative feedback
- summative assessment
Objectives
- Patient safety and animal well-being
- Enable students to learn and practice technical clinical skills using non-living models, mannequins, and simulators in a safe, low-stress environment
- Enable students to become familiar with veterinary equipment before being expected to use it in clinics
- Optimize the use of teaching animals by shifting the learning of technical skills from live animals to the CSLC
- Curricular enhancement
- Enhance clinical relevancy of pre-clinical subject matter by incorporating learning of relevant clinical skills
- Foster self-directed learning and peer teaching
- Take advantage of new technologies and training tools to enhance learning
- Competency assurance
- Ensure consistent opportunity for students to acquire and practice essential clinical skills independent of clinical caseload
- Provide opportunity for continuous performance improvement
- Enable objective, outcomes-based assessment of essential clinical skills