Exploring how end-of-life management is taught to Australasian veterinary students. Part 1: technical euthanasia

Littlewood, Katherine E., Beausoleil, Ngaio J., Stafford, Kevin, Stephens, Christine, Collins, Teresa, Fawcett, Anne, Hazel, Susan, Lloyd, Janice K.F., Mallia, Catherine, Richards, Leonie, Wedler, Nicole K., and Zito, Sarah (2018) Exploring how end-of-life management is taught to Australasian veterinary students. Part 1: technical euthanasia. Veterinary Record, 183 (22). 691.

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Abstract

This descriptive study explored how end-of-life management was taught to students in all eight Australasian veterinary schools. A questionnaire-style interview guide was used by a representative at each university to conduct structured interviews with educators in a snowball sampling approach. Four categories of animals were addressed: livestock, equine, companion and avian/wildlife. This article focuses on the first part of the questionnaire: teaching the technical aspects of euthanasia. Euthanasia techniques were taught at more universities in clinical years than preclinical years. Clinical teaching relied on opportunities presenting, for example, euthanasia consultations. Few universities gave students a chance to practise euthanasia during a consultation and those that did were all with livestock. Competency in euthanasia techniques is an important aspect of clinical practice and these findings can be used to inform curriculum reviews of veterinary training.

Item ID: 56096
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 2042-7670
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2019 01:34
FoR Codes: 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3009 Veterinary sciences > 300999 Veterinary sciences not elsewhere classified @ 50%
39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390110 Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy @ 50%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9299 Other Health > 929999 Health not elsewhere classified @ 50%
93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9303 Curriculum > 930302 Syllabus and Curriculum Development @ 50%
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