veterinary education research & development professionalism

The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK

© Sarah Baillie

Veterinary Education

Research & Development

Professionalism

Sarah Baillie BVSc, PhD, MRCVS

Presentation at ViEW - August 30th 2009

Summary

• Interprofessional Skills

• Day 1 Business Skills

• Workplace Learning

Further information available at:www.live.ac.uk/html/activities_professionalism.html

Interprofessional Learning

• Veterinary & nursing (vet tech) students training together. Why?

• Work together all professional lives

• But not learning together at college• But not learning together at college

• Talked to stakeholders to identify training needs

• Practicing veterinarians, vet nurses and students

• Some of the issues…

• Productive & effective teams, mutual respect, understanding each other’s roles, ethical dilemmas…

Team: Sarah Baillie, Sue Gregory, Perdi Welsh, Hilary Orpet, Rachel Lumbis, Tierney Kinnison

Funding: VETNET


• Learning resources developed

1. Talking Walls: Defining each others’ roles

The nurses’

views of

what the

‘Vet’ does

The vets’

views of

what the

‘Nurse’ does

marked by

the vets

marked by

the nurses


Funding: VETNET



2. Communication skills e.g. difficult situations


Funding: VETNET



3. Team working e.g. anaesthetic emergency


Funding: VETNET

Business Skills for New Graduates

• Very necessary, especially now!

• Am I comfortable making money?

• How much do I need to earn to cover costs?

• What is profit used for (& what happens without it…?)• What is profit used for (& what happens without it…?)

• Minimal business training in curricula

• Surveys have found that both employers and recent graduates want better & more business training

• Some courses (MBA-type)

• i.e. mostly at business ownership level

Team: Jim Gazzard, Sarah Baillie, Elisabeth Bachynsky, Claire Denny, Vicki Dale, Tierney Kinnison


• We aimed to identify business skills needed by new graduates

• Survey of recent graduates and employers

• Day 1 Business Skills include e.g.

• Communicating with clients (and employers) about money

• Understanding what to charge and what things costs e.g. so can explain and defend a bill to a client

• ....



• Developing teaching resources

• Case studies around the adventures of a new graduate ‘Ellie Prior’

Dealing with a

Getting an

estimate

wrong….

Convincing a

client that her

expertise is

worth paying for

Dealing with a

difficult

emotional &

ethical situation

So far: Trialled in business elective, well received by students, in main curriculum in 2010


Workplace Learning

Computer Aided Learning Package:

The EMS Driving Licence

UK students have to do 26 weeks of placement learning (Extramural Studies –EMS) mostly in private practices before they can graduate

Our aim was to be better prepare students for placements

so they can make better use of the learning opportunities

Team: Catriona Bell, Sarah Baillie, Andy Cavers, Susan Rhind, Gill McConnell, Rachel Whittington, Tierney Kinnison

Funding: HEA MEDEV and CEPPL

Workplace Learning

• Help the students - better prepared and get more out of the placements

• Veterinarians do this for free! So need to help • Veterinarians do this for free! So need to help them / make things easier for them too

• Developed by working closely with practicing

vets and students

• Produced EMS Driving Licence CAL package

• Evaluated by students at Edinburgh & London

• Feedback good and will launch UK-wide shortlyTeam: Catriona Bell, Sarah Baillie, Andy Cavers, Susan Rhind, Gill McConnell, Rachel Whittington, Tierney Kinnison


Workplace Learning

Professionalism



Workplace Learning

I used these tips at my last practice & it definitely made me more popular

with staff & thus I was given more practical tasks which was great

Body language:“I had never really thought about this before. It has

made me much more aware of how I come across to vets & clients”

with staff & thus I was given more practical tasks which was great

I thought the information covered many of the areas that I

was concerned about before I started EMS placements



Having looked through this EMS Driving Licence, its not just

relevant to EMS, it’s relevant to day-to-day life working as a vet

Vet

Thanks

• The project teams:• Catriona Bell, Tierney Kinnison, Jim Gazzard, Vicki Dale,

Elisabeth Bachynsky, Claire Denny, Andy Cavers, Susan Rhind, Gill McConnell, Rachel Whittington, Sue Gregory, Perdi Welsh, Rachel Lumbis, Hilary OrpetRachel Lumbis, Hilary Orpet

• Veterinarians, nurses and the students

• Further information available at: www.live.ac.uk/html/activities_professionalism.html

• Additional funding: HEA/MEDEV, VETNET, CEPPL

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