While it is frequently argued that assessment sits at the heart of the learning process, in
practice assessment often remains narrowly focused on qualifications and reporting …

One of the greatest challenges in veterinary education is adequately preparing students with
the clinical skills they need to be successful health care providers. Integration of simulators …

Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and
undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of …

Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change critically appraises current
animal use in science and discusses ways in which we can contribute to a paradigm change …

In the context of veterinary education, simulators are devices or sets of conditions aiming to
imitate real patients and enable students to practice skills without the need for live animal …

Driven by a combination of pedagogical, ethical and economic factors, the use of simulation
technology and other alternatives to traditional training methods has become increasingly …

Animals have been considered an indispensable tool to teach about the functioning of living
organisms, to obtain skills necessary for practicing human and veterinary medicine, as well …

Abstract Background The YouTube channel “TiHoVideos” was created by the University of
Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation (TiHo) to enable easy, public access to the …

High-fidelity human patient simulators have been used for decades in medical education to
provide opportunities for students to practice technical skills, diagnostic and therapeutic …

Palpation plays a central role in osteopathic clinical decision making, yet it is one of the
hardest clinical skills to develop, teach, and assess. In fact, it could be argued that …