Activities / Educator Training
Vet Education Journal Club
The LIVE centre hosts a monthly Journal Club designed to promote discussion in the field of educational research. Our first meeting took place in January 2007; it was hosted by Ayona Silva-Fletcher (founder) and was attended by LIVE staff members. The Journal Club, however, quickly became integrated into the RVC and is now considered to be a primary educational resource across the college. Past meetings have included focal papers within the broad topics of Educational Theory, Assessment Methods and Learning Styles.
Next meeting:
The next meeting will take place in March, time and date to be confirmed.
Topic:
The current topic is Workplace Learning. This is very important in regard to veterinary education as extramural studies (EMS) take up a significant amount of time in the latter part of the curriculum. The RVC also has interns (for example ORBIS) who are learning within the RVC as their workplace. These studies offer students the chance to direct their own learning. Self assessment and reflection were addressed in the first of our Workplace Learning sessions lead by Ayona Silva-Fletcher on the paper ‘How Can I Know What I Don’t Know? Poor Self Assessment in a Well-Defined Domain’ by Eva et al., 2004.
Previous meeting focal papers:
Atkin, J. 2000. An Outline of Integral Learning. http://www.learning-by-design.com/.
Biggs, J. 1979. Individual Differences in Study Processes and the Quality of Learning Outcomes. Higher Education, 8: 381-394.
Biggs, J. 1997. Assessing by Portfolio. Learning and Development Guide No. 6, University of Newcastle, Australia, pp 1-8.
Body Painting as a Tool in Clinical Anatomy Teaching’. By Paul G. McMenamin (2008) Anat Sci Ed 1:139-144.
Bourne, J. and Harris, K.M. 2007. Do Thin Spines Learn to be Mushroom Spines that Remember? Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 17: 381–386.
Cordingley, L., Hyde, C., Peters, S., Vernon, B. and Bundy, C. 2007. Undergraduate medical students’ exposure to clinical ethics: a challenge to the development of professional behaviours? Medical Education, 41: 1202–1209.
Hoban, J.D., Lawson, S.R., Mazmanian, P.E., Best, A.M. and Seibel, H.R. 2005. The Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale: A Factor Analysis Study. Medical Education, 39: 370–379.
Hodkinson, P. and Sparkes, A.C. 1997. Careership: A Sociological Theory of Career Decision Making. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 18: 29-44.
Jastrow, H. and Vollrath, L. 2002. A Comparison of Linear, Fixed-Form Computer-Based Testing versus Traditional Paper-and-Pencil-Format Testing in Veterinary Medical Education. Clinical Anatomy, 15: 402-408.
Johnson, G.M. and Johnson, J.A. 2006. Learning Style and Preference for Online Learning Support: Individual Quizzes versus Study Groups. ED-MEDIA 2006 Proceedings, pp 1861- 1868.
Morgan, C.A. and McDonald, M. 2007. Ethical Dilemmas in Veterinary Medicine. Vet Clin Small Anim, 37: 165–179
Pandey, P. and Zimitat, C. 2007. Medical Students’ Learning of Anatomy: Memorisation, Understanding and Visualisation. Medical Education, 41: 7–14.
Reid, W.A., Duvall, E. and Evans, P. 2007. Relationship between Assessment Results and Approaches to Learning and Studying in Year Two Medical Students. Medical Education, 41: 754–762.
Thomas, L. 2002. Student Retention in Higher Education: The Role of Institutional Habitus. Journal of Education Policy, 17: 423 – 442.
Want to become a member?
If you are interested in becoming an active participant in our Journal Club, and would like to receive the meeting schedule, updates and focal papers, please e-mail either Tierney Kinnison tkinnison@rvc.ac.uk or Stephanie Pierce spierce@rvc.ac.uk (co-organisers) with your details.
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