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Veterinary parasitology teaching in eastern Australia.
Full Abstract
There are tendencies in universities globally to change undergraduate teaching in veterinary parasitology. To be able to give considered advice to universities, faculties, governmental bodies and professional societies about a discipline and to establish how particular changes may impact on the quality of a course, is the requirement to record and review its current status. The present paper contributes toward this objective by providing a "snap-shot" of the veterinary parasitology courses at the Universities of Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland in eastern Australia. It includes a description of the veterinary science curriculum in each institution, and provides an outline of its veterinary parasitology course, including objectives, topics covered, course delivery, student examination procedures and course evaluation. Student contact time in veterinary parasitology during the curriculum is currently higher in Melbourne (183 h) compared with Sydney and Queensland (106-110 h). In the teaching of parasitology, Melbourne adopts a taxonomic approach (in the pre-clinical period) followed by a combined disciplinary and problem-based approach in the clinical semesters, whereas both Sydney and Queensland focus more on presenting parasites on a host species-basis followed by a problem-based approach.Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science B.V.
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Author information
Author/s: Gasser, R B (RB); Beveridge, I (I); Sangster, N C (NC); Coleman, G (G);
Affiliation: Department and Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia. robinbg(-atsign-)unimelb.edu.au
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Review
Journal: Veterinary parasitology (Vet Parasitol), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 108 (issue 4) : pp 295-307
Dates: Created 2002/09/30; Completed 2003/01/21; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12354458, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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