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The first shared online curriculum resources for veterinary undergraduate learning and teaching in animal welfare and ethics in Australia and New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorJohnson, J.
dc.contributor.authorCollins, T.
dc.contributor.authorDegeling, C.
dc.contributor.authorFawcett, A.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, A.
dc.contributor.authorFreire, R.
dc.contributor.authorHazel, S.
dc.contributor.authorHood, J.
dc.contributor.authorLloyd, J.
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, C.
dc.contributor.authorStafford, K.
dc.contributor.authorTzioumis, V.
dc.contributor.authorMcGreevy, P.
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionPublished: 29 May 2015
dc.description.abstractThe need for undergraduate teaching of Animal Welfare and Ethics (AWE) in Australian and New Zealand veterinary courses reflects increasing community concerns and expectations about AWE; global pressures regarding food security and sustainability; the demands of veterinary accreditation; and fears that, unless students encounter AWE as part of their formal education, as veterinarians they will be relatively unaware of the discipline of animal welfare science. To address this need we are developing online resources to ensure Australian and New Zealand veterinary graduates have the knowledge, and the research, communication and critical reasoning skills, to fulfill the AWE role demanded of them by contemporary society. To prioritize development of these resources we assembled leaders in the field of AWE education from the eight veterinary schools in Australia and New Zealand and used modified deliberative polling. This paper describes the role of the poll in developing the first shared online curriculum resource for veterinary undergraduate learning and teaching in AWE in Australia and New Zealand. The learning and teaching strategies that ranked highest in the exercise were: scenario-based learning; a quality of animal life assessment tool; the so-called 'Human Continuum' discussion platform; and a negotiated curriculum.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJane Johnson, Teresa Collins, Christopher Degeling, Anne Fawcett, Andrew D. Fisher, Rafael Freire, Susan J. Hazel, Jennifer Hood, Janice Lloyd, Clive J. C. Phillips, Kevin Stafford, Vicky Tzioumis and Paul D. McGreevy
dc.identifier.citationAnimals, 2015; 5(2):395-406
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani5020362
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.orcidHazel, S. [0000-0002-1804-690X]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/96863
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ani5020362
dc.subjectanimal ethics; animal welfare; online curriculum resources; learning and teaching; scenarios; quality of life assessment
dc.titleThe first shared online curriculum resources for veterinary undergraduate learning and teaching in animal welfare and ethics in Australia and New Zealand
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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