What is a clinical skill? / Emma Read and Sarah Baillie -- Clinical skills curricula : How are they determined, designed and implemented? / Jennifer Hodgson, Elrien Scheepers, Sarah Baillie -- How are clinical skills taught? / Sarah Baillie, Matt Read and Emma Read -- How are clinical skills practiced? / Emma Read and Robin Farrell -- How do I know if I'm learning what I need to? / Sheena Warman and Emma Read -- How do I prepare for assessment and how do I know I am being assessed fairly? / Kate Cobb and Sarah Cripps -- How can I learn best in a simulated environment? / Julie Hunt, Stacy Anderson, Jennifer Johnson -- How do I make use of peer teaching? / Lucy Squire and Marc Dilly -- What other skills are vital to successful clinical practice? / Elizabeth Armitage-Chan and Susan Matthew

"Veterinary Clinical Skills provides practical guidance on learning, teaching, and assessing essential clinical skills, techniques, and procedures in both educational and workplace environments. Thorough yet concise, this evidence-based resource features sample assessments, simple models for use in teaching, and numerous examples demonstrating the real-world application of key principles and evidence-based approaches. Organized into nine chapters, the text explains what constitutes a clinical skill, explains the core clinical skills in veterinary education and how these skills are taught and practiced, describes assessment methods and preparation strategies, and more. Contributions from expert authors emphasize best practices while providing insights into the clinical skills that are needed to succeed in veterinary practice. Emphasizing the importance of clinical skills in both veterinary curricula and in practice, Veterinary Clinical Skills is a valuable reference and guide for veterinary school and continuing education instructors and learners of all experience levels"-- Provided by publisher.