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• Title:
  SKILLS OF STUDENTS UNDERGOING A SHORTENED COURSE OF PALPATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF COWS USING THE PER RECTAL TECHNIQUE
• Creator:
  kulus, jakub
• Description:
  In the era of the coronavirus pandemic, learning practical skills in field conditions is burdenedwith a significant risk. It results from the high probability of an announcement of a lockdown.fears of breeders and students themselves against infection, as well as the increasing costsof logistics. As a result, it becomes necessary to create an alternative, flexible method oftraining, better suited to the changed conditions, while maintaining the existing number ofhours of study, the size of student groups, and the achieved learning outcomes. In our ownresearch, we proposed a shortened, intensive training of students in per rectal palpationtechniques. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical skills of students after anintensive animal training course in field conditions. The study involved 37 students of the 7thsemester of veterinary medicine. Depending on their commitment motivation and field ofinterest, they were divided into three groups, according to previously established criteria. Thefirst group (I) comprised of highly motivated students who plan to work with farm animals inthe future, were raised on cattle farms and had some previous technical experience, andcertain skills in conducting a rectal examination of cows. The second group (II) consisted ofstudents who were highly motivated (willing to work in the future with farm animals), butinexperienced in rectal examination. Before starting rectal examinations, the students fromGroups I and II practiced ovarian size assessment on ovarian rubber phantoms. During fourtraining sessions, they had to determine the size of 10 ovaries. The last group (III) wascomposed of the least motivated students, who did not want to work with farm animals in thefuture and had no experience in rectal examination. Each group made a palpation of thereproductive organ, taking into account the cervix, the size and consistency of the uterus, thewidth of its horns and the size of the ovaries. At the same time, the test time was measured.Palpation results were verified by an experienced veterinarian. The research was carried outevery day for 5 consecutive days, each time in a different farm. Statistical analysis wasperformed using the statistical tools package of STATISTICA.PL version 7.1. The distributionsof observations were compared using the Chi-square test, assuming significant differences inthe distribution at P<0.005. The obtained results indicate that during the training, thecorrectness of recognizing the structures of the reproductive system was the highest in themotivated group with basic experience in palpation of the reproductive organ and in thegroup interested in working with farm animals. The skill level in the group not interested inwork with farm animals in the future was 24% and was lower than in groups I and II (P<0.05).After the training, the students of groups II and I correctly (100%) recognized the structuresof the reproductive system. It was slightly lower in group I (92%; p > 0.05). In summary,intensive animal science course in field conditions, ensured obtaining satisfactory skills in perrectal palpation of the reproductive organs in cows.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2025 jakub kulus;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2023.07.09
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Translational Research in Veterinary Science; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023); 7;
  Translational Research In Veterinary Science; Tom 6 Nr 1 (2023); 7;
  2657-4489
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/TRVS/article/view/63484/43168
• Subject:
  students;
  intensive learning;
  rectal palpation
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/TRVS/article/view/63484
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  text