Determination Of Core Content Throughout The Curriculum

Abstract

This contribution is written in response to a request to assist the academic theriogenology community in their efforts to: 1. define a theriogenology core for veterinary schools and 2. determine whether or not students are actually learning what has been identified as core. This is part of a process that is often referred to as a needs assessment or front-end analysis. I will describe the aspects of a needs assessment that are most relevant to these two questions, discuss what members of the theriogenology community have already done to answer these questions, and then suggest some additional steps that you might consider taking, both as a community and as individuals.