CrookMoo ™ A computer simulation to teach the methodology of the clinical examination of cattle...

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CrookMoo A computer simulation to teach the methodology of the clinical examination of cattle Assoc Prof Peter Mansell Dr David Beggs Dr Sarah Frankland Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences University of Melbourne, Australia

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CrookMoo™

A computer simulation to teach the methodology of the clinical

examination of cattle

Assoc Prof Peter MansellDr David Beggs

Dr Sarah Frankland

Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural SciencesUniversity of Melbourne, Australia

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But it can be stressful

...for the student

...for the client

...for the patient

Veterinary students need to learn how to examine a patient…

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... practise the clinical examination process Without an animal

Without unhelpful stress

On a variety of cases

When it suits them

We wanted a way for students to…

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• Bovine case materialIntegrated text, images, video and sound

• Input as user-initiated free-form textPredictive text entry; Glossary; Help

Reality checks applied (Sequence, Age, Gender...)

• Includes clinical pathology and necropsyWith consequences

CrookMoo™

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A brief tour…

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A few additional features…

• Case data is separate from programming• Substantial modification possible without

the need to reprogram

• Use with other species ?• Applicable to specialist topics ?

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CrookMoo™

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With thanks to OREI for their support