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About the Editors
Jill E. Maddison BVSc DipVetClinStud PhD FACVSc SFHEA MRCVS Jill is a small animal veterinarian with expertise in internal medicine and clinical pharmacology. She is currently Professor of General Practice at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Director of Professional Development overseeing the college’s continuing education programmes. She is actively involved in undergraduate teaching and continuing professional development (CPD) at the RVC in the areas of clinical reasoning in small animal medicine and clinical pharmacology. She has lectured extensively on these topics to veterinarians around the world and published on a wide variety of topics related to internal medicine, pharmacology and veterinary education.
Holger A. Volk PhD DipECVN Holger studied veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany and at the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, France. He is a board‐certified clinical neurologist, passing the ECVN exams in 2008. He is actively involved in clinical research and has published extensively in the area of clinical neurology. Holger is currently Head of Department of Small Animal Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. He has been a recipient of the prestigious Bourgelat Award from BSAVA and the International Canine Health Award from the Kennel Club. His main research interests are Chiari‐like malformation and syringomyelia in Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and canine and feline epilepsy.
David B. Church BVSc PhD MACVSc FHEA MRCVS David is currently Professor of Small Animal Studies at the Royal Veterinary College. He has spent more than 30 years in small animal specialist practices and is the author of more than 200 peer‐reviewed publications and numerous textbook chapters on companion animal endocrinology and small animal medicine. He has been a long‐standing advocate of the benefits of veterinarians developing a logical approach to clinical reasoning to complement their pattern recognition skills. As a co‐founder of VetCompass, he is also passionate about developing mechanisms to define and understand the disorders encountered in general practice and how to optimise their management.
List of Contributors
Elizabeth Armitage‐Chan
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
David B. Church
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Charlotte Dawson
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Joanna Hedley
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Michael Hewetson
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Elvin R. Kulendra
North Downs Specialists Referrals, Bletchingley, UK
Jill E. Maddison
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Lucy McMahon
Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists, Winchester, UK
Richard L. Meeson
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Ivan Newman
Specialist Study Skills Tutor, Dyslexia Assessment & Consultancy Ltd, London, UK
Andrea Volk
Lecturer in Veterinary Dermatology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Holger A. Volk
Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Preface
The second edition of our book has been a wonderful opportunity to update relevant content, expand the areas of clinical practice discussed and, perhaps most importantly, improve the layout and formatting using Universal Design for Learning principles. This edition has benefited from extensive reader feedback about the first edition which we are very grateful for. We hope that this second edition will help enhance clinical and professional reasoning skills of veterinary students and veterinarians around the world. Keep on problem‐solving!
Acknowledgements
We are indebted to the support and feedback we have received from veterinary students and colleagues at the RVC and the Centre for Veterinary Education at the University of Sydney. Special thanks to Alex Currie, Sue Bennett and Karen Humm who all provided insightful input or feedback. We are particularly grateful to Dr Ivan Newman, whose work with students with learning differences has been seminal in the development of the format of the book to enhance its accessibility for all.
CHAPTER 1 Learning to learn and its relevance to logical clinical problem‐solving
Ivan Newman