A Survey to determine relevance of online continuing education for bovine practitioners.

Authors

  • Daniel U. Thomson Department of Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
  • Daniel L. Grooms Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
  • Ben W. Wileman Deparment of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
  • Kristen Twedt Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802
  • Richard Wallace
  • Brian Gerloff Seneca Bovine Services, Marengo, IL 60152
  • Michael Bolton Interuet I Schering Plough, Belding, MI 48809
  • Lisa Willis Mid-Texas Veterinary Associates, PC., Gustine, TX 76455
  • Gatz Riddell American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Auburn, AL 36831
  • John U. Thomson College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol44no2p154-158

Keywords:

veterinary practitioner, survey, continuing education, education programmes, internet, on line, veterinarians

Abstract

A survey focused on distance education and online continuing education was completed by 727 bovine practitioners. All study participants were members of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP). Participants were invited through the AABP listserv. Bovine veterinarians were asked a series of demographic questions, followed by questions specific to developing an online continuing education program. The majority of the respondents (57%) had high speed or DSL internet access readily available to them, and less than 10% had dial-up internet access. Bovine practitioners indicated that they want an online continuing education system that is easy to use, provides quality presentation of relevant information, and is available 24 hours a day. Herd health, animal husbandry, and business management are topics with the highest interest by the dairy and beef-focused AABP members. The survey indicated that 37% of the AABP member respondents have attended more than one AABP annual conference in the last five years. Additionally, the survey indicated that an online system would not affect the decision of AABP members to attend the annual conference. This technology adaptation has the potential to expand member services for AABP, and deliver timely topics to practitioners in rural areas.

Cover image of Volume 44, No. 2 of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of a herd of Hereford cattle inquisitively looking at the photographer. In the background, you can see a grain silo and glimpse a farmhouse through the trees.

Downloads

Published

2010-06-01

How to Cite

Thomson, D. U., Grooms, D. L., Wileman, B. W., Twedt, K., Wallace, R., Gerloff, B., Bolton, M., Willis, L., Riddell, G., & Thomson, J. U. (2010). A Survey to determine relevance of online continuing education for bovine practitioners. The Bovine Practitioner, 44(2), 154–158. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol44no2p154-158

Issue

Vol. 44, No. 2 (2010 Summer)

Section

Articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 3 > >>