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How do veterinary students engage when reflecting on their development towards being veterinary surgeons? (2020)
Journal Article
Armitage-Chan, E., & Reissner, S. (2020). How do veterinary students engage when reflecting on their development towards being veterinary surgeons?. Veterinary Record, 187(9), e77-e77. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105692

Background Reflection has been widely acknowledged to contribute to professional development, the ability to manage tension and enhanced resilience. However, many practitioners struggle to reflect productively due to a lack of clarity of what constit... Read More about How do veterinary students engage when reflecting on their development towards being veterinary surgeons?.

Best practice in supporting professional identity formation: Use of a professional reasoning framework (2019)
Journal Article
Armitage-Chan, E. A. (2019). Best practice in supporting professional identity formation: Use of a professional reasoning framework. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0218-019r

Professional identity and professionalism education are increasingly important to veterinary education, but many of the concepts remain intangible to veterinary students, and engagement is a persistent challenge. While whole-curriculum integration is... Read More about Best practice in supporting professional identity formation: Use of a professional reasoning framework.

The Veterinary Identity: A Time and Context Model (2018)
Journal Article
Armitage-Chan, E., & May, S. A. (2018). The Veterinary Identity: A Time and Context Model. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 46(2), 153-162. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0517-067r1

The nature of professionalism teaching is a current issue in veterinary education, with an individual’s identity as a professional having implications for one’s values and behaviors, as well as for his or her career satisfaction and psychological wel... Read More about The Veterinary Identity: A Time and Context Model.

Identity, environment and mental wellbeing in the veterinary profession (2018)
Journal Article
Armitage-Chan, E., & May, S. A. (2018). Identity, environment and mental wellbeing in the veterinary profession. Veterinary Record, 183(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104724

Mental health and career dissatisfaction are of increasing concern to the veterinary profession. The influence of identity on the psychological wellbeing of veterinarians has not been widely explored. Twelve recent veterinary graduates were enrolled... Read More about Identity, environment and mental wellbeing in the veterinary profession.

Developing a Professional Studies Curriculum to Support Veterinary Professional Identity Formation (2018)
Journal Article
Armitage-Chan, E., & May, S. A. (2018). Developing a Professional Studies Curriculum to Support Veterinary Professional Identity Formation. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.1216-192r1

Professional studies teaching in medical and veterinary education is undergoing a period of change. Traditional approaches, aiming to teach students professional values and behaviors, are being enhanced by curricula designed to support students' prof... Read More about Developing a Professional Studies Curriculum to Support Veterinary Professional Identity Formation.

Improving Student Engagement in Veterinary Business Studies (2017)
Journal Article
Armitage-Chan, E., & Jackson, E. L. (2017). Improving Student Engagement in Veterinary Business Studies. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 45(2), 204-212. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0816-137r1

In a densely packed veterinary curriculum, students may find it particularly challenging to engage in the less overtly clinical subjects, yet pressure from industry and an increasingly competitive employment market necessitate improved veterinary stu... Read More about Improving Student Engagement in Veterinary Business Studies.

Developing teaching to improve the wellbeing of future vets (2017)
Journal Article
Armitage-Chan, E. (2017). Developing teaching to improve the wellbeing of future vets. Veterinary Record, 181(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.j3109

Some people are under the impression that developing the educational experience of students at the Royal Veterinary College doesn't make you a ‘real vet’. Here, Elizabeth Armitage-Chan explains how her role helps future vets gain in confidence and co... Read More about Developing teaching to improve the wellbeing of future vets.

The challenges and issues of undergraduate student retention and attainment in UK veterinary medical education (2016)
Journal Article
Jackson, E. L., & Armitage-Chan, E. A. (2016). The challenges and issues of undergraduate student retention and attainment in UK veterinary medical education. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 44(2), 247-259. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.1215-202R1

Student retention and attainment has recently been identified as a key area for development in veterinary medical education enquiry. Woodfield's research on retention and attainment across the UK disciplines has yielded some unique information about... Read More about The challenges and issues of undergraduate student retention and attainment in UK veterinary medical education.