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Well-being Handbook

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Reviewed:: Nov 26, 2022 by Health Sciences

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Overview:

This book is a resource for veterinary students at the UMN College of Veterinary Medicine. Academic, financial, physical, and emotional stress or health issues often create hurdles in the path toward the DVM. Sudden developments in our personal lives may threaten happiness, success, and/or well-being. This handbook is designed as a resource to help maintain or restore a sense of well-being. While the UMN learning environment is one of high expectations, we hope you will find it a nurturing one as well. When confronted by a problem while in our program, we hope you’ll consider turning to this handbook for advice, guidance and resources. Please remember that the University’s administration, faculty, and staff highly value our veterinary students– you have been chosen to train with us, and we will make every effort to assist you in person as well. We are invested in the personal and professional success of all veterinary students.

Type of Material:

Open (Access) Textbook

Recommended Uses:

Orientation
Introduction class textbook
Stimulate discussion or reflective journal process
Self paced activity

Technical Requirements:

Requires internet.
Works with Google Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

Identify Major Learning Goals:

After active engagement with the textbook resource, the learner will

Identify support systems.

Maintain/restore a sense of well-being.

Target Student Population:

Graduate School
Professional

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

none

Content Quality

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Strengths:

This resource covers a wide variety of wellness information that a student within the program may find helpful.
The content is specific, current and thorough.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

This resource enhances the students knowledge of resources both on and off campus that can help the student maintain or restore a sense of wellbeing.
Specific to the university for students to access help if needed. The framework could be applied to other schools with information updates specific to those schools.
Is an educational resource.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

The resource is easy to navigate through the table of contents and the user can choose to read the resource online through digital PDF or print the resource as a pdf.

Layout was easy to read and appropriately structured.

The section headings were appropriate and reflected the content within each section.

Concerns:

Some of the links were broken

Other Issues and Comments:: Great Idea. Burnout is a problem for students and any way to help build resilience is wonderful in the university setting. I hope students will be able to bring what they learn forward into their careers.
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