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

But it can be stressful

...for the student

...for the client

...for the patient

Veterinary students need to learn how to examine a patient…

... 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…

• 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™

A brief tour…

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 ?

CrookMoo™

pmansell@unimelb.edu.au

With thanks to OREI for their support