Opinions of Massey University veterinary students 1: the curriculum

Abstract

Massey University veterinary students rated subjects in their curriculum more highly for interest and usefulness than for the way in which they were taught. There were few statistically significant differences between the scores given by different years or sexes, but there was a tendency for higher scores to be given to subjects during the years in which they were studied, and females usually gave slightly higher scores than males. Scores for interest and usefulness were highly correlated (r = .90). Subjects in the clinical area of the course were usually rated more highly than those in the pre-clinical years.