Micky Trent
Micky Trent is a faculty member in the College of Veterinary Medicine who is involved in large animal surgery and zoo and exotic medicine and surgery. She has served as the associate dean of academic and student affairs and led an effort to incorporate the use of technology and technology-enhanced learning methods into the curriculum as a part of a collegiate curriculum revision. She has used technology-enhanced learning methods in many courses and is a recipient of a 2003-04 TEL grant.
Teaching Activities
Interests
Trent is interested in the following teaching topics:
- professional skills (communication, conflict management, problem solving)
- zoo and exotic medicine and surgery
- large animal surgery (bovine and equine soft tissue surgery)
University Courses
Trent has taught, co-coordinated, coordinated, or developed materials for the following University of Minnesota courses:
- CAPS 5165: Nutrition
- CAPS 5276/CVM6496: Advanced Zoo Animal Medicine
- CAPS 5281/CVM 6814: Dairy Mastitis and Milking Machines
- CAPS 5345/CVM 6804: Bovine Surgery Elective Rotation
- CAPS 5355: Colic Management
- CAPS 5356: Colic Team
- CAPS 5357: Advanced Colic Team
- CAPS 5650: Epidemiology and Statistics
- CVM 6000: Freshman Orientation and Mentorship Program
- CVM 6011-14: Integrative/Professional Skills Courses
- CVM 6025-29: Clerkship Program
- CVM 6028: Large Animal Hospital Practicum
- CVM 6132: Reproductive Biology
- CVM 5260: Animal Behavior
- CVM 5350: Principles of Surgery
- CVM 6301: Clinical Skills I
- CVM 6321: Principles of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Critical Care
- CVM 6410: Gastrointestinal Disorders
- CVM 6420: Musculoskeletal Disorders
- CVM 6505: Directed Studies Rotation
- CVM 6515: Senior Preceptorship Program
- CVM 6525: Rotations at Other Institutions
- CVM 6934: Selected Topics in Zoo Animal Medicine
- CVM 8682: Advanced Bovine Track
- Grad 8101: Preparing Future Faculty
- LACS 5182: Sheep and Goat Herd Health
- LACS 5184: Large Animal Neonatology Elective
- LACS/CAPS 5213: Large Animal Surgery Rotation
- LAS 5353: Large Animal Surgery
- LAS 5354: Bovine Soft Tissue Surgery
- LACS 5364: Lameness Elective
- Professional Career Development Rotation
- Third Year Mentorship Program
- VB 5000: Veterinary Anatomy
- VB 5306: Animal Physiology
- VPB 5308: Animal Physiology
- VPB 5501: General Pathology
- VPB 5701: Immunology
Research Activities
Interests
Trent is interested in conducting research in the following areas:
- peritoneal healing and disease
- wound healing
- laser surgery
- gastrointestinal physiology and disease in large animals
- zoo animal disease and management
- instructional design and methodology
- technology-enhanced instruction
TEL Publications and Presentations
Trent's publications and presentations about technology-enhanced learning (TEL) topics include:
Trent, Ava. "College of Veterinary Medicine TEL/WebCT Projects." Booth presentation at the Technology Days conference at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 19-20 April 2000.
Wilson-Barnard, Scott, Ava Trent, Linda Jorn, and A. Kashif Asdi. "VetMed Development Template Project." Paper presented at the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and School of Information Sciences and Technology Learning On-Line Institute: Designing On-Line Learning Environments conference at Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, 28 June 2000.
_____. "VetMed Development Template Project." Paper presented at the Syllabus 2000 conference in Santa Clara, California, 24 July 2000.
Fellowship Project
Trent plans to develop TEL tools to enhance veterinary medicine students' mastery of areas in which their performances are deficient at the time they enter their clinical rotations and/or graduate and enter practice. All the tools will provide clinically relevant self-test opportunities, performance feedback, and links to review materials. Specifically, Trent plans to
- form planning groups of faculty instructors and students to identify needs and potential areas of supplementation;
- develop tools for those areas with the greatest potential impact and implementation support;
- select tools that use different methodologies as long as they are pedagogically appropriate for the content;
- frame the content and decisions in a case-based framework when appropriate;
- design the tools so they can be used in independent study or instructor-guided learning environments and so they can serve as models for similar tools for students studying other content areas or on other career tracks;
- ask clinicians responsible for evaluating students in clinical rotations to assess if the students are better able to utilize basic knowledge in a clinical context after using the tools; and
- assess students' subsequent performances on related national board licensing examinations.
TEL Consultation Areas
Trent is available to consult with faculty members about the following TEL topics:
- using and designing TEL activities and materials;
- using WebCT, online discussion tools, and interactive problem-solving methods;
- assessing outcomes; and
- developing content with WebCT, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop software.
Contact Information
To schedule a consultation appointment, contact Trent:
- Office: 225C VTH
- Telephone: (612) 624-7477
- E-mail: trent001@umn.edu
