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Tackling the knowledge explosion without overloading the student.

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Assessment of today's approach to veterinary education reveals a system overloaded with facts and students stressed to memorise and recall medical information. The Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine has chartered a path to reduce the curricular information overload. The innovative incorporation of computers into the curriculum coupled with problem-based learning activities are preparing students to find information and learn on their own.

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P A Bushby. 1994. Tackling the knowledge explosion without overloading the student.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1994.tb00931.x

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