Snr Lecturer- Small Animal Medicine
Overview
Research Interests
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Feline Diabetes Mellitus
My graduate degree work was in the field of feline diabetes and novel therapies to managing this desease. -
Assessment in Higher Education
Specifically, assessment methodologies in health education. We have several projects investigating good assessment practice in technical skills, clinical reasoning, and clinical knowledge. Currently producing an assessment map that will be used to inform a "strategic assessment plan" for the curriculum. -
Curriculum Mapping and Design
Investigating curriculum and assessment mapping and how to visualise these maps in a way most accessible to the various user groups. -
Cancer biomarkers
Study of serum and tissue biomarkers for canine cancers - specifically prostate and lymphoma.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Texas Agricultural & Mechanical University
- Diplomate - Am. College of Veterinary Internal Med, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
- Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Agricultural & Mechanical University
Publications
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Journal Article: Perceptions of dog owners towards canine gastrointestinal parasitism and associated human health risk in Southeast Queensland
Nguyen, Tu, Clark, Nicholas, Jones, Malcolm K., Herndon, Aaron, Mallyon, John, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J. and Abdullah, Swaid (2021). Perceptions of dog owners towards canine gastrointestinal parasitism and associated human health risk in Southeast Queensland. One Health, 12 100226, 100226. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100226
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Seddon, Jennifer M., Cobbold, Rowland N., Mai, Duong C., Keates, Helen, Hill, Jon, Hoa, Ho T.K., Mills, Paul C., Herndon, Aaron, Hien, Thanh Le, Schull, Dan, Parke, Christopher, Toan, Nguyen Tat, Kopp, Steven, Wright, John D., Thong, Le Quang and Tra An, Vo Thi (2020). Sharing ideas and practice: institutional partnership influences change in approaches to teaching to enhance veterinary education in Vietnam in conjunction with an OIE Veterinary Education Twinning Project. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 47 (s1), e20190111-91. doi: 10.3138/jvme-2019-0111
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Journal Article: Comparison of a continuous indwelling glucometer with a point-of-care device in healthy adult horses
Cunneen, Alexandra, Wood, Kelly A., Mathison, Kylie, Herndon, Aaron M. and Bertin, Francois R (2020). Comparison of a continuous indwelling glucometer with a point-of-care device in healthy adult horses. Veterinary Record, 187 (3), vetrec-2019. doi: 10.1136/vr.105607
Grants
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(2019–2021) Research Donation Generic
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A Survey of professional and public awareness of parasitic infestation in pet dogs of Queensland
(2019–2020) John & Mary Kibble Trust
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Antimicrobial resistance patterns in urinary tract pathogens in dogs in South East Queensland
(2019–2020) Research Donation Generic
Supervision
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Prevalence of canine urinary bacterial isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in south eastern Queensland
Doctor Veterinary Clinical Sci
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Measurement and Prevention of Obesity in Young Healthy Dogs
Doctor Philosophy
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Transcriptome signature of canine osteosarcoma and role of cytokines in the neoplastic growth
(2021) Doctor Philosophy
Available Projects
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Capstone Assessment of Final Year Veterinary Students
This project aims to produce a novel, multi-modal assessment to use as the capstone assessment for our BVSc curriculum. Graduates of the BVSc are considered "practice ready" for licensure in Australia. In order to ensure that students have met the program learning objectives and can demonstrate the requisite technical skills, clinical skills, and knowledge base, we are designing an examination that borrows on the concepts of the Objective Structured Clinica Exam (OSCE), Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS), short case, written theory, and VIVA voce formats.
Students must have a keen interest in medical education, curriculum design, assessment pedagogy, and skills assessment. This project is designed around assessment of the BVSc, but the outcomes are easily applicable to many other disciples within the health sciences and beyond.
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Models for Assessment of Clinical Skills
Medical training has evolved over recent decades to include an increased reliance on models and simulation for teaching and learning. The reasons for this are multifacited, but include movement away from live-patient/animal practice, decreased learning stress, and ability to easily revise material independent of patient load. There is a robust body of literature describing the use of models for training and learning. However, the literature describing the use of models for assessment of technical skills is lean at best.
This project aims to evaluate and validate certain models for both the learning and assessment of techinical skills. Our hypothesis is that assessment of some technical skills on models will be equivalent to that of assessing the skills on a live patient. We expect that the benefits on student stress, additional opportunities for assessment, and decreased animal use will result in overall greater satisfaction of student learning and better attainment of program learning objectives.
Publications
Journal Article
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Nguyen, Tu, Clark, Nicholas, Jones, Malcolm K., Herndon, Aaron, Mallyon, John, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J. and Abdullah, Swaid (2021). Perceptions of dog owners towards canine gastrointestinal parasitism and associated human health risk in Southeast Queensland. One Health, 12 100226, 100226. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100226
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Seddon, Jennifer M., Cobbold, Rowland N., Mai, Duong C., Keates, Helen, Hill, Jon, Hoa, Ho T.K., Mills, Paul C., Herndon, Aaron, Hien, Thanh Le, Schull, Dan, Parke, Christopher, Toan, Nguyen Tat, Kopp, Steven, Wright, John D., Thong, Le Quang and Tra An, Vo Thi (2020). Sharing ideas and practice: institutional partnership influences change in approaches to teaching to enhance veterinary education in Vietnam in conjunction with an OIE Veterinary Education Twinning Project. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 47 (s1), e20190111-91. doi: 10.3138/jvme-2019-0111
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Comparison of a continuous indwelling glucometer with a point-of-care device in healthy adult horses
Cunneen, Alexandra, Wood, Kelly A., Mathison, Kylie, Herndon, Aaron M. and Bertin, Francois R (2020). Comparison of a continuous indwelling glucometer with a point-of-care device in healthy adult horses. Veterinary Record, 187 (3), vetrec-2019. doi: 10.1136/vr.105607
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Irac, Sergio Erdal, Oksa, Annika , Jackson, Karen , Herndon, Aaron , Allavena, Rachel and Palmieri, Chiara (2019). Cytokine expression in canine lymphoma, osteosarcoma, mammary gland tumour and melanoma: comparative aspects. Veterinary Sciences, 6 (2) 37, 37. doi: 10.3390/vetsci6020037
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Diagnosis and treatment of lower motor neuron disease in Australian dogs and cats
Herndon, A. M., Thompson, A. T. and Mack, C. (2018). Diagnosis and treatment of lower motor neuron disease in Australian dogs and cats. Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2018, 1-11. doi: 10.1155/2018/1018230
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Morel-Lavallée lesions: a phenomenon in cats? Case report and review of the literature
McGhie, Jayne A., Gibson, Ian D. and Herndon, Aaron M. (2018). Morel-Lavallée lesions: a phenomenon in cats? Case report and review of the literature. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 4 (1). doi: 10.1177/2055116918774469
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Complications of severe tick infestation
Herndon, Aaron and Little, Susan (2015). Complications of severe tick infestation. NAVC Clinician's Brief, 13 (4), 19-21.
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Tick, Tick, Tick: Time to Manage Canine Tick Infestation
Herndon, Aaron and Little, Susan (2015). Tick, Tick, Tick: Time to Manage Canine Tick Infestation. Clinicians Brief, 13 (4), 50-52.
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Oxidative modification, inflammation and amyloid in the normal and diabetic cat pancreas
Herndon, A. M., Breshears, M. A. and McFarlane, D. (2014). Oxidative modification, inflammation and amyloid in the normal and diabetic cat pancreas. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 151 (4), 352-362. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2014.06.004
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Testicular neoplasia in the retained testicles of an intersex male dog
Herndon, Aaron M., Casal, Margret L. and Jacques, John T. (Scott) (2012). Testicular neoplasia in the retained testicles of an intersex male dog. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 48 (2), 118-124. doi: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-5696
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Buried asparagines determine the dimerization specificities of leucine zipper mutants
Zeng, X, Herndon, AM and Hu, JC (1997). Buried asparagines determine the dimerization specificities of leucine zipper mutants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 94 (8), 3673-3678. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.8.3673
Conference Publication
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Prevalence and antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of canine uropathogens in South East Queensland
Mack, Caitlin, Meler, Erika, Herndon, Aaron and Gibson, Justine (2019). Prevalence and antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of canine uropathogens in South East Queensland. Science Week of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 4-6 July 2019.
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Canine systemic toxoplasmosis in south east Queensland: a retrospective case series
Anastassiadis, Z., Cook, E., Thompson, A., Herndon, A., McGhie, J. and Meler, E. (2017). Canine systemic toxoplasmosis in south east Queensland: a retrospective case series. Science Week of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 6-8 July 2017.
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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(2019–2021) Research Donation Generic
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A Survey of professional and public awareness of parasitic infestation in pet dogs of Queensland
(2019–2020) John & Mary Kibble Trust
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Antimicrobial resistance patterns in urinary tract pathogens in dogs in South East Queensland
(2019–2020) Research Donation Generic
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(2019–2020) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
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(2019–2020) Research Donation Generic
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(2017–2018) Research Donation Generic
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(2017) UQ Early Career Researcher
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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Prevalence of canine urinary bacterial isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in south eastern Queensland
Doctor Veterinary Clinical Sci — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Measurement and Prevention of Obesity in Young Healthy Dogs
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Completed Supervision
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Transcriptome signature of canine osteosarcoma and role of cytokines in the neoplastic growth
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Possible Research Projects
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
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Capstone Assessment of Final Year Veterinary Students
This project aims to produce a novel, multi-modal assessment to use as the capstone assessment for our BVSc curriculum. Graduates of the BVSc are considered "practice ready" for licensure in Australia. In order to ensure that students have met the program learning objectives and can demonstrate the requisite technical skills, clinical skills, and knowledge base, we are designing an examination that borrows on the concepts of the Objective Structured Clinica Exam (OSCE), Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS), short case, written theory, and VIVA voce formats.
Students must have a keen interest in medical education, curriculum design, assessment pedagogy, and skills assessment. This project is designed around assessment of the BVSc, but the outcomes are easily applicable to many other disciples within the health sciences and beyond.
-
Models for Assessment of Clinical Skills
Medical training has evolved over recent decades to include an increased reliance on models and simulation for teaching and learning. The reasons for this are multifacited, but include movement away from live-patient/animal practice, decreased learning stress, and ability to easily revise material independent of patient load. There is a robust body of literature describing the use of models for training and learning. However, the literature describing the use of models for assessment of technical skills is lean at best.
This project aims to evaluate and validate certain models for both the learning and assessment of techinical skills. Our hypothesis is that assessment of some technical skills on models will be equivalent to that of assessing the skills on a live patient. We expect that the benefits on student stress, additional opportunities for assessment, and decreased animal use will result in overall greater satisfaction of student learning and better attainment of program learning objectives.
