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Students' Short-Term Learning Processes in the Workplace and the Role of the Learning Environment: An Intensive

Evelyn Steinberg¹, Takuya Yanagida¹, Stephan Marsch¹

¹University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria.

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

|July 2, 2026

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Veterinary students

Keywords:

Workplace learning cognition emotion learning environment motivation

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Area of Science:

Veterinary Education
Workplace Learning
Health Professions Education

Background:

Health sciences undergraduates experience challenges in workplace learning environments.
Clinical rotations present dynamic learning settings for veterinary students.
Understanding short-term learning dynamics is crucial for optimizing student education.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate changes in learning strategies, motivation, and emotions during clinical rotations.
To assess the impact of the learning environment on these daily and weekly changes.
To analyze the short-term learning processes in veterinary students.

Main Methods:

Quantitative daily diary study with 188 veterinary students over 75 days.
Data collected on learning strategies, motivation, emotion, and learning environment.
Mixed-effects modeling used to analyze longitudinal data with nested structures.

Main Results:

A linear decrease in most learning aspects was observed over the course of each week.
A positive learning environment perception mitigated weekly learning decreases.
Current week's positive environment predicted subsequent week's learning, but not vice-versa.

Conclusions:

Workplace learning in clinical rotations is dynamic and influenced by weekly cycles.
The learning environment critically impacts student learning processes and outcomes.
Supportive and structured environments are essential for enhancing veterinary student learning.