IAMSE 2007 Annual Meeting

Dr. Stuart Meyers,
University of California Davis School of Medicine

Curricular Variation

The first hour of this workshop will consist of discussion among participants with regard to North American veterinary curricula. Participants will be requested to bring outlined curricula from Veterinary Colleges. Topics will include preveterinary training, the teaching of basic science, integration of basic and clinical sciences, tracking and species representation within curricula, overview of paraclinical sciences, and the clinical year.

The Future of Veterinary Medicine in Global Animal and Human Health

In the second hour of the workshop, participants will discuss the expanding role of Veterinary Medicine’s global health. In addition to training veterinarians for practice, new trends in Ecosystems Health, Agricultural and Food Systems, Agri- and Bio-terrorism, Public Practice, and other areas will provide more training opportunities in VM. As such, the participants will discuss how DVM professional programs may need to change to provide for future applicants.

Affecting Change in Veterinary Medicine
In the final hour of the workshop, participants will discuss whether systemic change is required in Veterinary teaching institutions in order to meet the future needs of the profession. Participants will be asked to consider obstacles to affecting change at various institutions.




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