The Changing Face of Veterinary Professionalism—Implications for Veterinary Education

The changing face of veterinary medicine.

Essential veterinary education in the governance of public Veterinary Services.

A comprehensive understanding of the national and international governance of animal health and Veterinary Services must be part of the professional culture of all veterinarians. This includes, in particular, understanding the scope of public (government or national) Veterinary Services within the meaning of the World Organisation for Animal Health standards, the societal importance of the miss...

Integrative veterinary medical education and consensus guidelines for an integrative veterinary medicine curriculum within veterinary colleges.

Integrative veterinary medicine (IVM) describes the combination of complementary and alternative therapies with conventional care and is guided by the best available evidence. Veterinarians frequently encounter questions about complementary and alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM) in practice, and the general public has demonstrated increased interest in these areas for both human and animal ...

Equine Veterinary Education

The forces of evolution have produced in the equine foot a miracle of bioengineering. However, despite being a success in its natural environment, the equine foot becomes a common site of disease and injury when subjected to the demands of human domestication. A sound knowledge of the anatomy of the equine foot (Fig 1) is necessary to understand the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of i...

Making the most of a veterinary education.

Karen Hiestand grew up in New Zealand where the family business was dairy farming. Her desire to be a vet was fixed at the age of seven, but, after qualifying, the reality of practice wasn't quite what she expected. Having made the decision to move out of practice, she found that there are many other ways to use a veterinary education.