Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine
2013

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The U.S. veterinary medical profession contributes to society in diverse ways, from developing drugs and protecting the food supply to treating companion animals and investigating animal diseases in the wild. In a study of the issues related to the veterinary medical workforce, including demographics, workforce supply, trends affecting job availability, and capacity of the educational system to fill future demands, a National Research Council committee found that the profession faces important challenges in maintaining the economic sustainability of veterinary practice and education, building its scholarly foundations, and evolving veterinary service to meet changing societal needs.

Many concerns about the profession came into focus following the outbreak of West Nile fever in 1999, and the subsequent outbreaks of SARS, monkeypox, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, highly pathogenic avian influenza, H1N1 influenza, and a variety of food safety and environmental issues heightened public concerns. They also raised further questions about the directions of veterinary medicine and the capacity of public health service the profession provides both in the United States and abroad.

To address some of the problems facing the veterinary profession, greater public and private support for education and research in veterinary medicine is needed. The public, policymakers, and even medical professionals are frequently unaware of how veterinary medicine fundamentally supports both animal and human health and well-being. This report seeks to broaden the public's understanding and attempts to anticipate some of the needs and measures that are essential for the profession to fulfill given its changing roles in the 21st century.

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334 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-25744-1
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-25745-X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13413

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National Research Council. 2013. Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xxiv
Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine 1-2
Executive Summary 3-4
Summary 5-21
1 Introduction 22-27
2 Companion-Animal Medicine 28-45
3 Equine Veterinary Medicine 46-56
4 Food-Animal Veterinary Medicine 57-90
5 Veterinarians in Industry 91-110
6 Veterinarians in Public Practice 111-127
7 Veterinarians in Wildlife and Ecosystem Health 128-154
8 Global Food Security 155-168
9 Academic Veterinary Medicine 169-197
10 An Economic Perspective on the Veterinary Profession 198-216
11 Conclusions and Recommendations 217-231
References 232-248
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 249-257
Appendix B: Survey of Companion-Animal Practice Owners 258-263
Appendix C: Supporting Material for Chapter 4 264-291
Appendix D: Inquiry to Selected Companies 292-296
Appendix E: Federal Recruitment Tools 297-299
Appendix F: Intensive Short Courses that Help Prepare Veterinary Students and Veterinarians for Careers in Wildlife and Ecosystem Health 300-305
Appendix G: Academic Survey of Veterinary Personnel 306-310

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