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Jim Wenzel Auburn University

Explore the need to supplement US veterinary curricula with post-graduate, dual-degree, or just-in-time training in public health and related areas. The ACVPM model curriculum covers crucial topics like environmental health, epidemiology, food safety, public health, and zoonoses, providing essential knowledge for veterinarians. Discover the gaps in current curricula and the importance of additional training for practicing veterinarians to handle regulatory functions and disease control effectively.

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Jim Wenzel Auburn University

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  1. Model Public Health Curricula and Shortfalls in US Veterinary Professional Curricula which must be supplemented by Post-graduate, Dual-degree, or Just-In-Time Training Jim Wenzel Auburn University

  2. American College of VeterinaryPreventive Medicine (ACVPM)Model (veterinary) Curriculum • Environmental Health • Epidemiology & Statistics • Food Safety • Foreign Animal Diseases • Public Health • Zoonoses

  3. ACVPM Model Curriculum Environmental Health topics & contact hours • fundamentals 3 • air, water & land quality 7 • wastes 3 • population dynamics & management 1 • agents of disease 3 • disasters & response 3 • energy, food and natural resources 9 • community & occupational health 4 • other 2 (7)

  4. ACVPM Model Curriculum Epidemiology & Statistics topics & contact hours • epidemiology 24 • statistics 5 (1) • laboratory/table top exercises 15 • individual project (32)

  5. ACVPM Model Curriculum Food Safety topics & contact hours • preharvest 3 • processing 3 • storage & preparation 3 • foodborne agents 3 • HACCP 2 • regulatory requirements 2 • other 10 (2)

  6. ACVPM Model Curriculum Public Health topics & contact hours • agencies & veterinary positions 3 • policy & administration 2 • regulatory & legal issues 1 • planning & evaluation 6 • education 10 • animal issues 3

  7. ACVPM Model Curriculum total hours • Environmental Health 35 (7) • Epidemiology & Statistics 44 (33) • Food Safety 25 (2) • Foreign Animal Diseases 8 (4) • Public Health 25 • Zoonoses 27(3) TOTAL 164 (49)

  8. Environmental health sciences Epidemiology Biostatistics Health policy management Public health biology Social & behavioral sciences Environmental health Epidemiology & statistics Public health Food safety Zoonoses Foreign animal diseases Subject Areas in the Model CurriculaASPHACVPM

  9. Total contact hours in US veterinary curricula in courses containing the words epidemiology, food safety, population, preventive, public, regulatory, statistics, zoonoses, and similar words or phrases • Riddle et al: x = 67 (30-120) • Wenzel: x = 68.9 (41-120) also: sd = 19.9 mode = 60 (11 of 25)

  10. Additional Training in Public Health and Related Areas at US Veterinary Schools & Colleges • post-graduate, only 9 • dual-degree (DVM-MPH) 7 • dual-degree (in planning) 2

  11. USDA Accreditation&“Just-In-Time Training” • Accredited practitioners perform regulatory functions: animal identification & inspection, control of movement, disease surveillance & control, etc. • These veterinarians, especially, are a source of potential, rapid, ramped-up capacity given disease- or program-specific JITT

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