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Jim Wright, DVM, PhD Department of Pathobiology Auburn University

Jim Wright, DVM, PhD Department of Pathobiology Auburn University. THE CHALLENGES OF VETERINARY EDUCATION IN A POST 9/11 WORLD. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. CVM Ken Nusbaum, DVM, PhD Jim Wenzel, DVM, PhD Jim Wohl, DVM, MS, MPA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Bob Norton, PhD.

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Jim Wright, DVM, PhD Department of Pathobiology Auburn University

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  1. Jim Wright, DVM, PhD Department of Pathobiology Auburn University THE CHALLENGES OF VETERINARY EDUCATION IN A POST 9/11 WORLD

  2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • CVM • Ken Nusbaum, DVM, PhD • Jim Wenzel, DVM, PhD • Jim Wohl, DVM, MS, MPA • COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE • Bob Norton, PhD

  3. SIGNIFICANT VETERINARY EVENTS SINCE GRADUATION IN 1974

  4. VETERINARY MANPOWER SHORTAGE • SHORTAGE OF 584 VETERINARY MEDICAL OFFICERS BY 2007 (Department of Agriculture Skills Gap Analysis, 2004) • PROJECTED SHORTAGE OF 15,000 PUBLIC PRACTICE VETERINARIANS OVER NEXT 20 YEARS

  5. Practice type indicated by 864 Alabama veterinarians (AVMA Directory, 2005)

  6. FOOD ANIMAL PRACTITIONERS 45% 22% 1986 2003 Percentage of practicing veterinarians treating food animals.

  7. Practitioners who believed there was a high risk of a FAD Survey of Alabama veterinarians, 2004

  8. USE OF BIOSECURITY PROCEDURES BY VETERINARIANS (2004 Alabama survey)

  9. VETERINARIAN PREPAREDNESS CHALLENGES • DECREASING NUMBER OF LARGE ANIMAL PRACTITIONERS • SHOTGUN DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY • LACK OF FUNDS FOR FOOD ANIMAL DIAGNOSIS/SURVEILLANCE AT THE STATE LEVEL • TRACKING/SPECIALIZATION OF VETERINARY CURRICULA • DECREASE IN APPLIED ANIMAL RESEARCH

  10. ACADEMIC VETERINARY MEDICINE CHALLENGES • INFORMATION EXPLOSION • LACK OF MENTORS EARLY IN THE CURRICULUM • LACK OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES • STUDENT INDEBTEDNESS PHD MPH DVM

  11. APPROACHES AT AUBURN • IDENTIFY STUDENTS INTERESTED IN NON-TRADITIONAL PRACTICE EARLY • PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES • ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH • DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES • USDA • CDC • USE OF EEDA COURSE MATERIAL (IOWA STATE)

  12. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE: 10% OF FIRST AND 2ND YEAR STUDENTS FREE FOOD INCREASES ATTENDANCE

  13. APPROACHES AT AUBURN • DEVELOP ELECTIVE COURSES • DEVELOP BLENDED MPH PROGRAM WITH UAB • PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES • USDA SMITH-KILBORNE FELLOWSHIP • MERCK-MERIAL SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP • USDA / CDC • ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH • ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES

  14. DISASTER MEDICINE FOR VETERINARIANS ELECTIVE TOPICS: A. ANIMALS IN DISASTERS 1. NATURAL 2. MAN-MADE B. INCIDENT COMMAND TRAINING C. COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING (CERT)

  15. AGRI-TERRORISM EDUCATION FUNDING FROM ADPH • 6 STUDENT SUMMER EMPLOYEES • DEVELOPMENT OF POSTERS AND OTHER MATERIAL • 17 DVM STUDENTS IN UAB BIOSTATS COURSE

  16. POINTS OF EMPHASIS FOR NEW GRADUATE VETERINARIANS • VETERINARY MEDICINE IS PUBLIC HEALTH • BIOSECURITY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE • COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS (ALL DISASTERS ARE LOCAL) • NEED FOR RECOGNITION OF UNUSUAL DISEASE EVENTS

  17. BIOPREPAREDNESS DON'T GET LEFT BEHIND

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