title: The building blocks in the professional education process that lead to best practices and quality medicine.
abstract: It is time for the faculty of veterinary colleges to take responsibility for the veterinary curriculum, to move beyond the debate over teaching styles, and to understanding what a curriculum needs to accomplish. Our challenge is to engage students, faculty, and all veterinary professionals in evidence-based medicine and medical outcomes assessment and to identify best practices and continually improve the quality of veterinary health care. The education program of students must lay the foundation for this essential approach to veterinary practice.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Box 9825, Miss. State, MS 39762, USA. thomson@cvm.msstate.edu
authors.forename: John U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice; D017749:Total Quality Management