title: Two differentiated programs of veterinary medical education at the university of veterinary and pharmaceutical sciences in the Czech Republic.
abstract: This article describes the two separate programs of veterinary education offered at the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, which are directed to clinical veterinary medicine and to veterinary food safety, hygiene, and ecology, respectively. Both programs provide a level of training such that all graduates are competent for veterinary practice in any area of veterinary medicine; however, each offers an extended and deepened emphasis of training in clinical medicine, on the one hand, and food safety, on the other. A key feature is that the cohort of students for each program enters having pre-selected a career in one of these two areas. One of the important end results of this structure is that it fulfills the growing and important mission of providing a critical number of veterinarians in food safety and all of its allied fields.
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic. vecerekv@vfu.cz
authors.forename: Vladimír
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vecerek
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D018153:Czech Republic; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013038:Specialization; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards