Public-health instruction necessary to supplement the veterinary professional curriculum: the DVM/MPH coordinated-degree program at Auburn University.
To meet long-term needs, many veterinary colleges and schools are participating in dual-degree DVM/MPH programs. Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have developed a coordinated-degree curriculum in which the DVM and the MPH are not necessarily awarded simultaneously. Other opportunities at Auburn include Public Health Careers Day, trips to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several elective courses related to veterinary epidemiology, and online access to the Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals course available from the Veterinary Information Network. We have been able to increase our students' exposure to the role of the veterinarian in public health and to develop a program to augment their training in public practice.
Wenzel
James G W
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Department of Clinical Sciences, Vaughan Large Animal Teching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA. wenzejg@auburn.edu
Nusbaum
Kenneth E
KE
Wright
James C
JC
Hall
Dugald C A
DC
D000407:Alabama; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D003479:Curriculum; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D012581:Schools, Public Health; D012582:Schools, Veterinary; D014495:Universities