Volume 41, Issue 4, 1 December 2014, Pages 337-343
Abstract
Recent crises concerning poultry production revealed a relative deficit in the availability of veterinary competencies to manage some acute public health and animal welfare concerns. Veterinary
education might be critically questioned about this deficit. The
authors present the experience of the education program on poultry
production medicine at the Veterinary College of Nantes in France over a 10-year period. First, the program consists of integrative teaching focused on a holistic
multidisciplinary approach to this professional field on a compulsory
basis. Evaluation of the course by the students through a questionnaire
(N=1,032) showed a large favorable consensus. Second, the completion of
an elective program targeting profession-specific competencies may allow
the student to challenge his or her choice of this professional
orientation in the undergraduate curriculum. According to the importance
they want to give to poultry, and concurrently to other species,
students have the possibility of building a curriculum that is either
partly or fully devoted to poultry production medicine:
a 6-month thesis, 2-10 weeks of professional training, 2 weeks in the
field to solve a poultry flock health problem, and 2-4 weeks of
specialized courses in poultry production medicine. To round off this curriculum, the national post-graduate program in poultry production medicine is highlighted, as well as its links with the residency program of the European College of Poultry Veterinary Science.
Author keywords
graduate education; poultry production medicine; student orientation; veterinary curriculum
Indexed keywords
EMTREE medical terms: academic achievement; animal; animal husbandry; curriculum; education; France; poultry; professional competence; standards
MeSH: Animal Husbandry; Animals; Curriculum; Education, Graduate; Education, Veterinary; France; Poultry; Professional Competence
Medline is the source for the MeSH terms of this document.
Medline is the source for the MeSH terms of this document.
ISSN: 0748321XSource Type: Journal
Original language: English