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Workforce needs in veterinary medicine / Committee to Assess the Current and Future Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine ; Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources ; Board on Higher Education and Workforce ; Division on Earth and Life Studies ; Policy and Global Affairs Division ; National Research Council of The National Academies. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 310 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-247).

Introduction -- Companion-animal medicine -- Equine veterinary medicine -- Food-animal veterinary medicine -- Veterinarians in industry -- Veterinarians in public practice -- Veterinarians in wildlife and ecosystem health -- Global food security -- Academic veterinary medicine -- An economic perspective on the veterinary profession -- Conclusions and recommendations.

In a study of the issues related to the veterinary medical workforce, including demographics, workforce supply, trends affecting job availability, and capacity of the educational system to fill future demands, a National Research Council committee found that the profession faces important challenges in maintaining the economic sustainability of veterinary practice and education, building its scholarly foundations, and evolving veterinary service to meet changing societal needs. This report seeks to broaden the public's understanding and attempts to anticipate some of the needs and measures that are essential for the profession to fulfill given its changing roles in the 21st century.--Publisher's website.


English.

ISBN: 9780309257459 030925745X 9780309257411 (ebook) 0309257417 (ebook)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Veterinary medicine--United States.
Veterinarians--United States.
Veterinarians--Supply and demand--United States.
Veterinary medicine.
Veterinary medicine--Study and teaching.
Veterinary Medicine
Education, Veterinary
Veterinary Medicine--economics
Médecine vétérinaire--États-Unis.
Vétérinaires--États-Unis.
Vétérinaires--Offre et demande--États-Unis.
Médecine vétérinaire.
Médecine vétérinaire--Étude et enseignement.
veterinary medicine.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--Animal Husbandry.
Veterinarians.
Veterinarians--Supply and demand.
Veterinary medicine.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: SF623 / .W668 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 636.089

National Agricultural Library Call No.: SF623 / .W668 2013

National Library of Medicine Call No.: SF 623