Turner Patricia V, Colby Lesley A, Gaertner Diane J, Vandewoude Sue, Vasbinder Mary Ann
department of pathology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
J Vet Med Educ. 2009 Spring;36(1):89-99. doi: 10.3138/jvme.36.1.89.
Both the United States and Canada have projected shortages of qualified laboratory-animal veterinarians within the next 10 years. This gap is occurring because of retirement, increased regulatory requirements for research animal oversight, and insufficient numbers of veterinarians entering this field. One of the primary means of increasing student interest in nontraditional practice areas, such as laboratory animal medicine, is to ensure that they have appropriate exposure to the topic during their basic clinical training. We outline a recommended curriculum for laboratory animal medicine for North American veterinary medical colleges, which provides strategies for integrating comparative medicine material into the curriculum, incorporates flexibility for a range of delivery methods, and suggests potential resources that may be used to develop this material.
美国和加拿大预计在未来10年内都将面临合格实验动物兽医短缺的情况。出现这种缺口的原因包括退休、对实验动物监管的法规要求增加以及进入该领域的兽医数量不足。提高学生对非传统执业领域（如实验动物医学）兴趣的主要方法之一，是确保他们在基础临床培训期间有适当的机会接触该主题。我们为北美兽医学院概述了一份推荐的实验动物医学课程，该课程提供了将比较医学材料整合到课程中的策略，包含了多种授课方式的灵活性，并建议了可用于开发此材料的潜在资源。
