Smith Donald F
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
J Vet Med Educ. 2010 Winter;37(4):317-27. doi: 10.3138/jvme.37.4.317.
This article is the first in a series of three to be published in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (JVME). These articles are abridged versions of six lectures that make up an elective course on the history of the veterinary profession in North America offered at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine in spring 2010. The course was based in large part on an oral history collection titled "An Enduring Veterinary Legacy"(1) that captures interesting and relevant veterinary stories. The course was designed to increase awareness of the history of veterinary medicine as we approach the sesquicentennial of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) in 2013 and as we join with our international colleagues in marking the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the world's first veterinary college in Lyon, France, in 2011.(2) The overarching goal of this course and the articles is to record and also to share first-person stories that describe the development of veterinary education and the veterinary profession in North America from the mid-1860s to the present. In the process, it is hoped that this history will encourage respect, love, and admiration for the veterinary profession and an appreciation of veterinary medicine as a versatile profession. The articles are somewhat Cornell-centric because the lectures on which they are based were presented to Cornell students at their home institution. However, it is hoped that the events are representative of the broader American experience. For educators interested in the course itself, a brief synopsis and a summary of student evaluations for the first year of presentation is appended here and in subsequent articles in this series.
本文是将在《兽医医学教育杂志》（JVME）上发表的三篇系列文章中的第一篇。这些文章是六场讲座的精简版，这六场讲座构成了2010年春季在康奈尔大学兽医学院开设的一门关于北美兽医行业历史的选修课程。该课程很大程度上基于一个名为《持久的兽医遗产》（1）的口述历史集，其中收录了有趣且相关的兽医故事。该课程的设计目的是，在我们临近2013年美国兽医协会（AVMA）成立150周年之际，以及在我们与国际同行共同纪念2011年世界上第一所兽医学院在法国里昂成立250周年之际，提高对兽医医学历史的认识。（2）本课程及这些文章的总体目标是记录并分享第一人称故事，这些故事描述了从19世纪60年代中期到现在北美兽医教育和兽医行业的发展。在此过程中，希望这段历史能激发对兽医行业的尊重、热爱和钦佩，并让人们认识到兽医医学是一个多功能的行业。这些文章有点以康奈尔大学为中心，因为它们所基于的讲座是在学生的本校向康奈尔大学的学生讲授的。然而，希望这些事件能代表更广泛的美国经历。对于对该课程本身感兴趣的教育工作者，本文及本系列后续文章附录了该课程第一年的简要概述和学生评价总结。
