Iatridou Despoina, Nagy Zsuzsanna, De Briyne Nancy, Saunders Jimmy, Bravo Ana
Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE).
General Secretary, Veterinary Continuous Education in Europe (VETCEE).
J Vet Med Educ. 2018 Winter;45(4):556-566. doi: 10.3138/jvme.0117-009r1. Epub 2018 Jun 13.
Developing a common market and allowing free movement of goods, services, and people is one of the main objectives of the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Area. In the field of scientific research, Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes aims to improve the welfare of laboratory animals by following the principle of the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement). Each breeder, supplier, and user must appoint a designated veterinarian to advise on the well-being and treatment of the animals. In our report we investigate how the undergraduate veterinary curriculum prepares future veterinarians for the role of designated veterinarian, by analyzing data from 77 European veterinary education establishments. Over 80% of them provide training in laboratory animal science and medicine in their curriculum. All countries in the EU and the European Free Trade Area, having national veterinary schools, include such training in the curriculum of at least one of their establishments. Laboratory animal science and medicine courses can be obligatory or elective and are often part of more than one subject in the veterinary curricula. Post-graduate courses or programs are available at more than 50% of those veterinary schools. Most authorities in the European region consider graduate veterinarians ready to seek the role as designated veterinarian immediately after graduation.
发展共同市场并允许货物、服务和人员的自由流动是欧盟（EU）和欧洲自由贸易区的主要目标之一。在科学研究领域，关于保护用于科学目的的动物的2010/63/EU号指令旨在遵循3R原则（替代、减少和优化）来改善实验动物的福利。每个饲养者、供应商和使用者都必须指定一名兽医，就动物的健康和治疗提供建议。在我们的报告中，我们通过分析来自77个欧洲兽医教育机构的数据，研究本科兽医课程如何使未来的兽医为担任指定兽医的角色做好准备。其中超过80%的机构在其课程中提供实验动物科学与医学方面的培训。欧盟和欧洲自由贸易区内所有设有国立兽医学校的国家，至少在其一个机构的课程中纳入了此类培训。实验动物科学与医学课程可以是必修课或选修课，并且常常是兽医课程中多个学科的一部分。超过50%的那些兽医学校提供研究生课程或项目。欧洲地区的大多数当局认为，兽医专业毕业生在毕业后可立即寻求担任指定兽医的角色。
