191 Lawndale Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 1T4.
Can Vet J. 2021 Nov;62(11):1195-1201.
The veterinary profession, from acceptance to veterinary college to retirement, has experienced extensive organizational change in the past 3 decades. This paper is an attempt to understand the context and complexity of national workforce planning in veterinary medicine in Canada. It identifies the obvious practical and ethical considerations, exposing inherent problems in guiding the future of the profession. The discourse concludes there is a structural deficiency in veterinary education program capacity in Canada (practical fact) and Canadian youth may have increasingly difficult access to tertiary education (ethical concern). Adaptation, rather than planning, characterizes current practices in which migration of foreign-trained veterinarians mitigates the structural deficiency in training capacity. Due to the pervasive adoption of neo-liberal marketing principles in tertiary education, a nationally self-sufficient Canadian veterinary college infrastructure is an unlikely future possibility. Our current system, reliant on migration of internationally trained professionals, raises questions of global justice and individual rights. Strategic solutions require reflection on veterinary professional identity, broad discussion, and a commitment to a rigorous concept of professional responsibilities, global citizenship, and the public good.
兽医行业从入行、进入兽医院校到退休，在过去 30 年中经历了广泛的组织变革。本文试图了解加拿大兽医行业国家劳动力规划的背景和复杂性。它确定了明显的实际和道德考虑因素，揭示了指导该行业未来发展所固有的问题。该论述得出的结论是，加拿大兽医教育项目能力存在结构性缺陷（实际情况），加拿大年轻人可能越来越难以接受高等教育（道德问题）。当前的做法是适应，而不是规划，在这种做法中，外国培训的兽医的迁移缓解了培训能力的结构性不足。由于新自由主义营销原则在高等教育中的普遍采用，一个自给自足的加拿大兽医学院基础设施不太可能成为未来的可能性。我们当前的系统依赖于移民国际培训的专业人员，这引发了全球正义和个人权利的问题。战略解决方案需要对兽医专业身份进行反思，进行广泛的讨论，并承诺严格履行专业责任、全球公民意识和公共利益的概念。
