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Public-health education at Kansas State University.
J Vet Med Educ. 2008 Summer; 35(2):187-93.JV

Abstract

What are veterinary medical and public-health professionals doing to remedy the immediate and impending shortages of veterinarians in population health and public practice? This question was addressed at the joint symposium of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges and the Association of Schools of Public Health, held in April 2007. Thinking locally, faculty and students at Kansas State University (KSU) asked similar questions after attending the symposium: What are we doing within the College of Veterinary Medicine to tackle this problem? What can we do better with new collaborators? Both the professional veterinary curriculum and the Master of Public Health (MPH) at KSU provide exceptional opportunities to address these questions. Students are exposed to public health as a possible career choice early in veterinary school, and this exposure is repeated several times in different venues throughout their professional education. Students also have opportunities to pursue interests in population medicine and public health through certificate programs, summer research programs, study abroad, and collaborations with contributing organizations unique to KSU, such as its Food Science Institute, National Agricultural Biosecurity Center, and Biosecurity Research Institute. Moreover, students may take advantage of the interdisciplinary nature of public-health education at KSU, where collaborations with several different colleges and departments within the university have been established. We are pleased to be able to offer these opportunities to our students and hope that our experience may be instructive for the development of similar programs at other institutions, to the eventual benefit of the profession at large.

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Akers J
Department of Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Payne P
No affiliation info available
Ann Holcomb C
No affiliation info available
Rush B
No affiliation info available
Renter D
No affiliation info available
Moro MH
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Freeman LC
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MeSH

Cooperative BehaviorCurriculumEducation, GraduateEducation, Public Health ProfessionalEducation, VeterinaryHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationKansasProgram DevelopmentSchools, Public HealthSchools, VeterinarySocietiesUniversities

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18723801

Citation

Akers, Jennifer, et al. "Public-health Education at Kansas State University." Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, vol. 35, no. 2, 2008, pp. 187-93.
Akers J, Payne P, Ann Holcomb C, et al. Public-health education at Kansas State University. J Vet Med Educ. 2008;35(2):187-93.
Akers, J., Payne, P., Ann Holcomb, C., Rush, B., Renter, D., Moro, M. H., & Freeman, L. C. (2008). Public-health education at Kansas State University. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 35(2), 187-93. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.35.2.187
Akers J, et al. Public-health Education at Kansas State University. J Vet Med Educ. 2008;35(2):187-93. PubMed PMID: 18723801.
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