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Veterinary Education in Americas
Benedito Fortes de Arruda, DVMBrazilian Federal Council of Veterinary
MedicinePresident
History
• Lyon - France (1761)
History
• Mexico – 1853;• Canada – 1862; • U.S.A. – 1879; • Argentina – 1883;
• Brazil – 1917;
Present Situation
Country SchoolsArgentine 11Bolivia 11Brazil 207Canada 5Chile 30Colombia 20Costa Rica 3Cuba 4Guatemala 1Ecuador 1El Salvador 3
Country SchoolsUSA 30Panama 1Paraguay 2Peru 14Mexico 52
Nicaragua 5Dominican Republic 3Uruguay 1Venezuela 16TOTAL 420
Modified from: Asociación Panamericana de Facultades y Escuelas de Veterinaria
PANVET• Panamerican Association of Veterinary
Sciences;• Membership from veterinary associations
within North, South, and Central America;• Platform to develop strategies to address
issues of mutual interest and concern:– veterinary workforce needs, – control of transboundary diseases, and – quality of veterinary medical education
COPEVET
• Panamerican Council of Education in Veterinary Sciences:– PANVET;– American Federation of Colleges of Veterinary
Science (FPFECV);– Committees:
• Accreditation;• Certification;• Homologation;
Quality of Veterinary Education• Higher to lower quality:
– Professors;– Teaching system;– Static curricula;– Infra-structure;– Excessively specialized teaching;– Budget;– Accreditation systems with low demands;– Lack of certification in some countries;
How to improve the quality?
• Well formed professors with experience in pratical veterinary medicine;
• Flexible curricula which reaches the social needs (national and international organizations);
• Increment or improve the management of the budget
How to improve the quality?
• Investment in infra-structure (some schools);• Expose the students to the maximum number
of professional situations, in different areas, avoiding premature specialization;
• Veterinary Education Core Curriculum (OIE);
How to improve the quality?
• Increment the political action of international organization (OIE, PANVET) to more demanding accreditation systems, as well as, for professional certification;
• More transformative teaching rather than formative and informative teaching;
MUITO OBRIGADO