VPN Plus+ ExclusiveA comparative education doesn't mean all species are understood equally—or should beDecember 27, 2024By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBAWe ingest a comparative education with an eye toward a more profound knowledge of our patients and their care when we eventually apply it in practice. It does not mean we pretend to know how to manage the care of invertebrates, for example. Nor does it mean we expect, after four years of basic education, to manage the care of fish, ferrets, tigers, and terrapins with equivalent success.
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MythBusters and a love of medicineAugust 12, 2022"We often don’t appreciate the merit of one way of thinking until it is held in counterpoint to another," writes Holly Sawyer, DVM. "I like science; I love medicine. I love that health professionals get to improve lives and treat disease. I love that veterinarians make a real difference in the world. I love that veterinary school taught me how to think in a unique and profound way."
Arizona postpones vet school launch to 2017May 31, 2016The University of Arizona will delay the opening of its veterinary college until the fall of 2017, the interim dean announced today.
How vet school has changed over the yearsMay 9, 2016According to the philosopher Heraclitus, the only thing constant is change. Nowhere is this truer than in veterinary colleges, where yesteryear’s graduates might be surprised to find that students spend more time rehearsing for performance and less time nodding off in a lecture hall.
