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Whither Veterinary Education—Have We Lost Our Direction?

Correspondence: richard_halliwell{at}btinternet.com

1. Introduction
   
2. The changing demands on the profession

   2.1 Production animal medicine
   

   2.2 Small-animal practice
   

   2.3 Other forms of practice and veterinary endeavor
   

   
   
3. What characteristics are necessary in the veterinary graduate to meet these changing demands?
   
4. To what extent are teaching establishments meeting the current challenges in achieving these goals?

   4.1 The information overload
   

   4.2 Teaching and examination methodology
   

   4.3 To what extent are we concentrating on entry-level practice?
   

   4.4 Do our student recruitment and teaching programs facilitate and encourage the diversity that is required of our graduate pool?
   

   4.5 The funding of veterinary education
   

   4.6 Toward international excellence and cost efficiency: Are these conflicting and unrealizable goals?
   

   4.7 The research problem
   

   4.8 The accreditation process: Friend or foe?
   

   
   
5. Conclusions
   

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