Abstract
The importance of recruiting and retaining new food animal veterinarians is well known, and many groups are working on recruitment tools and programs. One of the recognized barriers to interest in food supply veterinary medicine is students' lack of experience and concomitant discomfort with food animal practice. Therefore, in 2008, we began offering an elective to first and second-year veterinary students, the Food Animal Production Tour, to provide students with little experience an opportunity to learn about large state-of-the-art food animal production units. We also wanted to provide students with demonstrated interest and more experience an opportunity to solidify and advance their career goals. The objective of this study was to assess the learning outcomes of the course by administering pre- and post-surveys of students' self-evaluation of learning as well as pre- and post-tests of knowledge of food animal production and veterinary roles.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
