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I was deeply disturbed by findings in the recent Merck Animal Health Veterinary Wellbeing Study that “just 41 percent of veterinarians would recommend the profession to a friend or family member” and that “24.9 percent of veterinarians have considered suicide at some time in their lives.”
We were distressed to see the recent letters to the editor
To date, breed bans and other types of breed-specific legislation have not produced the intended results. Although hospitals in Catalonia, Spain,
I am shocked that
Regarding the recent excellent report by MacLellan et al
I read with great interest the study by Case and Burgess
The outstanding painting—“Nebraska Watering Hole”—on the cover of the November 15, 2017, issue of the
I agree with the points raised by Dr. Mildred Montgomery Randolph in her recent letter to the editor on diversity in the veterinary profession.
Dr. Willis W. Armistead was appointed dean of the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1953, when I was a first-year student in the school. Dean Armistead's insistence on correctly pronouncing the name of our future profession
The recent commentary
Nielsen and Eyre propose a clinical career track in one health that would focus on what they call “ecological medicine” and integrate knowledge on disease dynamics with information on ecology and the environment. This is an important step forward, but we believe it does not go far enough, because understanding the interaction between animal and environmental health also requires knowledge of the
In recent years, wellness issues have become a major discussion topic in veterinary medicine. In most instances, however, discussions of wellness have been limited to mental and emotional health (eg, depression and suicidal ideation). In contrast, in 2016, the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine launched a comprehensive wellness model that involves 5 wellness outcomes: intellectual, mental and emotional, social, cultural, and physical.
I would like to draw particular attention to the social aspect of wellness, as previous research has found that approximately 50% of veterinary students are introverts