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Discussion on lack of spay/neuter training in veterinary schools
2:34:20
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Council members engage in a Q&A session with veterinarians about the limited spay/neuter training provided in veterinary schools. The discussion reveals that most veterinary students are only guaranteed to perform one full surgery during their four-year education, leaving them unprepared for extensive spay/neuter work upon graduation.
- Veterinarians explain that students often have to compete for limited spay/neuter clinic rotations
- Some schools offer more opportunities through partnerships with local shelters
- The lack of hands-on experience leads to a shortage of confident practitioners in the field
Lynn C. Schulman
2:34:20
Thank you.
2:34:21
I have a question for you.
2:34:22
My understanding is that in veterinary school, you don't get a lot of training in spraying and neutering.
2:34:28
Is that correct?
Robert F. Holden
2:34:30
Typically.
Lynn C. Schulman
2:34:32
Okay.
2:34:32
So that's something that we should look at as well.
2:34:34
Yes.
Esther Regelson
2:34:34
Absolutely.
Lynn C. Schulman
2:34:36
Can you explain that so that people kinda get a sense of it?
UNKNOWN
2:34:39
Typically, in veterinary school, students are only absolutely guaranteed to perform one full surgery throughout their 4 years before they graduate and go on to be practitioners in the field.
2:34:51
They do not feel confident or experienced enough to do this work alone, and there's not enough mentorship.
2:34:57
They need a lot more so report.
Dr. Natara Loose
2:34:59
In in my vet school, which was quite a while ago, like 21 years ago, you had a certain number of people that basically fought for a Spay Nuder clinic.
2:35:09
So your rotation would be 3 weeks in which, you know, we would do, like, up to 20 or 30 Spay Nuder's during time, but that would be, like, basically, a lottery.
2:35:16
So if you're a a fortune of that student to get that, then you would get more spayner experience.
2:35:20
But my spayner experience has come through Terra, which was up upstate, and that's where I got all my spayner experience.
2:35:27
Uh-huh.
Lynn C. Schulman
2:35:27
Do you wanna give a pin on this?
Matt Miller
2:35:30
Yeah.
2:35:30
Essentially, my experience was was pretty similar.
2:35:33
I mean, I went to vet school in the south in Auburn, Alabama, and there were quite a few shelters that were eagerly willing to offer up their stray animals for pet students practice.
2:35:42
So I didn't have the same issue getting experienced, but it is certainly true that you are not guaranteed much more than one surgery at most of that school.