A University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine student holds her patient after surgery suite in the Ira M. "Gary" Gourley Clinical Teaching Center.
DVM Curriculum
The current DVM curriculum was implemented in 1990 and was innovative in design, with 75% of the didactic curriculum core material and 25% elective material. Students selected one of 9 clinical tracks, which also emphasized core and elective material.
In 2005, the School Executive Committee charged the faculty with:
Developing a curriculum for its students that will set a new standard in veterinary medical education and serve the profession and society well into the future. The new curriculum will result from
- Introspection about the future of the profession's scope and needs through comprehensive academic planning
- Education about new developments in adult learning
- Transdisciplinary cooperation and creativity
- Recognition of the external forces impacting the profession, including accreditation, licensure, certification, zoonotic and foreign animal diseases
- A vision of what the graduates of the future will need to be.
Starting August 15th 2011, with the Class of 2015, that curriculum will be implemented.
