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1. Introduction
Pages 7-14

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From page 7...
... Currently, some 61% of veterinarians are involved in a predominantly or exclusively small-animal clinical practice, and 84% of the veterinary workforce is involved in private clinical practice (AVMA, 2001~. While companion and agricultural animal care has most recently dominated the veterinary profession, veterinarians make significant contributions in other fields, including biomedical research (defined as research contributing to understanding of human physiology and pathology, including behavioral and clinical research)
From page 8...
... In fact, many of the first discoveries in modern biomedical research originated from veterinarians investigating diseases common to both humans and animals, such as blood-borne parasitic diseases and leukemia. These discoveries have led to major advancements in the understanding and treatment of human and animal diseases, and have occurred in every major field of biomedical research.
From page 9...
... E Salmon, founding director of the Bureau of Animal Industry, instituted significant public health policies, including a nationwide system for meat inspection and quarantine requirement for imported livestock, and for the inspection of exported cattle and the ships on which they are transported.
From page 10...
... Veterinarian John Sundberg has contributed greatly to our understanding of the molecular and pathological basis of inherited skin diseases (Sundberg and King, 20001. VETERINARIANS IN ROLES THAT SUPPORT BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Veterinarians also participate in biomedical research in a supportive role as the key individual who oversees the veterinary medicine program at research institutions and who, by law, has direct or delegated authority for activities involving animals (9 CFR Sec 1.11.
From page 11...
... The research-scientist workforce is composed primarily of individuals holding PhDs (NRC, 20001; however, other doctorates, such as MDs and DVMs, also play important and unique roles in the biomedical research enterprise, and special attention to these subpopulations is necessary. In 2000, a NRC report highlighted the decline in MDs identifying research as their primary professional activity and recommended that efforts to train and retrain physicians be intensified until the clinical biomedical research workforce includes substantially more MDs (NRC, 20001.
From page 12...
... After hearing testimony from sponsors, veterinary leaders in biomedical research, and the public, the authoring committee concluded that the development of a comprehensive strategy for recruiting more comparative medicine veterinarians into postgraduate training programs required thorough examination of the assertion that more veterinarians are needed in biomedical research. This examination entailed three steps: (1)
From page 13...
... mec lclne. In an effort to unify the concept of the veterinarian participating in biomeclical research, the authoring committee chose to identify this group of inclivicluals as "comparative medicine veterinarians" and describes them as veterinarians who receive postgraduate research anchor clinical training that is applied to the endeavor of biomeclical research.
From page 14...
... The authoring committee categorized comparative medicine veterinarians by their primary professional duty either as veterinarians participating directly in biomedical research or as veterinarians providing professional support for biomedical research. Many veterinarians whose primary duty is participating directly in biomedical research as principal investigators, coinvestigators, research scientists, and technical consultants also have clinical duties as an attending or staff veterinarian, although the majority of their time is spent working on a research project.


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