The Art of Veterinary Medicine
Someone mentioned this term last weekend during a global meeting to discuss professions in the rehab c ommunity collaborating and working together. The comment was that veterinarians have lost the 'art' of veterinary medicine. The individual, although in the animal rehab business, was not a veterinarian. So why do they think that and is this a common thought amongst non-veterinarians, or even amongst veterinarians themselves? For those that were in the 2003 and later graduating classes at the Ontario Veterinary College, "The Art of Veterinary Medicine" was a course that was added into the program to try to improve communication and conflict resolution for graduating vets (PLEASE correct me if this is not the case) Since I graduated prior to this, it was not a course I was familiar with, but understood that if you mentioned it to any veterinarian who went through it you obtained an eye roll and a comment about it being useless. I was ...