| Over the past four to five years, there has been notable progress in One Health training opportunities for veterinary medical students (Chaddock, 2012; Wong & Kogan, 2013), but, to date, the need for veterinary technicians to be trained and to play an allied role had not been addressed in published research. The adoption of One Health Core Concepts into veterinary medical education (NAVMEC, 2011) and the opening of One Health, Ecosystem Health, Conservation Medicine, and Global Animal Health Institutes at many American veterinary schools suggest a potential demand for veterinary technicians in new areas of veterinary medicine. The purpose of this project is to investigate whether veterinary technicians have a role to play in One Heath, and if so, then how best to infuse these new, inclusive health concepts and strategies into their educational programs. |
