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Career Opportunities: |
Veterinary medicine is a unique combination of medical, agricultural, and biological sciences. It is the health profession that applies principles of biomedical sciences to health and disease in animals. Veterinary medical research also has important direct and indirect implications for human health.
Veterinarians are charged with the health of the nation’s food producing animals and its companion animals, both of which are potential sources of diseases transmissible to humans.
Veterinary medicine offers many excellent opportunities for those who hold an interest in medicine, who enjoy working with animals, and who want to contribute to society in a meaningful way.
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Service Learning: |
The College fulfills its service and outreach mission through the accredited facilities of a veterinary teaching hospital, statewide diagnostic and investigational laboratories, and with continuing professional education.
Two diagnostic laboratories are operated by the College, one in Athens and another in Tifton. Accessions are received from veterinarians, Georgia’s livestock industry, and research projects. Charged with disease surveillance, expertise within the faculty and staff monitor animal and associated public health concerns as well as provide support to other departments.
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital serves as a resource for training programs in the small and large animal clinics for veterinary technicians from Gwinnett Technical College, Athens Technical College, and Fort Valley State College.
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Other Learning Opportunities: |
The College provides a program of continuing education for its graduates and other veterinarians within the state and region. The office is under the direction of a full-time faculty member, and some courses are jointly sponsored with the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Conferences, short courses, workshops, and instruction involving various medical and surgical disciplines are scheduled annually to update veterinarians with current knowledge, techniques, and serve as a focus for the exchange of information.
The College maintains educational excellence in different areas of specialization which affords the veterinary graduate an interactive environment for learning. Veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants, and the public are invited to appropriate classes and laboratories.
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Student Organizations: |
The UGA chapter of the Student American Veterinary Medical Association encourages the personal and professional growth of students. One of its primary goals is to further the reputation of the College on campus, in the state, and nationwide. SCAVMA is also a means for relaying student feedback to the administration.
SCAVMA supports all clubs in the veterinary school, brings in speakers, publishes a monthly calendar of College activities, informs students about available externships and scholarships, promotes volunteerism in the community, enhances the curriculum by funding supplemental wet labs, conference travel, and other continuing education opportunities, and distributes Intervet, the national veterinary school publication by and about veterinary students, in addition to a variety of other functions and activities.
Two veterinary medical professional fraternities, Alpha Psi and Omega Tau Sigma, are prominent within the College. These co-educational fraternities are dedicated to fostering and encouraging understanding, cooperation, respect, professional interest, strong bonds of friendship, and participation in various areas of veterinary medicine.
Students may also join chapters of national associations concerned with various special areas of interest in veterinary medicine, including feline, aquatic, exotic, bovine, and equine associations, pathology, animal welfare and shelter medicine among others.
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Available Graduate Programs: |
The College of Veterinary Medicine offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. These programs are designed to prepare graduates for positions in research and teaching, primarily in the medical sciences.
Major areas of concentration include anatomy, infectious diseases, public health, parasitology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, and toxicology. The programs are open to veterinary graduates as well as candidates with bachelor's degrees in related areas.
For veterinary graduates who need specialized training in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of poultry diseases, a program is offered leading to a Master of Avian Medicine.
Internship and residency programs for veterinary graduates seeking advanced training are offered in small animal internal medicine, large animal internal medicine, small animal surgery, large animal surgery, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, theriogenology, dermatology, anesthesiology, and radiology.
Veterinary medical graduate assistantships are available on a competitive basis to support qualified graduate students holding the DVM degree. Other graduate assistantships are available on a competitive basis to students who do not have a DVM.
Professional and graduate students are involved in research programs through various seminars, group discussions, and individually supervised research programs.
Faculty members in the College in the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program, and the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program which are also staffed by faculty from a number of University departments.
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