Cargando…
Veterinarians in a Changing Global Climate: Educational Disconnect and a Path Forward
Objective: To synthesize the beliefs, knowledge and interest of veterinarians on the relationship between veterinary medicine and climate change, with the intent to identify any educational gaps and opportunities. Sample: Responses from 560 U.S., and 54 non-U.S. veterinarians. Procedures: An anonymo...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.613620 |
_version_ | 1783630087116029952 |
---|---|
author | Kramer, Collin G. McCaw, Katherine A. Zarestky, Jill Duncan, Colleen G. |
author_facet | Kramer, Collin G. McCaw, Katherine A. Zarestky, Jill Duncan, Colleen G. |
author_sort | Kramer, Collin G. |
collection | PubMed |
description | Objective: To synthesize the beliefs, knowledge and interest of veterinarians on the relationship between veterinary medicine and climate change, with the intent to identify any educational gaps and opportunities. Sample: Responses from 560 U.S., and 54 non-U.S. veterinarians. Procedures: An anonymous, online survey of veterinarians was distributed through electronic media, state and professional associations, and a veterinary magazine advertisement. The survey was conducted between July 1st and December 31st of 2019. Results: Overall, veterinary respondents were confident that climate change is happening, is caused by human activities, and is impacting both human and animal health. Veterinarians also agreed that the profession should have an advocacy role in educating the public on climate change and its health impacts, particularly in clinical practices where environmental sustainability promotion can be shared with clients. Although veterinarians agreed the profession needs to be involved with climate change advocacy, most reported having had no educational opportunities within their veterinary medicine curriculum or access to continuing education on climate change. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance: The results highlight the need for the development of educational opportunities on the topic of climate change such that veterinarians are equipped to address their concerns about current and future animal health threats. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7773640 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-77736402021-01-01 Veterinarians in a Changing Global Climate: Educational Disconnect and a Path Forward Kramer, Collin G. McCaw, Katherine A. Zarestky, Jill Duncan, Colleen G. Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Objective: To synthesize the beliefs, knowledge and interest of veterinarians on the relationship between veterinary medicine and climate change, with the intent to identify any educational gaps and opportunities. Sample: Responses from 560 U.S., and 54 non-U.S. veterinarians. Procedures: An anonymous, online survey of veterinarians was distributed through electronic media, state and professional associations, and a veterinary magazine advertisement. The survey was conducted between July 1st and December 31st of 2019. Results: Overall, veterinary respondents were confident that climate change is happening, is caused by human activities, and is impacting both human and animal health. Veterinarians also agreed that the profession should have an advocacy role in educating the public on climate change and its health impacts, particularly in clinical practices where environmental sustainability promotion can be shared with clients. Although veterinarians agreed the profession needs to be involved with climate change advocacy, most reported having had no educational opportunities within their veterinary medicine curriculum or access to continuing education on climate change. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance: The results highlight the need for the development of educational opportunities on the topic of climate change such that veterinarians are equipped to address their concerns about current and future animal health threats. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7773640/ /pubmed/33392298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.613620 Text en Copyright © 2020 Kramer, McCaw, Zarestky and Duncan. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Kramer, Collin G. McCaw, Katherine A. Zarestky, Jill Duncan, Colleen G. Veterinarians in a Changing Global Climate: Educational Disconnect and a Path Forward |
title | Veterinarians in a Changing Global Climate: Educational Disconnect and a Path Forward |
title_full | Veterinarians in a Changing Global Climate: Educational Disconnect and a Path Forward |
title_fullStr | Veterinarians in a Changing Global Climate: Educational Disconnect and a Path Forward |
title_full_unstemmed | Veterinarians in a Changing Global Climate: Educational Disconnect and a Path Forward |
title_short | Veterinarians in a Changing Global Climate: Educational Disconnect and a Path Forward |
title_sort | veterinarians in a changing global climate: educational disconnect and a path forward |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.613620 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT kramercolling veterinariansinachangingglobalclimateeducationaldisconnectandapathforward AT mccawkatherinea veterinariansinachangingglobalclimateeducationaldisconnectandapathforward AT zarestkyjill veterinariansinachangingglobalclimateeducationaldisconnectandapathforward AT duncancolleeng veterinariansinachangingglobalclimateeducationaldisconnectandapathforward |