Research to find the way and implementation for improvement of veterinary education

日本兽医教育体制不完善是近50年来兽医学校的一大问题，为改善这一体制进行了多次尝试，但均未取得成功。自1997年以来，改善制度的运动试图将国立大学的10所兽医学校集中到北海道大学，东京大学和九州大学。但是，在过去的2年里，运动的方向发生了迅速的变化，如下所示。日本有10所国立大学、1所都道府县大学和5所私立大学的16所兽医学校，这些学校被分为3个小组进行这一运动：第1组由带广农业和兽医大学、北海道大学、岩手大学，东京大学、东京农工大学、岐阜大学、大坂府立大学;鸟取大学2组，山口大学宫崎大学和鹿儿岛大学;乐野学园大学第三组，北里大学日本兽医动物科学大学，麻布大学和 ...更多信息 第1组日本大学的研究结果：4所地方国立大学的校长举行了5次会议，讨论了兽医教育的改善，并确认了其紧迫性。事实上，各地方国立大学一直在努力改善兽医教育体系，如岐阜大学，通过校内调剂，增加了10名兽医学教师。大坂府立大学现有教职员工54人。第2组的研究结果：4所大学的所有兽医学系都试图迁移到九州大学新成立的兽医学系，但鸟取大学和鹿儿岛大学的兽医学系未能获得各自院系的许可与九州大学进行谈判。因此，九州大学校长打算成立一个正式委员会，以建立九州大学兽医系，与山口大学和宫崎大学的委员会进行了磋商，并要求向这两所大学的校长和院长派遣委员会成员。然而，两所大学的领导都拒绝了这一提议，或者没有做出任何回应。只有宫崎大学的兽医学部门继续进行了将九州大学兽医学部门保留下来的运动，但其他部门都试图通过单独或与其他部门合并来改善兽医教育。第3组的研究结果：私立大学的兽医学院已将重点转向临床兽医教育，并改善了临床设施。剩下的大问题是增加教师的数量。目前还没有从根本上改善兽医教育的实施结果，但几乎所有的大学都在最高行政级别讨论了这个问题，教育和科学部已经成立了一个委员会来对这个问题做出结论。因此，在过去的两年里，兽医教育的改进运动取得了一步一步的进展。少

The poor veterinary education system has been one of big problems in veterinary schools in Japan for 50 years and some trials had been made unsuccessfully to improve this system. Since 1997, the movement to improve the system has tried in vain to concentrate 10 veterinary schools of national universities into Hokkaido Univ., The Univ. of Tokyo and Kyushu Univ. However, the direction of the movement has changed rapidly in the last 2 years as follows.There are 16 veterinary schools in 10 national, a prefectural and 5 private universities in Japan, which have been divided into 3 groups for this movement: Group 1 consists of Obihiro Univ. of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido Univ., Iwate Univ., The Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Gifu Univ. and Osaka Prefecture Univ.; Group 2 of Tottori Univ., Yamaguchi Univ., Miyazaki Univ. and Kagoshima Univ.; Group 3 of Rakuno Gakuen Univ., Kitasato Univ., Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science Univ., Azabu Univ. and … More Nihon Univ.Research results of Group 1: Presidents of 4 local national universities met 5 times to discuss the improvement of veterinary education and confirmed its urgent matter. In fact, each local national university has been trying to improve the veterinary education system by itself such as Gifu Univ., which has increased 10 faculty members for veterinary medicine by transferring them within the university. Osaka Prefecture Univ. has established 54 faculty members.Research results of Group 2: All departments of veterinary medicine in 4 Universities tried to move to the newly established Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Kyushu Univ. However, Departments of Veterinary Medicine of Tottori and Kagoshima Univ. could not obtain permission for the negotiation with Kyushu Univ. from their Faculties. So President of Kyushu Univ. intended to create an official committee for the establishment of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kyushu Univ., with those of Yamaguchi and Miyazaki Univ. and asked to send committee members to Presidents and Deans of these Universities. However, the leaders of both Universities turned down the offer or gave no response to it. Department of Veterinary Medicine of Miyazaki Univ. only has continued the movement to make Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kyushu Univ. still, but other Departments have tried to improve veterinary education by itself or by merging with another Department.Research results of Group 3: Veterinary Schools of Private Universities have shifted their curriculums to clinical veterinary education and improved clinical facilities. The big issue left is to increase the number of faculty members.There is no implemented result on fundamental improvement of veterinary education yet, but almost all universities have discussed this issue at their highest administrative level and The Ministry of Education and Science has made a committee to make a conclusion on this issue. So the movement for improvement of veterinary education has made a progress step by step for the last 2 years. Less