Better for animals | Creating a replica, including organs, enables veterinary students to practise without causing stress to real animals
An unconventional marriage between science and art has conceived an unusual teaching model for veterinarians. Alister Cribb, dean of the University of Calgary’s veterinary faculty, approached his neighbour, Russ Gray, in 2009 to build an interactive display of the back half of a cow with a calf inside. He wanted to show children at Aggie […] Read moreTag Archives veterinary medicine
Vet graduate eager to put skills to work
Challenging program | The four year course at the University of Calgary combines academic study with practical field work
Eoin Clancy knew he wanted to be an animal doctor by the age of five. “I thought being a vet would be the coolest thing ever and I just worked toward that,” he said. Clancy and 29 others are members of the class of 2012, the first to complete the University of Calgary’s veterinary medicine […] Read more
