ProgramCIP 01.8001
Veterinary Medicine
A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of veterinary medicine, involving the diagnosis, treatment, and health care management of animals and animal populations and the prevention and management of zoonosis. Includes instruction in the veterinary basic sciences, infectious and noninfectious disease, diagnostic procedures, veterinary clinical medicine, obstetrics, radiology, anesthesiology, surgery, toxicology, animal health and preventive medicine, clinical nutrition, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.
Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).
Also called Veterinary Medicine (DVM).
Replaces earlier code 51.2401.
Leads to
2 jobs- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary25-1071
- Veterinarians29-1131
Knowledge those jobs draw on
- Biology2 of 2
- English Language2 of 2
- Medicine and Dentistry2 of 2
- Education and Training1 of 2
- Customer and Personal Service1 of 2
- Psychology1 of 2
- Administrative1 of 2
- Mathematics1 of 2
- Administration and Management1 of 2
- Computers and Electronics1 of 2
How many of the linked jobs rate the area important (O*NET importance 3.5 or more out of 5).