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Training the Next Generation
Author(s) -
Kopp Susan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1002/hast.103
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , face (sociological concept) , object (grammar) , medical education , field (mathematics) , animal welfare , job market , training (meteorology) , psychology , public relations , veterinary medicine , sociology , medicine , political science , work (physics) , computer science , social science , engineering , mechanical engineering , ecology , mathematics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics , biology , physics , meteorology
As an educator in an urban veterinary technology program, I often encounter students beginning their professional studies who are passionate about their commitment to a career working with animals. Typically, they have also firmly decided that they will never accept a job in the animal research field. They object to animal research in general because of what they assume is the abject mistreatment of animals housed in laboratories . Chatting again with these students two years later as they prepare for graduation, however, I am increasingly finding that many reconsider those firm convictions. In fact, even in a strong job market for veterinary technicians, some of these graduates are actually choosing to enter the laboratory animal care field . What is causing such an about‐face?