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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1792476" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Here is the solution.</p><p></p><p>When you visit your medical "doctor", you may be seen by an MD, a nurse practitioner, or a physician's assistant. All three of those can examine, diagnose, order tests, make referrals, treat, and prescribe medications for humans. In the veterinary medicine world, those actions are limited to licensed veterinarians only. There are a few LVT's (licensed vet techs) that are graduates of accredited schools and have state licenses, but they cannot legally perform any of those actions. They can give rabies vaccines. There are many vet assistants that have on the job training, but are not recognized as veterinary professionals, even though they have skills. </p><p>This is due to state laws (veterinary practice acts) that limit those actions to only licensed graduates of veterinary medicine schools (DVM). </p><p></p><p>There is the problem and the solution. Why does "doctoring" a cow, horse or dog require a higher level of education and training than human medicine? Solution is adding these classes of providers with less education and skill than a DVM, less cost of training than a DVM, less education debt, smaller salary requirements, more availability, and still operating under the supervision of a DVM somewhere. If you go to an urgent care facility in this area, there will generally be a nurse practitioner and a few assistants and a receptionist. No MD in the building. But you can receive the care needed for most things. Apply this model to veterinary medicine and things should improve for the overworked doctors and the clients that can't get the service they need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1792476, member: 40418"] Here is the solution. When you visit your medical "doctor", you may be seen by an MD, a nurse practitioner, or a physician's assistant. All three of those can examine, diagnose, order tests, make referrals, treat, and prescribe medications for humans. In the veterinary medicine world, those actions are limited to licensed veterinarians only. There are a few LVT's (licensed vet techs) that are graduates of accredited schools and have state licenses, but they cannot legally perform any of those actions. They can give rabies vaccines. There are many vet assistants that have on the job training, but are not recognized as veterinary professionals, even though they have skills. This is due to state laws (veterinary practice acts) that limit those actions to only licensed graduates of veterinary medicine schools (DVM). There is the problem and the solution. Why does "doctoring" a cow, horse or dog require a higher level of education and training than human medicine? Solution is adding these classes of providers with less education and skill than a DVM, less cost of training than a DVM, less education debt, smaller salary requirements, more availability, and still operating under the supervision of a DVM somewhere. If you go to an urgent care facility in this area, there will generally be a nurse practitioner and a few assistants and a receptionist. No MD in the building. But you can receive the care needed for most things. Apply this model to veterinary medicine and things should improve for the overworked doctors and the clients that can't get the service they need. [/QUOTE]
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