Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
The college's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program is designed to be finished in four years.
This founding class of 64 students entered the college on September 15, 1980 and graduated with DVM degrees in June 1984.
The remaining spots are for at-large applications and include space for up to six West Virginia residents under a new agreement.
The college also has a joint program with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine that leads to a master of public health.
Listed below is the 2015 ranking by the U.S. News & World Report: The college offers a four-year full-time program leading to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree.
Veterinary students complete three years of classroom instruction and 12 months of clinical rotations in total.
The master's degree requires 30 credit hours of coursework, research, and a thesis and can be completed in two years.
Internships at the veterinary college are designed to provide post-DVM students with the opportunity for experience in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in medicine and surgery as well as seminary and manuscript preparation.
Since the hospital focuses on teaching, residents and interns work closely with clinical faculty members to provide care to small and large animals.
Veterinary students in the DVM program participate in three-week clerkships designed to give them hands-on experience; these students welcome patients, record a case history, and conduct the initial examination of the animal prior to consulting with the supervising veterinarian.
[13] It also coordinates internship opportunities and provides summer fellowships for veterinary students from the United States and several other countries.
CMMID employs animal models to better understand the disease processes that impact both humans and domesticated species.
The center is geared toward addressing current problems in public health that require the use of appropriate animal and tissue culture models, as well as gene-expression analysis.
[15] The Center for Reproductive Excellence using Advanced Technology and Endocrinology (CREATE) has three board-certified theriogenologists, each with their own research and species interests.
The CREATE Lab offers advanced reproductive services—from breeding soundness and infertility evaluations to genetic counseling—for the following species: equine, bovine, canine, feline, ovine, and caprine.
Currently, the laboratory is conducting interdisciplinary research in experimental neurotoxicology studying the effects of agents such as pesticides, solvents, heavy metals, mycotoxins, and nanomaterials in in vitro and in vivo models, funded by federal agencies and industries.
In addition to its research, VMIL acts as a service program by developing terminologies for veterinary organizations.
