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Texas A&M designs high school veterinary curriculum to help bolster ranks of support staff
National Report -- High schoolers will have a chance to earn certification as human-medicine and veterinary paraprofessionals in a new program starting this fall.
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-- High schoolers will have a chance to gain certification as human-medicine and veterinary paraprofessionals in a new program starting this fall.
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The new national curriculum, known as "Veterinary Science: Preparatory Training for Veterinary Assistants," is funded by the Department of Homeland Security and was developed by Texas A&M University's National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense.
Participating high-schoolers will complete 75 core lessons on basic veterinary science, plus 25 core lessons in one of three tracks: clinical sciences, one health science and technology, and laboratory research/diagnostic science and technology.
Students will put their knowledge to work as apprentices in career environments of their choosing and receive 120 hours of on-the-job training before their certification.
Participants will be encouraged to use their certificates in occupations in rural and urban areas.
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