2018 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 73-75
There are eight veterinary schools in the United Kingdom. None of them provides special training for students who want to become civil servant. Veterinary education is provided based on the Day One Competency prescribed by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, which includes targets related to public health. Veterinarians who want to undertake official duties as official veterinarian have to get training courses organized by private providers. In Spain there are 13 veterinary schools. The educational targets in veterinary schools are set in such a way that they meet the Spanish regulations and consequently the EU directives. Official duties are undertaken mostly by full time civil servant veterinarians employed either by the central government or autonomous state governments. The Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentacion y Medio Ambiente provides on-line materials for continued professional education.
