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Education council schedules site visits – July 2023

The AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE) has scheduled site visits to six schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2023.

University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia
The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia is one of three programs that will have a comprehensive site visit from the AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE) later this year.

Comprehensive site visits are planned for Murdoch University Veterinary School in Australia, Aug. 6-11; the proposed School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo in Puerto Rico, Aug. 27-31; and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Dec. 3-7.

A consultative site visit is planned for a proposed school of veterinary medicine at Utah State University, Sept. 10-14. Verification site visits, serving as a follow-up to site visits conducted previously on a virtual basis, are planned for the University of Melbourne's Melbourne Veterinary School, July 29-Aug. 4, and Massey University School of Veterinary Science, Aug. 14-17.

The council welcomes written comments on these plans or the programs to be evaluated. Comments should be addressed to Dr. Karen Martens Brandt, Director, Education and Research Division, AVMA, 1931 N. Meacham Road, Suite 100, Schaumburg, IL 60173. Comments must be signed by the person submitting them to be considered.

A version of this story appears in the July 2023 print issue of JAVMA.