Introduction: Animal Welfare Education, a Critical Time in Veterinary Medicine

One of the things veterinary educators do not want to hear is that another new subject needs to be added to the curriculum. We have had to look creatively at how to add information to our already crowded programs without adding another year. We have reduced hours in basic sciences, eliminated redundancy, repositioned courses for more effective learning, used electives to expand knowledge, and integrated some degree of tracking to juxtaposition both courses and clinical experiences. There is no more room.