Outcomes Assessment at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

INTRODUCTION Outcomes assessment was undertaken at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (TUSVM) with the primary objective of providing information needed to make databased decisions related to the curricular changes that were being planned and instituted at the time. Secondary objectives were to assess the perceptions of TUSVM constituencies about the performance and training of veterinarians in general and TUSVM graduates in particular, to construct a database to aid future decision making, and to comply with the AVMA Council on Education’s possible accreditation requirement for veterinary schools and colleges to implement outcomes assessment of their programs.