What is NAVMEC?

The North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium, or NAVMEC, was launched in 2009 to ensure that veterinary medical education meets the needs of our changing society. Spearheaded by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC), NAVMEC is the most comprehensive effort ever undertaken, taking into account educational models, accreditation, and licensing,  to create a workforce of next generation veterinarians who are ready to address some of society's greatest needs.

 

NAVMEC is:

 

• bringing together over 200 stakeholders and beneficiaries of veterinary medical education and experts from within the profession to discuss what is meant by meeting society's needs and the skills and competencies that will be required by graduating veterinarians to meet those needs.  This represents a great challenge because the profession is so diverse with many fields of expertise, and a wide range of responsibilities to society;

 

• joining together the best minds and experts in academic veterinary medical education to identify and share a range of educational models that would achieve the educational goals identified;

• exploring the relationship between education, accreditation, and licensure to ensure that the veterinary colleges/schools can be creative in planning their future educational programs while meeting accreditation standards, and that new graduates will be prepared to meet licensing requirements.

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