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Entrepreneurship education and veterinary medicine:enhancing employable skills

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Purpose – This paper has the purpose of exploring the potential for entrepreneurship education
within veterinary medicine. It aims to examine some of the key themes in the entrepreneurship
education literature, discuss the make-up of the UK veterinary sector, consider veterinary curricula
requirements and illustrate how entrepreneurship education can benefit veterinary students.
Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted by the authors includes a literature
review, in-depth discussion and the development of hypotheses for further study.
Findings – Entrepreneurship education has the potential to make a valuable contribution to
veterinary medicine curricula. This is due to the fact that the majority of veterinary graduates will
work in or even own/co-own a veterinary business (i.e. a small veterinary practice) at some point in
their career. In this context, the authors illustrate how entrepreneurship education can enhance
both employable and day one/year one skills. The high entry requirements for veterinary
programmes and the gender shift towards a predominantly female under- and postgraduate
population add further interesting dimensions to the paper and present possible avenues for further
research.
Research limitations/implications – This is a conceptual paper and it is fully recognised that the
concepts and hypotheses proposed need to be further developed and tested at the empirical level. Some
interesting avenues for future research that could contribute significantly to this field are also
identified.
Originality/value – The paper highlights the potential value of incorporating entrepreneurship
education within veterinary curricula. It also identifies how such incorporation can enhance students’
employable skills and deliver many of the skills included in veterinary medicine’s day one/year one
competences’ agenda.

Keywords Education, Veterinary medicine, Skills, United Kingdom, Entrepreneurialism

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Judul Seri

Education þ Training

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: Emerald Group., 2010

Deskripsi Fisik

Education þ Training Vol. 52 No. 8/9, 2010 pp. 607-623

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English

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