Longitudinal study of veterinary students and veterinarians: effects of growing up on a farm with animals

OBJECTIVE: To compare the career paths of veterinarians who had grown up on farms with animals with those of veterinarians from other backgrounds, during the first 15 years after they graduated. PROCEDURE: Questionnaires were completed by veterinary students in their first and fifth year, and after 1, 5, 10 and 15 years after they graduated. The most recent questionnaires were returned by 134 of 137 graduates, 20% of whom had grown up, or lived for at least two years, on farms where animals were a primary source of income. This paper includes findings from that questionnaire but also contains comparisons with previous ones. RESULTS: Fifteen years after they graduated, veterinarians who had grown up on farms with animals were more likely than those of other backgrounds to be living in centres with < 10,000 people (58% farm, 20% other), irrespective of the type of work they were doing. Although they were more likely to be doing no veterinary work (42% farm, 21% other), they were also more likely to be working in mixed practice (15% farm, 9% other) and with cattle and sheep generally (11% full time equivalent farm, 5% full time equivalent other). However, > 80% of those who had started their careers in mixed practice were no longer in mixed practice after 15 years. Veterinarians of farm origin who were in private practice were more likely to be sole or part owners (93% farm, 46% other) and less likely to be employees (7% farm, 54% other). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, veterinarians who had grown up on farms with animals seemed slightly more likely than those from other backgrounds to continue working in mixed practice and to work with cattle or sheep, although the numbers were small and the differences not significant. Whatever their background, the majority who started their careers in mixed practice left over the next few years, and by 15 years only 15% remained.     

《人造板工艺学》网络课件的制作

结合《人造板工艺学》网络课件的实际制作过程，参考相关的现代教育技术发展动态，依据木材科学与工程专业的学科特色，在将计算机与木材加工两学科进行整合方面。进行了扎实的工作。     

Some Ideas on Reconstruction of Villages inside the City

In this paper, the historical reasons of formation of the village inside the city are analyzed. It is indicated that such situation for the villages inside the city are the result of joint action of both the villagers and the government. The foundation of villages inside the city laid on the simple compensation for farmers in confiscating the rural land and lack of intelligence aids. In this paper, the ideas and measures for their reconstruction are put forward based on consideration of the reasons of their formation and difficulties in the reconstruction.     

Developing Method Based on Object-oriented Modeling Techniques for Management Information System

A developing method is given which based on object-oriented modeling techniques for management information systems.The modeling techniques,especially,from CDM to PDM conversion,make it possible that the method can be used for developing such management information systems which based on relational database.The result shows that it can raise the efficency of the system developing,improve the system tability,enhance the system maintenability.     

努力提高文化生产力意识

文化生产力在当代社会不仅已经成为综合国力的构成要素之一,而且也是衡量一个国家,一个地区综合竞争能力的重要标志。因此我们要努力提高文化生产力意识,加强综合竞争能力。     

高职双语教学初探

随着中国加入WTO,双语教学就成为实现培养既精通专业知识又精通外语的高素质、能力强的人才的重要途径之一。本文结合对机械工程类高职生进行双语教学的实践,提出了双语教学的一些适宜的教学途径和方法以及对提高双语教学质量的建议。     

提高务工农民人力资本的对策分析

农村人力资源开发最有效、最直接的方法是加强农村教育。为此，针对中国当前农民工素质偏低、阻碍农村富余劳动力转移的情况．立足于黑龙江省现实．从完善农村综合教育体制改革的角度出发，对提高农民工人力资本进行了研究。     

大学生心理素质与英语教学实践

要动摇传统的英语课堂教学的根基,真正实现素质教育,就要把心理素质教育融入课堂教学中。具体包括倡导以学生为中心的主题教学模式,多鼓励少批评、树立学生自信心,注重学习的环境与语境,培养坚强意志、减少心理障碍,提高教师自身素质等五项内容。     

《工程图学》与素质教育

《工程图学》以“图”为核心,图必构物,源于工程。其学习过程由直觉到抽象、由感性到理性、由理性到实践,是“素质教育”增长点、“多种思维”交错点、“创新思维”生长点、“创造智能”发展点、“完善人格”着力点及“创新能力”持续点,对培养发展学生的完善人格和创新能力,具有其他学科不可替代的作用。