According to an article by Market Watch, recent studies and reports published by the American Veterinary Medical Association found more and more students are trending toward post-graduate education, including internships.
Among the class of 2008, 40 percent of students graduating from veterinary programs planned to go into advanced education, 89.2 percent of that group planned to go into internships while 6 percent planned to go into residencies.
"The percentage of students seeking advanced education has been increasing over many years," Alison J. Shepherd, MBA, senior manager of market research at the AVMA, said in the article. "However, when we look just at the past 5 years (2003 - 2008), those seeking advanced education after graduation has increased 51.7 percent -- now that is dramatic."
In 2003, only 26.3 percent of veterinary graduates planned to go into advanced educational positions. The increase may come in handy, as many states, such as Illinois, are in desperate need of veterinarians.
"Internships have quadrupled and residencies have doubled in the past 20 years," Dr. Michael S. Garvey, a Pennsylvania veterinarian who runs the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program, said in the article.
While it's commendable that students want to further their education, there are currently more student applicants for post-graduate work than there are positions, with post-graduate posts often outnumbering the positions by more than 20 to one.
Over 42 percent of female graduates go on into post-graduate positions, compared to 33 percent of males.
The AVMA has more than 76,000 member veterinarians. The organization is engaged in a wide variety of activities dedicated to advancing the science and art of animal, human and public health.
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