The faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Chile began operations on April 12, 1928 with two faculties, faculty of agriculture and veterinary faculty, until April 20, 1938 that the University Council of the University of Chile, organized independently of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Its initiatives have raised important challenges in many topics, that even today remains critical to our development as future professionals.
The challenge with respect to technology is very important to us because every day we see more progress in laboratory equipment, diagnostic tests, or simply basic working material of a veterinarian. We must be ever vigilant to new developments in technology as it is an element that allows us to work in a better way, more effective and efficient. The challenge lies in learning to properly use the tools that we will reach. Fortunately, our faculty is an important development in this area. Science and technology are very close, and both are aimed to emphasize the social dimension, harmonious and optimal development of society depends largely on what the man himself made on the basis of science and technology, never be developed for the destruction of man.
The development of the veterinarian in social issues is paramount. Veterinarians are concerned with preventing and curing diseases and injuries of animals, but also help protect humans from the more than 100 animal diseases that can affect. The main challenge is to safeguard the prestige of the profession on the basis of an exemplary public and private conduct in all aspects of social and professional activity, ensuring the highest esteem of the community.
But the challenge we face in education is undoubtedly the most important. The subject of education is one of the main problems in our country, both in levels of basic education and higher education. Increasingly, those who graduate from this race, there is no control by the government to regularize the quantities of veterinary schools in our country, In recent years private universities have increased this number, giving the country a poor quality professionals. Taking as one of the main challenges the best option to stay in the country and then graduating with the highest quality professionals to provide the best services.
