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Strengthening collaboration on veterinary education A MEMORANDUM of understanding between the University of Edinburgh and the government of Hong Kong is set to allow veterinary students to participate in an exchange programme with the aim of gaining knowledge and experience and extending their exposure to a variety of aspects of veterinary medicine. The memorandum of understanding seeks to strengthen partnership and strategic collaboration between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and the University of Edinburgh. It was signed on April 21 at the end of a two-day international workshop organised jointly by the University of Edinburgh and the AFCD. The workshop, ‘Applied veterinary research: advancing human and animal health and welfare’, was attended by 200 veterinary and medical representatives from international animal health organisations, veterinary authorities, universities and animal welfare organisations, and from HKSAR government departments and bureaux. Speakers at the meeting, which considered recent advances in veterinary research and the translation
David Argyle (centre left), head of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, and Alan Wong (centre right), director of agriculture, fisheries and conservation for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, at the signing of the memorandum of understanding
of research results into clinical practice to benefit people and animals, came from the University of Edinburgh, the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, the University of Hong Kong and the AFCD. A One Health approach was promoted, emphasising the importance
of collaboration between multiple disciplines, including veterinary, medical and environmental sciences, to protect and enhance human and animal health and welfare and to maintain a sustainable environment. doi: 10.1136/vr.h2259 May 2, 2015 | Veterinary Record | 451
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Strengthening collaboration on veterinary education A MEMORANDUM of understanding between the University of Edinburgh and the government of Hong Kong is set to allow veterinary students to participate in an exchange programme with the aim of gaining knowledge and experience and extending their exposure to a variety of aspects of veterinary medicine. The memorandum of understanding seeks to strengthen partnership and strategic collaboration between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and the University of Edinburgh. It was signed on April 21 at the end of a two-day international workshop organised jointly by the University of Edinburgh and the AFCD. The workshop, ‘Applied veterinary research: advancing human and animal health and welfare’, was attended by 200 veterinary and medical representatives from international animal health organisations, veterinary authorities, universities and animal welfare organisations, and from HKSAR government departments and bureaux. Speakers at the meeting, which considered recent advances in veterinary research and the translation
David Argyle (centre left), head of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, and Alan Wong (centre right), director of agriculture, fisheries and conservation for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, at the signing of the memorandum of understanding
of research results into clinical practice to benefit people and animals, came from the University of Edinburgh, the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, the University of Hong Kong and the AFCD. A One Health approach was promoted, emphasising the importance
of collaboration between multiple disciplines, including veterinary, medical and environmental sciences, to protect and enhance human and animal health and welfare and to maintain a sustainable environment. doi: 10.1136/vr.h2259 May 2, 2015 | Veterinary Record | 451
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Strengthening collaboration on veterinary education Veterinary Record 2015 176: 451
doi: 10.1136/vr.h2259 Updated information and services can be found at: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/176/18/451.1
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