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Veterinary generation gap
William E. Jones, DVM, PhD Editor/Publisher Ann Slatten Jones, SA Associate Editor Monica Hempel Assistant Editor
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From the Editor
Staff Diana Voegele Circulation and Advertising
Tina M. Slatten Advertising
VETERINARY GENERATION GAP Advisory Board Joerg A. Auer, DVM Wolfgang Jochle, DVM, Dr. mad. vet. Calvin Kobluk, DVM Thomas Lane, DVM Pierre Lekeux, DVM, PhD John Madigan, DVM, DipACVIM Scott Palmer, VMD Gary D. Potter, PhD Sarah L. Ralston, VMD, PhD, DipACVN Norman Rantanen, DVM, MS, DipACVR Marc Ratzlaff, DVM, PhD Rueben Rose, DVsc, PhD, FRCVS Dean Scoggins, DVM
Editorial Board Willem Back, DVM, PhD- Olin Balch, DVM • Warwick Bayly, BVSc, MS • Hilary M. Clayton, BVMS, PHD, MRCVS • Michael Collier, DVM • Dee L. Cross, PhD· Nancy R. Deuel, PhD • Howard H. Erickson, DVM, PhD. David W. Freeman, PhD, Dipl. ACAN • Frederick Harper, PhD, P.A.S.• Harold F. Hintz, PhD· Leo B. Jeffcott, MA, BVet Med, PhD, FRCVS, DVSc· Kevin H. Kline, PhD· Ralph C. Knowles, DVM • Laurie Lawrence, PhD· Carl W. Lind, DVM • Irvin Liu, DVM • Patrick M. McCue, DVM, PhD • Travis C. McGuire, DVM, PhD • C. Wayne Mcllwralth, BVSc, PhD • Kenneth H. McKeever, PhD, FACSM • H. David Moll, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS • William Moyer, DVM • Dean P. Neely, VMD, PhD, Dlpl. ACT. Stephen E. O'Grady, DVM, MRCVS • B. W. Pickett, PhD· James R. Rooney, DVM· David G. Schmitz, DVM, MS • Robert K. Shideler, DVM. E. L. Squires, PhD • Ted S. Stashak, DVM, MS, Dip!. ACVS • Corinne R. Sweeney, DVM • T. W. Swerczek, DVM, PhD • Peter J. Timoney, MVB, MS, PhD, FRCVS • Colin Vogel, B.Vet. Med.,MRCVS • Nathaniel A. White II, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS
The world is changing so fast that I tend to forget that practicing veterinarians under 30 years of age were born after 1970, and those under 40 were less than 10 years old in 1970. These people- and you may be one of them- have no experience with the fabulous fifties. It is hard for them to imagine what veterinary practice was like in 1960, and most of them believe the 1960s have no relevance to practice today. They have no experience with a time when the FDA had little or no influence on the veterinary drug industry, or when veterinary malpractice lawsuits were a rare occurrence. They find it hard to imagine a time when the AAEP did not exist to publish position statements for equine practitioners to follow. Having been a veterinary student in thel950s, it is hard for me to realize that this journal (JEVS) was being published before most of today's veterinary students were born. I am still struggling with the fact that our society is willing to live with the zealous FDA controlling so much of what we as veterinarians can use to treat animals. I have great respect for the under-40 practitioners. They are extremely competent and skillful at what they do. In fact, they are providing a much higher level of care today than was ever conceived of in the 1960s. But I also have great respect for those in my own generation who have and still contribute so much to our continuing education. Dr. Robert M. Miller, for instance, is pioneering new concepts in managing horse behavior. He draws on his years of experience with horses and in veterinary practice. Also, Dr. James Rooney is still teaching us all a thing or two about equine pathology when we get incorrect notions based on only a few hundred cases. Acknowledging the generation gap helps us to understand our colleague's difference of opinion. We are all coming from a different time and place, and that colors our thinking. William E. Jones, DVM, PhD
Volume 20, Number 9, 2000
543
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From the Editor
Staff Diana Voegele Circulation and Advertising
Tina M. Slatten Advertising
VETERINARY GENERATION GAP Advisory Board Joerg A. Auer, DVM Wolfgang Jochle, DVM, Dr. mad. vet. Calvin Kobluk, DVM Thomas Lane, DVM Pierre Lekeux, DVM, PhD John Madigan, DVM, DipACVIM Scott Palmer, VMD Gary D. Potter, PhD Sarah L. Ralston, VMD, PhD, DipACVN Norman Rantanen, DVM, MS, DipACVR Marc Ratzlaff, DVM, PhD Rueben Rose, DVsc, PhD, FRCVS Dean Scoggins, DVM
Editorial Board Willem Back, DVM, PhD- Olin Balch, DVM • Warwick Bayly, BVSc, MS • Hilary M. Clayton, BVMS, PHD, MRCVS • Michael Collier, DVM • Dee L. Cross, PhD· Nancy R. Deuel, PhD • Howard H. Erickson, DVM, PhD. David W. Freeman, PhD, Dipl. ACAN • Frederick Harper, PhD, P.A.S.• Harold F. Hintz, PhD· Leo B. Jeffcott, MA, BVet Med, PhD, FRCVS, DVSc· Kevin H. Kline, PhD· Ralph C. Knowles, DVM • Laurie Lawrence, PhD· Carl W. Lind, DVM • Irvin Liu, DVM • Patrick M. McCue, DVM, PhD • Travis C. McGuire, DVM, PhD • C. Wayne Mcllwralth, BVSc, PhD • Kenneth H. McKeever, PhD, FACSM • H. David Moll, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS • William Moyer, DVM • Dean P. Neely, VMD, PhD, Dlpl. ACT. Stephen E. O'Grady, DVM, MRCVS • B. W. Pickett, PhD· James R. Rooney, DVM· David G. Schmitz, DVM, MS • Robert K. Shideler, DVM. E. L. Squires, PhD • Ted S. Stashak, DVM, MS, Dip!. ACVS • Corinne R. Sweeney, DVM • T. W. Swerczek, DVM, PhD • Peter J. Timoney, MVB, MS, PhD, FRCVS • Colin Vogel, B.Vet. Med.,MRCVS • Nathaniel A. White II, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS
The world is changing so fast that I tend to forget that practicing veterinarians under 30 years of age were born after 1970, and those under 40 were less than 10 years old in 1970. These people- and you may be one of them- have no experience with the fabulous fifties. It is hard for them to imagine what veterinary practice was like in 1960, and most of them believe the 1960s have no relevance to practice today. They have no experience with a time when the FDA had little or no influence on the veterinary drug industry, or when veterinary malpractice lawsuits were a rare occurrence. They find it hard to imagine a time when the AAEP did not exist to publish position statements for equine practitioners to follow. Having been a veterinary student in thel950s, it is hard for me to realize that this journal (JEVS) was being published before most of today's veterinary students were born. I am still struggling with the fact that our society is willing to live with the zealous FDA controlling so much of what we as veterinarians can use to treat animals. I have great respect for the under-40 practitioners. They are extremely competent and skillful at what they do. In fact, they are providing a much higher level of care today than was ever conceived of in the 1960s. But I also have great respect for those in my own generation who have and still contribute so much to our continuing education. Dr. Robert M. Miller, for instance, is pioneering new concepts in managing horse behavior. He draws on his years of experience with horses and in veterinary practice. Also, Dr. James Rooney is still teaching us all a thing or two about equine pathology when we get incorrect notions based on only a few hundred cases. Acknowledging the generation gap helps us to understand our colleague's difference of opinion. We are all coming from a different time and place, and that colors our thinking. William E. Jones, DVM, PhD
Volume 20, Number 9, 2000
543