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It is aimed to investigate the factors affecting the elective course preferences of veterinary students in Türkiye and to evaluate these factors according to specific socio-demographic criteria. "Elective Course Preference Attitude Scale" was applied to 765 students from 18 veterinary faculties. Data were analyzed with SPSS 25.0. Female students made up 52.4% of the participants. It was determined that the personal score was lower in men than in women. The environmental score was low in the 1st and 2nd grades, and in the 3rd and 4th grades, the structural score was high. While the additive score was low for the students studying in the Eastern, Central Anatolian and Black Sea regions, the environmental score was low in the Marmara Region. It was determined that the environmental score of the students studying in the faculties founded after 2007 was low. The fact that students need knowledge and experience in choosing elective courses reveals the effect of the friend factor while their expectation of contribution to personal and professional life reveals the effect of regional opportunities. The elective course pool to be prepared in line with the interests, wishes, and needs of the students will contribute to their motivation and self-efficacy perceptions. Choosing elective courses in line with the professional, academic and personal factors and the student's academic profiles will be beneficial in increasing learning and success levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Although women in Turkey were first given the opportunity to attend schools of higher education in 1914, the number of female students in higher education increased rapidly through socio-economic and cultural reforms, which were carried out following the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923. Merver Ansel, who graduated from the Veterinary School in Ankara in 1935, became the first female veterinarian in Turkey. In 1938, Abide Koray was appointed as research assistant at the Institute of Internal Diseases of this School thus, women have taken place in academic life. With this study, which was aimed at providing data on the first female academicians in Turkish veterinary education, 19 brief biographies were prepared by using archival documents, memoirs, oral sources and 16 photos have been reached. The biographies revealed that females started their academic career in veterinary medicine three years after the first woman graduated from the veterinary school in 1935. It was also determined that almost all female academicians carried out their academic careers in basic and pre-clinical sciences since 1947 and 1950 respectively; but after Koray (1938), the second woman academician could begin her career in clinical sciences in 1984. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although some points of job opportunities and employment areas of veterinarians were mentioned in various editions in Turkey, countrywide study was not determined. The present study was undertaken to determine the permanent employment status, changing job opportunities and cross-sectoral orientations of veterinarians and to evaluate the views and expectations regarding to sectors for near future and the year 2023. For this aim, a questionnaire was applied to totally 771 veterinarians, from public workers (398) and private sector workers (377). According to data analysis, it was determined that public sector employees expect more to found a permanent job when compared with private sector employees but change their job less than others. Although private sector seems to be more advantageous in terms of job opportunities the transition from private sector to public sector was found to be higher rates in today's conditions. The particular fields expected to have the highest improvement potential were 'food quality and security', 'organic agriculture-animal husbandry', 'herd health', 'public health' and 'companion animal sector' in near future and 2023. In conclusion, it can be said that public space are more preferable than the other work areas in veterinary medicine in Turkey and the opinions of participants about the areas which will gain the importance in next future and 2023 year point to "One medicine one health concept" awareness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although there are limited number studies on general condition of veterinary education and its problems and solution offers of these problems in Turkey, any comprehensive studies in Turkey were not made. This study was carried out with the aim of determining veterinary education efficiency of veterinarians and veterinary faculty students and possible problems in education and the solutions of these problems. For this aim two questionnaires were developed for collecting data and one was applied to veterinary students and the other was applied to veterinary practitioners. The questionnaires applied by interviewing with 1176 participants individually in cities of seven geographical regions of Turkey that have a veterinary faculty. The data were analyzed: the efficiency of the education of veterinary faculties was evaluated as "low". While "the sufficiency of structure and duration" were accepted as the strong sides of education, the "insufficiency of practical training" was considered as the weakness. In conclusion, in accordance with the opinions of participants it can be said that the problems in veterinary education in Turkey can be solved by increasing practices and decreasing faculty number and student quota. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]