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Hello everyone,
I'm currently filling out the VMCAS application and I'm not sure whether to classify the following experiences as animal or veterinary:
(1) Laboratory research looking at the effects of avian migration on the distribution of avian influenza virus. Also through the same lab, I researched population differentiation in hummingbirds of Central America.
My work was mostly molecular biology related and I did not actually work with living birds. I did work with the DNA and RNA collected from fecal, blood, and feather samples acquired from wild birds.
The work was done through a full-time professor's laboratory (he has a PhD) at a large research university.
(2) Field research on two different rainforest species (a frog species and a butterfly species) in Central America. We handled the animals, which were captured in the wild, on a daily basis to collect our data.
This work was also supervised by a full-time professor who has a PhD. (This was actually a quarter-long course and he was our instructor).
I know VMCAS says if the work was related to animals AND was supervised by a health professional, it should be classified as veterinary experience. Since these professors have PhDs, does that make them "health professionals"?
Thank you for your advice!
I'm currently filling out the VMCAS application and I'm not sure whether to classify the following experiences as animal or veterinary:
(1) Laboratory research looking at the effects of avian migration on the distribution of avian influenza virus. Also through the same lab, I researched population differentiation in hummingbirds of Central America.
My work was mostly molecular biology related and I did not actually work with living birds. I did work with the DNA and RNA collected from fecal, blood, and feather samples acquired from wild birds.
The work was done through a full-time professor's laboratory (he has a PhD) at a large research university.
(2) Field research on two different rainforest species (a frog species and a butterfly species) in Central America. We handled the animals, which were captured in the wild, on a daily basis to collect our data.
This work was also supervised by a full-time professor who has a PhD. (This was actually a quarter-long course and he was our instructor).
I know VMCAS says if the work was related to animals AND was supervised by a health professional, it should be classified as veterinary experience. Since these professors have PhDs, does that make them "health professionals"?
Thank you for your advice!