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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1415753
This article is part of the Research Topic Veterinary teaching in 2025: where we are and where we expect to go View all articles

Evaluation and Spatiotemporal Evolution of Veterinary Talent Competitiveness: A New Perspective of Veterinary Education

Provisionally accepted
Xianhang Xu Xianhang Xu 1,2*Mohd Anuar Arshad Mohd Anuar Arshad 2*Yugang Jian Yugang Jian 1*Arshad Mahmood Arshad Mahmood 3Mengdie Dong Mengdie Dong 2*
  • 1 School of Management, Chongqing Institute of Engineering, Chongqing, China
  • 2 School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
  • 3 European Sustainable Research Outreach, Wuppertal, Germany

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    Improving the quantity and quality of veterinary talent cultivation is an urgent issue to address in current veterinary education and is key to enhancing veterinary talent competitiveness.Starting from an industrial perspective, the introduction of scientific analytical methods for studying veterinary talent competitiveness offers a new view on veterinary education and helps to improve the quality of veterinary education and talent cultivation. This study develops a veterinary talent competitiveness evaluation index based on the characteristics of veterinary talent. It proposes a visual method to analyze the level and spatiotemporal evolution of veterinary talent competitiveness using the Entropy method and ArcGIS tools, with Western China as a case study. Data is collected from 12 regions in Western China, spanning 2015 to 2021. The results show that the method not only evaluates the current state of veterinary talent competitiveness but also considers temporal and spatial evolution, achieving good evaluation effectiveness and high accuracy, thereby guiding the improvement of veterinary education and talent cultivation. Based on the research findings, the study suggests improving the quality of veterinary education and talent cultivation through measures such as strengthening talent resource development, addressing regional imbalances, and promoting spatial integration to achieve a virtuous cycle between veterinary education and industrial development.

    Keywords: Veterinary, Talent competitiveness, Veterinary education, Evaluation index, spatiotemporal evolution

    Received: 11 Apr 2024; Accepted: 11 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Xu, Arshad, Jian, Mahmood and Dong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Xianhang Xu, School of Management, Chongqing Institute of Engineering, Chongqing, China
    Mohd Anuar Arshad, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
    Yugang Jian, School of Management, Chongqing Institute of Engineering, Chongqing, China
    Mengdie Dong, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

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