The World Veterinary Association (WVA) Veterinary Education Working Group first developed, and the Council approved, the following Model Veterinarians’ Oath in 2019. The most common use of a Veterinarians’ Oath is to swear in new veterinarians upon their entry into the profession at or immediately following graduation from a veterinary educational establishment.
The intent of the WVA is for this Model Veterinarians’ Oath to be used as a template by veterinary organizations that have not yet developed an oath or by those associations considering revising an existing oath. It is not the intent of the WVA that this model language replaces existing oaths or that all veterinarians belonging to Member Associations be required to swear to the WVA Model Veterinarians’ Oath. Instead, this Model Oath can be refined by an organization to emphasize those professional responsibilities of particular significance to any given country or region.