European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Primary Aim
• To ensure that Veterinary Education in Europe
  meets at least the conditions laid down by
  Directive 2005/36/EU

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Facts
• Only Profession in Europe to have such a
• control system
• System has run for over 25 years
• By the year 2000, the system was
• becoming antiquated and ponderous

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Facts
• New SOPs in 2002 did not improve the situation
  very much
• New SOPs with major revision in 2007, approved in
  Conya
• Change of Management in September 2007

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Facts
• Change of Management introduced a new shorter
  time-frame for visitations, normally from Monday
  evening to Friday noon
• Team specialists are now aimed primarily at their
  areas of expertise
• Time-frame to a decision by the JEC /ECOVE
• is now less than 6 months.

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Facts
• New SOPs applied since January 2008
• New Indicators have to be approved in Copenhagen,
  but can be applied in 2008 irrespective of
  whether the SER was prepared to the Old or New
  SOPs
• Indicators should only be used as a guide and are
  not determinative

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Facts
• Due recognition of the value of the SER is
  assigned, since it is now an integral part of the
  Final Report, the latter now extending to approx.
  30 pages only.
• JEC/ECOVE is now able to assign approval,
  conditional approval or non-approval, depending
  on specific circumstances

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Facts
• The Evaluation System exists for the EAEVE
  individual members
• It gives a picture of how the training at any one
  establishment meets at least the criteria laid
  down in Directive 2005/36/EU
• It gives an idea as to how one
  faculty/school/university compares to peer
  establishments in Europe

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Facts
• The Evaluation System often offers the individual
  establishment a concrete means of stimulating
  necessary investment from the various
  governmental departments, which finance the
  operation

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Fiction
• That an EAEVE Team has a Europol function
• That it is better to wait to request a visitation
  until all improvements have been made
• That there is a stigma to non-approval in the
  initial phase

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Programme 2007 (Actual)
• March Bristol
• May Elazig
• October Teramo
• Uppsala
• November Berlin
• Vetsuisse

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Programme 2008 Full Visits (In progress)
• January Hanover
• March Cambridge (with RCVS)
• April Lugo
• May Kars
• October Leipzig
• November Sofia (?)
• Coimbra (?)

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Programme 2008 Re-Visits (In progress)
• February Alfort
• March Padua
• Istanbul
• April Bursa
• Conya
• May Perugia

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Programme 2009 Full Visits (planned)
• January Las Palmas
• March Wroclaw
• Liège
• May Ljubljana
• October Helsinki
• November Cordoba
• Vila Real
• December Pisa

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 
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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• As yet unvisited Faculties
• Belgrade Coimbra
• Evora Iasi
• Karditsa Kars
• Sarajevo Skopje
• Sofia Timisoara
• Tirana Van

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European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education 

• The Evaluation System
• Coordinators
• Dr. Robin G Oakley
• Prof. Dr. Bernd Hoffmann