EAEVE and Veterinary Education in Europe

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EAEVE andVeterinary Education in Europe

• Marcel Wanner

European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education
Institute of Animal Nutrition University of Zurich
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Content

• EAEVE
• EU Legislation Governing Veterinary Training
• Evaluation Procedure
• Main Category 1 Deficiences
• Current Situation of Evaluation in Turkey

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EAEVE Objectives
European Association of Establishments for
Veterinary Education
Founded in Alfort (F) on May 27th, 1988
The objective shall be - to promote and develop
veterinary education - to reinforce co-operation
between establishments for higher education in
veterinary science - to act as forum for
discussion of matters for veterinary education
in order to improve and harmonize education - to
manage the European System of Evaluation of
Veterinary Training, based on the mandate given
by the Commission of the European Community
www.eaeve.org
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Members
Group 1 UK 7, Ireland 1, The Netherlands 1 Group
2 Spain 10, Portugal 5 Group 3 Italy 13, Greece
2, Albania 1, Israel 1, Romania 4 Group 4 France
4, Belgium 2 Group 5 Germany 5, Austria 1,
Switzerland 1 Group 6 Denmark 1, Norway 1,
Sweden 1, Finland 1, Estonia 1, Latvia 1,
Lithuania 1 Group 7 Slovak Republic 1, Czech
Republic 2, Hungary 1, Slovenia 1, Poland
4, Croatia 1 Group 8 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1,
Yugoslavia 1, Macedonia 1, Bulgaria 2,
Ukraine 2, Turkey 11, Serbia 1
(italic non EU-member states)
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Obligation of EAEVE Members
Membership is voluntary
Statutes of EAEVE Article 4 . Members should
also comply with the principle of periodic
peer-group evaluation of their functioning as an
academic institution according to defined
protocols.
Current situation 94 member establishments in
35 countries 79 faculties have either been
visited or have visits pending
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The EC-Directive 2005/36
Directive of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the recognition of professional
qualifications Defines minimum requirements for
veterinary training

• This is the basis of the
• European System of Evaluation of Veterinary
  Training
• managed by EAEVE together with FVE

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The EC-Directive 2005/36
Section 5 Veterinary Surgeons Article 38 The
training of veterinary surgeons
The training of vet surgeons shall comprise a
total of at least five years of full-time
theoretical and practical study at a university
or at a higher institute providing training
recognised as being of an equivalent level,
or under the supervision of a university covering
at least the study programme referred to in the
Annex V, point 5.4.1
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Study Programme (I)
The programme of studies shall include at least
the following subjects

• Basic subjects
• - Physics
• - Chemistry
• - Animal biology
• - Plant biology
• - Biomathematics

Directive 2005/36/EC
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Study Programme (II)
B. Specific subjects a. Basic sciences - Anatomy
(including histology and embryology) -
Physiology - Biochemistry - Genetics -
Pharmacology - Pharmacy - Toxicology -
Microbiology - Immunology - Epidemiology -
Professional ethics
Directive 2005/36/EC
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Study Programme (III)
B. Specific subjects b. Clinical sciences -
Obstetrics - Pathology (including pathological
anatomy) - Parasitology - Clinical medicine and
surgery (including anaesthetics) - Clinical
lectures on the various domestic animals, poultry
and other animal species - Preventive
medicine - Radiology - Reproduction and
reproductive disorders - Veterinary state
medicine and public health - Veterinary
legislation and forensic medicine -
Therapeutics - Propaedeutics
Directive 2005/36/EC
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Study Programme (IV)
B. Specific subjects c. Animal Production -
Animal production - Animal nutrition -
Agronomy - Rural economics - Veterinary
hygiene - Animal ethology and protection
d. Food hygiene - Inspection and control of
animal foodstuffs or foodstuffs of animal
origin - Food hygiene and technology -
Practical work (including practical work in
places where slaugthering and processing
of foodstuffs takes place
Directive 2005/36/EC
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Omnicompetence after 5 Years
The distribution of the theoretical and practical
training among the various groups of subjects
shall be balanced and coordinated in such a way
that the knowledge and experience may be acquired
in a manner which will enable veterinary surgeons
to perform all their duties.
(Annex V, point 5.4.1)
Directive 2005/36/EC
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The Evaluation System
Principles and Process of Evaluation (2007)

• The main stages are
• Preparation of a self-evaluation report by the
  vet. establishment
• Visit to the establishment by a group of experts
• Preparation of a report on the visit by the
  group of experts
• Review of the experts report
• Decision by the European Committee on Veterinary
  Education

Delegates of EAEVE and FVE
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Self Evaluation Report

• Objectives
• Organisation
• Finance
• Curriculum
• 5. Teaching, quality and evaluation
• 6. Facilities and equipment
• 7. Animals and teaching material of animal origin
• 8. Library and learning ressources
• 9. Admission and enrolment
• 10. Academic and support staff
• 11. Continuing education
• 12. Postgraduate Training
• 13. Research

www.eaeve.org
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Visit
5 Experts selected from different countries, one
of whom is designated chairman - Basic
Sciences - Clinical Sciences Academic
teacher - Clinical Sciences Practitioner
- Animal Production - Food Hygiene -
New (to be introduced) 1 Student The team is
always accompanied by an EAEVE Coordinator
Normal timetable - Monday briefing of the
team by the Coordinator - Tuesday
Thursday visit of the faculty - Friday
discussion of the draft report of the visiting
team with the dean
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Results of the Evaluation
? 7 Visited but failing to meet all of the
requirements institutions with so-called
category 1 deficiencies
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Category 1 Deficiencies
The clinical training has been the major weakness
of veterinary education in Europe over the last
15 years!

• Insufficient caseload in the clinics
• Poor clinical training
• No isolation facilities for infected animals
• No mobile clinic
• Institutions must have a mobile clinic for
  farm animals
• so that students can practice veterinary
  medicine on the
• farm under expert supervision
• Lack of an emergency service
• Clinical and hospital facilities must operate
  day and night
• for most of the year i.e. like a normal
  practice
• ? Insufficient number of necropsis
• ? No Acces to a farm
• No Acces to a slaughterhouse

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A Special Problem
Pig medicine
Local education for a global or at least European
market
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Situation in Turkey
17 Faculties 12 Faculties members of EAEVE 1
visited and approved faculty (Ankara) 1
conditional approved faculty (Bursa) 3 visited
faculty (Istanbul, Kars, Konya) 1 pending visit
(Van, 2010) 6 not yet applied for the evaluation
(Antakya,Aydin, Burdur, Kayseri, Samsun, Urfa)
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The Goal
The goal of the evaluation system is to help
the veterinary education establishments to
improve the quality of their training