FECAVA Newsletter – February 2019
2. März 2019
As a veterinarian, you can work in clinical practice or do veterinary research; work for pharmaceutical companies or education providers; at zoos or animal welfare agencies, or even in government services and development agencies across the globe. By studying veterinary medicine, you will earn a recognized qualification. But if you want to move to a higher level, your development should continue after you have gained your qualifications.
FECAVA organized a number of European continuing education courses in the 1990s and in early 2000s. Setting up VetCEE (Veterinary Continuous Education) was crucial for developing standards or structured CPD and for its recognition throughout Europe.
It has also contributed to the elaboration of competencies for VetCEE accreditation for providers of companion animal programs. FECAVA strives to improve the veterinary care of pets through professional development.
Continuing education should explore every possible way on how to enhance our clinical skills; ways to improve our patient’s welfare; how to deal with ethically difficult situations and how to decide on the best career to improve the life of animals. Experienced speakers from all over the world should guide us through important, tough and controversial issues that we, as students or new graduates, may not even be aware of.
Finding a way to get nonclinical subjects as part of CPD programs is a necessary component of veterinary education. Modern veterinary education needs to incorporate interpersonal, communication and leadership skills. Therefore, a change in the veterinary clinic is essential. It’s necessary to keep up with innovations, with new approaches in practice management, as well as with all-encompassing concepts. No matter what the change is, you need to dive right in; get the team on board and make some moves which will take you as far as you want to go.
Denis Novak, DVM, MRCVS
FECAVA Vice President
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