1. Report from the Credentials Committee

2. Members LA SA David Bolt Markus Wilke Karsten Velde
Jean-Philippe Billet
Ross Doust
Eithne Comerford
Daniela Murgia

3. Programme Recertification CommitteeLA
Frederik Pille SA
Josh Milgram

4. Credentails Committee
Eva-Linda Skytting
Credentials secretary

5. Deadlines September February July ACVSECVS 15th August 15th January
15th June
New Applications
New Programmes
Annual Reports
31st July
Revision Annual Reports
31th December
31th May
Change in Programmes
Credentials
Special items

6. What do we do?
READ
Autumn/Winter
Spring/Summer

7. Credentials 42 credentials applications (12 LA, 30 SA)
7% rejected because of publications

8. Annual reports 108 annual reports (36 LA, 72 SA) 39% resubmissions
1st Year : 61%
2nd Year : 30%
3rd Year : 17%

9. Annual reports Supervisor‘s help Other resident‘s help
New Training Brochure

10. New Training Brochure
Programme Director: Is a Diplomate of the ECVS who is responsible for the management of the residency programmes at his/her institution. This includes the establishment, modification and recertification of the programme.
Resident Supervisor: Is a Diplomate of the ECVS who is responsible for the entire training of a named resident(s).
Surgical Supervisor: Is a Diplomate of the ECVS, ACVS, ECVN, ACVN, EVDC, AVDC, ACVO, ACVO, approved Full Professor who scrubbed in together with the resident acting as primary or assisted surgeon = initials in bold, direct supervision
Co-supervised Programme : Is a programme on two different locations with two Programme Directors and two Resident Supervisors

11. TOP 11 mistakes Minors/non-surgical procedures Coding errors
Total numbers in Log Summary
Limited procedures not numbered
Performing surgery during other rotations
Changing the format of the form
Cumulative column not filled in Log Summary
Not true emergency
Wrong date format
Use of inappropriate scientific language
Missing abbreviations

12. New Training Brochure Internship
Moved to the ECVS website ( under Training Information/How to become a Specialist

13. New Training Brochure ACVS  ECVS Diplomate
Moved from the Training Brochure to the ECVS website (www. ecvs.org) under Training Information/Become a Diplomate/ACVS Diplomates

14. New Training Brochure To set up to recertify an existing programme
a new Standard Veterinary Surgery Residency Programme (SVSRP)
Alternate Veterinary Surgery Training Programme (AVSTP)
to recertify an existing programme
9 elements
13 elements
Duration of training
Supervision by ECVS Dipl
Case load
Training in Anaesthesia
Training in Diagnostic Imaging
Training in Pathology
Training in Internal Medecine
Produce, publish, present Clinical Research
Continuing Education

15. New Training Brochure Alternate Veterinary Surgery Training Programme
3 years < <6 years
60% clinical case management under direct Diplomate supervision

16. New Training Brochure Non-specialist procedures LA
• Closed reduction of joint luxation
• Cast application/change/removal
• Implant removal
• Chest tube placement
• Cystotomy tube placement without laparotomy
• Dental extraction other than pre-/molar permanent teeth
• Skin mass removal
• Incisional biopsy
• Standing wound debridement or lavage
• Draining of an abscess
• Hoof crack/abscess treatment
• Arthrocentesis, abdominocentesis and thoracocentesis
• Sinus trephination and/or non-manipulative sinoscopy
• Temporary tracheostomy
• Castration without primary closure
• Caslick’s Procedure
• Periosteal stripping

17. New Training Brochure Non-specialist procedures SA
• Closed reduction of joint luxations
• Cast application/changes/removal
• Diagnostic endoscopy or endoscopic retrieval of foreign bodies
• Draining an abscess, lavaging a wound and wound debridement
• Simple bite wounds
• Chest tube placement
• Central line placement
• Pin removal
• External fixator removal
• Screw and wire removal
• Dental procedures e.g. oral extraction of teeth
• PEG tube placement
• Incisional biopsy
• Aural haematoma drainage
• Small (skin/subcutaneous) mass removal
• Arthrocentesis, abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, and CSF collection
• Rectal prolapse (unless surgical) • Intratracheal stents or interventional radiography e.g. coil placement for PDA treatment • Peripheral lymph node excision • Simple anal sacculectomies for anal sacculitis/abscess • Toe amputation • Tail amputation • Sinus trephination • Enucleation/exenteration • Simple umbilical and inguinal canal hernias • Lumpectomy • Mastectomy (single and regional) • Simple entropion • Temporary tracheostomy • Cystostomy tube placement • Mandibular symphyseal repair • Feeding tubes • Episioplasty • BEARD (Bignathic encircling and retaining device) • Non-laparoscopic neutering procedures • Ocular proptosis • Third eyelid flap • Tarsorrhaphy • Prolapse of the nictitans gland (cherry eye) • Lateral wall resection of the vertical ear canal

18. New Training Brochure Limited number of procedures
LA: (Both of these have to be logged under category OO)
Castration with primary closure (3 total)
Oral pre-/ molar permanent tooth extraction (3 total)
SA:
Laparoscopic sterilization procedures (5 total)
Elective and emergency OVH (pyometra) (5 total)
Caesarean section/en bloc OVH for dystocia (5 total)
Each procedure must be numbered consecutively in the Surgical Procedure column of the Surgery Case Log e.g. Laparoscopic OVH (1)

19. New Training Brochure
Surgeries performed with a non-active (non-practicing) ECVS Diplomate can be counted as supervised procedures (Supervisor’s initials in bold in the Surgery case log)

20. New Training Brochure Publications Accepted for 27 journals
• Veterinary Research
• Equine Veterinary Journal
• Veterinary and Comparative Oncology
• Veterinary Pathology
• Theriogenology
• Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
• Veterinary Record
• Veterinary Ophthalmology
• Veterinary Journal
• Bmc Veterinary Research
• Veterinary Dermatology
• Research in Veterinary Science
• Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
• Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Veterinary Surgery • Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica • Journal of Feline Medicine And Surgery • Journal of Comparative Pathology • American Journal of Veterinary Research • Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care • New Zealand Veterinary Journal • Journal of Veterinary Science • Veterinary Clinical Pathology • Journal of Small Animal Practice • Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound • Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology • Equine Veterinary Education

21. New Training Brochure
Requirements for national or international presentations
Scientific presentation (research communications, short communications, resident forum presentations)
National or International Meeting
Proof of the presentation at this meeting by the resident (e.g. copy of the Meeting Programme)
Poster presentation are not accepted (except for oral defense at the ECVS Annual Scientific Meeting)

22. 15 New Training Brochure AUGUST Credentials Application
The logging stops on 31st July but you have until 15th August to send your credentials to the office
AUGUST

23. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Questions?