Re-certification criteria In accordance with EBVS policy, each Diplomate has to be evaluated by their parent College every five years, starting five years after they first became a Diplomate to show that they meet the required standards of professional activity. For the field of animal welfare, ethics and law (AWSEL) tbis will be carried out by the AW Credentials Committee. In order to obtain re-certification Diplomates will need to complete the re-certification form, certifying that they fulfil the requirement of practising the specialty for more than 60 per cent of their time, based on a normal working week (accepted by the EBVS as 40hr), and in addition that they fulfil the requirements of the standard procedure according to a credit point system (described below). In addition, Diplomates should ask 2 close colleagues or authorities to send to the College a letter of reference certifying that the Diplomate has been active in practising his/her speciality for the last 5 years at the specialist level. Credit point system Credit points can be granted for education or training in non-scientific or non-evidence-based medicine but significant advances in ethics and law are creditable. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements may be fulfilled by accumulating a minimum of 100 credit from at least two of the categories set out below, and points (cp) over a period of 5 years having Activity Details Documentation Max cp 1.Supervision of -Co-supervisor: 5cp per year per List names and year 60 trainees either trainee training started for residents or -Main supervisor: 10cp per year each of your trainees alternative routes per resident/alternative according to the EBVS Training Guidelines 2.Scientific -first/last-authored Either doi/www link 60 publications in publication 20 cp per or copy of the 1st relevant publication page of publication. -other authorship: 10cp per international publication journals/national -textbook chapters: 10cp per veterinary journals on chapter the fields of AWSEL -edited books: 20 cp per book within the past 5 -written books: 40 cp per book years 3.Societal activity 5cp each www link/scan copy 60 related to the fields of Can include but not limited to: of activity animal welfare, ethics -Writing in farming magazines, and law newspapers -Interviews to media about the related fields
Re-certification criteria In accordance with EBVS policy, each Diplomate has to be evaluated by their parent College every five years, starting five years after they first became a Diplomate to show that they meet the required standards of professional activity. For the field of animal welfare, ethics and law (AWSEL) tbis will be carried out by the AW Credentials Committee. In order to obtain re-certification Diplomates will need to complete the re-certification form, certifying that they fulfil the requirement of practising the specialty for more than 60 per cent of their time, based on a normal working week (accepted by the EBVS as 40hr), and in addition that they fulfil the requirements of the standard procedure according to a credit point system (described below). In addition, Diplomates should ask 2 close colleagues or authorities to send to the College a letter of reference certifying that the Diplomate has been active in practising his/her speciality for the last 5 years at the specialist level. Credit point system Credit points can be granted for education or training in non-scientific or non-evidence-based medicine but significant advances in ethics and law are creditable. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements may be fulfilled by accumulating a minimum of 100 credit points (cp) over a period of 5 years from at least two of the categories set out below, and having Activity Details Documentation Max cp 1.Supervision of trainees either residents or alternative routes according to the EBVS Training Guidelines -Co-supervisor: 5cp per year per trainee -Main supervisor: 10cp per year per resident/alternative List names and year training started for each of your trainees 60 2.Scientific publications in relevant international journals/national veterinary journals on the fields of AWSEL within the past 5 years -first/last-authored publication 20 cp per publication -other authorship: 10cp per publication -textbook chapters: 10cp per chapter -edited books: 20 cp per book -written books: 40 cp per book Either doi/www link or copy of the 1st page of publication. 60 3.Societal activity related to the fields of animal welfare, ethics and law 5cp each Can include but not limited to: -Writing in farming magazines, newspapers -Interviews to media about the related fields www link/scan copy of activity 60
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