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AUGUST 30, 2015
ANNUAL REPORT
IVSA STANDING COMMITTEE ON VETERINARY EDUCATION (SCOVE)
THEOPHANES C. LIATIS CHAIR 2014/2015
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This is an edition of International Veterinary Students‘ Association (IVSA) Standing Committee on Veterinary Education (ScoVE). All rights reserved. © 2015 1st edn. Editor in Chief:
Theophanes Liatis, DVM Chair 2014/2015, IVSA Standing Committee on Veterinary Education (SCoVE) theofanis.liatis@gmail.com
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Contents I. INTRODUCTION A little bit of History
Imprint
II. SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE Our philosophy
Editor in Chief / Chair Theophanes C. Liatis, Greece
III. FIRST BOARD ScoVE Board 2014/2015
ExCo Committees Coordinator Merel Rodenburg, USA
IV. PROJECTS 1.
Core Work 1.1. Structure – Creating Work Domains 1.2. Communication – Launch of our Websites 1.3. Governance – Publication of the first SCoVE’s Manual 1.4. Interactivity & Public Information – Facebook, IVSA VET Education Forum & Newsletters
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Educational Resources Domain(EDU+) 2.1. EDU+ Education Platform –“The absolute source of online educational resources” 2.2. EDU+ 1st Survey –“What is the educational teaching like where you are?” 2.3. VET Talks –a joint project of WikiVet and IVSA/SCoVE
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Vocational Guidance Domain (CAREER+) 3.1. StudyPortals Webinars – “Veterinary profession beyond the classics”
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Policy Domain 4.1. Public Animal Welfare Education and Pet Owner Deontology Policy Statement
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Curriculum Domain 5.1. Call for Student Evaluators through EAEVE – European Association of Establishments on Veterinary Education
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Educational Partners
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Publications
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Potential Projects
CONTACT INFO Aknowledgements
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SCoVE Members 2014/2015 Bhavisha Patel, UK Abigail Fosdick, USA Seth Afedo, China Joseph Lunt, UK Camille Poissonnier, France Sofie Svensson, Norway Dylan Choy, Malaysia
Publisher International Veterinary Students’ Association (IVSA) Denmark www.ivsa.org
Contact veterinaryeducation@ivsa.org
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I. INTRODUCTION A little bit of History IVSA Standing Committee on Veterinary Education (SCoVE) is a newborn standing committee of International Veterinary Students‘ Association (IVSA) founded at the 63rd IVSA Congress in Indonesia (in August 2014). At the same time, its predecessor Standing Committee on Modern Technology in Education (SCoMTE) was disbanded, while its efforts incorporated into that of ScoVE.
II. SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE Our philosophy The aim of ScoVE is to:
Globalization of Education Spread veterinary education throughout the worlds
Innovation Inform students about innovative domains of veterinary science
Free knowledge opportunities Provide free knowledge to students throughout the world & give educational opportunities
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Combine sciences into veterinary perspective & collaborate with other health –and not only- scientists
Educational Partnerships To collaborate with educational partners for benefiting the veterinary education and students interested in this
Veterinary School Curriculums To help improving the school curriculums
Vocational Guidance Help students and recent graduates to know the veterinary profession paths and follow the best for them
Extra-veterinary Skills & Professional Development To promote and provide extraveterinary skills as business, management, administration, economical, leadership and other skills
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III. FIRST BOARD SCoVE Board 2014/2015 The first board of SCoVE consisted of 9 people throughout the world. More spesifically:
IV. PROJECTS 1. Core Work 1.1. Structure – Creating Work Domains We created three basic work domains of the committee named Educational Resources Domain (EDU+), Postgraduate & Training Domain (TRAINEE+) and Vocational Guidance Domain (CAREER+), coordinated by the Educational Resources Coordinator, Postgraduate & Training Coordinator and Vocational Guidance Coordinator respectivelly. More spesifically:
Postgraduate & Training Domain
Educational Resources Domain
Online Free Educational Sources (incl. platforms etc.) Online Free Journals Modern Technology in Education (online libraries, 3D technology, interactive applications etc.) Webinars
Traineeships (incl. Externships, Placements, Voluntarism) Internships (for graduates) Residencies (Specializations at EBVS/ABVS Colleges) Postgraduate Masters of Science (MSc) Postgraduate Doctorates of Philosophy (PhD) Lifelong Learning (CPDs, Seminars, Workshops, Congresses etc.)
Vocational Guidance Domain
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Career Opportunities (Jobs etc.) Veterinary Profession paths Professional Development Business & Management Skills (Management, Administration, Organizational Skills, Leadership etc.) Ethics Economics IT Skills
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Curriculum Domain
Veterinary School Curriculums Improvement Collaboration with EAEVE
Policy Domain
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Domain
Health Sciences Students Officials IPSF, IFMSA, IADS etc. Collaboration with other sectors Ideas exchange Projects co-production
Policy Statements on Veterinary Education Collaboration with IVSA Policy Working Group
Moreover, special work domains as for example: Policy Domain, Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Curriculum Domains were created in order to cover functions of the committee which have to do with Policy Statements on Education, Collaboration with other student organizations‘ education officers and Involement in School Curriculums respectively. As a result, special positions were created as Liaison Officer to Health Sciences Education or special thematic positions dedicated to a specific project as VET Talks Coordinator with main resposnibility to be the ambassador of ScoVE to VET Talks Coordination Team (RVC/WikiVet/IVSA-ScoVE).
1.2. Communication – Launch of our Websites We created an official ScoVE’s Blog which is our central blog and contains information about Committee’s history, board, projects and contact. Another well-organized website we created is the EDU+ Education Platform, the absolute IVSA educational resources platform. Both of them created at wix – server. i. ScoVE’s Blog ((http://ivsascove.wix.com/ivsascove)
ii. EDU+ Education Platform ((http://ivsascove.wix.com/eduplatform)
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1.3. Governance – Publication of the first SCoVE’s Manual The chair wrote and published a Governance Manual for use by the next generations, as it is required by the first chairman of every committee.
1.4. Interactivity & Public Information – Facebook, IVSA VET Education Forum & Newsletters EDU+ Education Platform Newsletter, VET Talks Newsletter and IVSA VET Education Forum (Facebook Closed Group) as well as Facebook Pages work as the interactive places where the public can get informed for the new entries on EDU+ Education Platform or VET Talks or other SCoVE’s projects, interact with the board members, inform for the new updates etc.
EVALUATION EDU+ Education Platform – Updates Newsletter: 188 Subscribers VET Talks – Updates Newsletter: 228 Subscribers Facebook – SCoVE Page (until 30/08/2015): 908 likes Facebook – EDU+ Education Platform Page (until 30/08/2015): 448 likes
2. Educational Resources Domain (EDU+) 2.1. EDU+ Education Platform –“The absolute source of online educational resources” EDU+ Education Platform of IVSA/SCoVE is the absolute source of online educational resources which aims to collect all the free or semi-free provided online educational resources in order to be organized for assisting veterinary students or graduates in studying. Contents Educational Resources Online Source (Webinar, Videos, Photos, Quizzes, Journals, Papers etc. websites) Free and semi-free content Useful, easy to navigate, easy to find what you want Facebook Page which updates people everyday with new website entries!
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Categorization per Animal Species Categorization per Scientific Domain Extra-veterinary stuff (Business and Management, Leadership, Free Journals Section, Social Media Resources Section, Online Courses Platforms etc.) Hashtags below every source which inform people about the special domains the source is about Suggestions below every source which informs people about the major use of the source IVSA/SCoVE Partners Section (SPECIAL IVSA OFFERS – ACCESS) EDU+ Newsletter You can subcribe here (http://ivsascove.wix.com/eduplatform) in order to get the EDU+ Newsletter which consist of: Frequent updates on the new website entries of EDU+ Education Platform Information about the sources Useful tips about the sources EVALUATION Total Online Educational Entries within EDU+ Education Plaform: 87 Entries Pure Veterinary Section - Entries: 51 Entries E-courses Platforms Section - Entries: 19 Entries Business & Management Section – Entries: 4 Entries Free Veterinary Scientific Journals Section – Entries: 3 Entries Social Media (Facebook) Section – Entries: 10 Entries
2.2. EDU+ 1st Survey –“What is the educational teaching like where you are?” The 1st Survey of IVSA/SCoVE was an online survey which was held through Facebook – SCoVE’s page. The question was about the educational methods in veterinary school, whilst the target group was veterinary students throughout the world. You can find the Survey at our Online Library here: http://issuu.com/scove/docs/edu_survey_2014/1?e=14602661/10709899 EVALUATION Members who answered: 52 participants
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2.3. VET Talks –a joint project of WikiVet and IVSA/SCoVE VET Talks project is a joint project of WikiVet and IVSA/Standing Committee on Veterinary Education (SCoVE) under the support of Royal Veterinary College – University of London (RVC). What are the VET Talks? VetTalks are online lectures inspired by TED Talks within a veterinary form, which are going to be provided free to the veterinary students -and not only- throughout the world. The lectures are going to be recorder by outstanding speakers/lecturers/academics suggested by students. The topic is recommended to be extraordinary or neglected within veterinary universe, but also all interesting topics are welcome. The scope of VET Talks is summed up at three axes
Who is behind the VET Talks? The coordination team called VET Talks Coordination Team is behind the VET Talks and organizes this project. This team 2015 consists of 8 persons: Project Manager - Head of Electronic Media Unit (RVC), Chair of the Steering Group (WikiVet) Dr Nick Short – nshort@rvc.ac.uk Project Manager - Chair 2014/2015 of IVSA Standing Committee on Veterinary Education (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Theophanes Liatis – veterinaryeducation@ivsa.org Project Manager - IVSA ExCo Committees Coordinator (Oklahoma State University) Merel Rodenburg – committees@ivsa.org Project Manager - BSc(Hons), MSc, MRCVS (RVC) Silvia Janska – sjanska@rvc.ac.uk; Skype: slyv06 IVSA UK & Ireland rep (RVC) Katriina Willgert – kwillgert@rvc.ac.uk
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“VET Talks provides an exciting new opportunity to build innovative approaches to learning powered by student initiative” Dr Nick Short, Inspirator of VET Talks -WikiVet
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Technical Support - WikiVet Courses Designer Alistair Spark – aspark@rvc.ac.uk Technical Support - Multimedia Developer (RVC) Brian Cox - bcox@rvc.ac.uk Veterinary Communications Consultant (RVC) Lizzie Erian - eerian@rvc.ac.uk *The speakers are selected by this Team How many VET Talks are there? The ready VET Talks are 16 so far! How many universities have participated in so far? The 16 VET Talks have been materialized by speakers originated from 4 countries so far: Royal Veterinary College – University of London (UK) Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – University of Thessaly (Greece) Center for Veterinary Health Sciences – Oklahoma State University (USA) The Bristol School of Veterinary Science – University of Bristol (UK) School of Veterinary Medicine and Science – University of Nottingham (UK) Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) * A great number of primary VET Talks has been kindly offered by RVC. What about the topics so far? The 16 VET Talks consist of:
1 Introductory VET Talk about the project (Silvia Janska, VET Talks Coordination Team) 1 VET Talk in Equine Medicine (Nicola Menzies-Gow, RVC) 2 VET Talks in Infectious Diseases (Samantha Saunders, RVC) 1 VET Talk in Internal Medicine (Sheena Warman, University of Bristol) 1 VET Talk in Business & Management (Tierney Kinnison, RVC) 1 VET Talk in Diagnostic Imaging (Pete Mantis,RVC) 3 VET Talks in Epidemiology (Dan O’Neill, Dirk Pfeiffer, RVC) 1 VET Talk in Dermatology (Manolis Saridomichelakis, UTh) 1 VET Talk in Cardiology (Malcolm Cobb, University of Nottingham) 1 VET Talk in Neurology (Michael Lorenz, OSU) 1 VET Talk in Animal Law (Martina Pluda, UAB)
VISIT the VET Talks Project Information Page within SCoVE’s Blog here http://ivsascove.wix.com/ivsascove#!vettalks/c7e4
VISIT the VET Talks Videos Platform here http://wikivet.mediacore.tv/library/vet-talks
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EVALUATION VET Talks (until 30/08/2015): 16 videos Universities participated in: 6 Universities Countries of speakers’ origin: 4 countries Scientific Domains covered: 10 domains
3. Vocational Guidance Domain (CAREER+) 3.1. StudyPortals Webinars – “Veterinary profession beyond the classics” A webinar of SCoVE through StudyPortals partner website A webinar for non-vets Information about the role of the veterinarian and the broad of vet profession Relations with other sciences Speakers: Theophanes Liatis, Merel Rodenburg, Bhavisha Patel EVALUATION People registered for the Webinar: 87 registrants People who attended the Webinar: 26 attendants Countries of the attendants: 10 countries (Greece, Nepal, Russia, Nigeria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Pakistan, Taiwan, Switzerland, Namibia, Indonesia)
4. Policy Domain
4.1. Public Animal Welfare Education and Pet Owner Deontology Policy Statement A collaboration between IVSA Standing Committee on Veterinary Education (SCoVE) & IVSA Standing Committee on Animal Welfare (AWC). It was approved by the GA within IVSA Congress in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – in August 2015. Aims to Express our opinion as IVSA committees to the Animal Welfare & Pet Owner Deontology within society Establish these subjects to primary, junior high or high schools throughout the world Set up a collaboration between IVSA committees
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Aware public veterinary, educational or other bodies, associations or unions that veterinary students are aware of such global issues and are interested in making the change
5. Curriculum Domain
5.1. Call for Student Evaluators through EAEVE – European Association of Establishments on Veterinary Education IVSA has a partnership with European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) and our assistance was requested in their search for qualified students to be involved in their evaluation and accreditation process. EAEVE is an association formed by the European veterinary schools. The priorities of EAEVE are maintaining and developing high quality level veterinary education, representing the veterinary teaching establishments in Europe, as well as presenting proposals to the European Commission. IVSA and SCoVE on this:
Published an Open Call to the vet students network
Collected the applications and sent to EAEVE
6. Educational Partners The aim of SCoVE is to combine its powers with other educational bodies and organizations for the veterinary students’ benefit. Within EDU+, we are trying to collaborate both formally and informally with educational partners in order to provide to our members better chances, opportunities, free or discount educational resources or website memberships. IVSA already had partners within Educational Resources Domain (see the table) that we took under our umbrella, as SCoVE is now reality, but also we collaborated with new potential partners as WikiVet, VetStage or DrSmarts, with purpose to make our collaboration formal. More specifically:
WikiVet is our collaborator on VET Talk projects and we are developing a broaden formal collaboration within VET Talks project and providing of free e-learning videos to IVSA members.
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Dr Smarts is an online educational platform for health students, where you can register and find free veterinary books, educational materials, quizzes as well as prizes.
VetPD is a professional development website which organizes live courses related to veterinary topics and provide to IVSA members special discounts.
VetStream is an educational online resource for students and professionals to provide clinical knowledge on canis, felis and equine which provides free subscription for IVSA students. A close collaborator for the future.
VetStage is a professional partner who is collaborating with SCoVE and IVSA ExCo within a Postgraduate & Training (TRAINEE+) project which will contain a special Externships/Jobs Platform for IVSA members.
StudyPortals is a professional partner who is collaborating with SCoVE within Postgraduate & Training Domain (TRAINEE+) and Vocational Guidance Domain (CAREER+) by providing to the students a Postgraduate Platform as well as vocational guidance webinars in collaboration with SCoVE.
Already Partners
New Partners
EVALUATION New Partners (2014/2015): 3 partners Partners provide special offers – discounts – access to IVSA Members: 4 partners
7. Publications Our publications are related to our projects or surveys related to education and are available at the internet.
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1 Survey/Results
December 2014 What is the educational teaching like in your country?"
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1 Webinar/Proceedings April 2015 Veterinary profession beyond the classics
VET Talks/Informative Leaflet August 2015
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8. Potential Projects 1.
(CAREER+ Domain) Vet Profession Map (Uncompleted) A project within Vocational Guidance Domain which has to do with a map of veterinary paths. A collaboration with EBVS, FVA and others.
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(TRAINEE+ Domain) VetStage Externship/Jobs Platform (Unpublished) This is a collaborative project between the german VetStage website, which is going internationally, with IVSA ExCo – DAD and MOD – as well ScoVE. ScoVE participates in this project within the intrasectoral domain of Postgraduate & Training. The project is almost completed but not published yet.
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(EDU+ Partners) EchoVet partnership (Potential) An upcoming educational partner within EDU+ Platform.
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Our VET Talk (Unplublished) on „Veterinary Education as seen by students’ perspective and the initiative of IVSA Standing Committee on Veterinary Education”
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CONTACT INFO Contact us here: Chair
veterinaryeduation@ivsa.org
Eduational Resources Coordinator (EDU+)
edu.scove@ivsa.org
Liaison Officer on Health Sciences Eduation (LOHSE)
liaison.scove@ivsa.org
VET Talks Coordinator
vettalks@ivsa.org
Find more information or updates at our social media accounts here: Facebook – SCoVE page
http://www.facebook.com/thescove
Facebook – EDU+ Education Platform
http://www.facebook.com/ivsaedu
Facebook – Vet Education Forum
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1454548854836427/
Linkedin – ScoVE Professional Page
dk.linkedin.com/in/scove
Visit our websites here: ScoVE’s Blog:
http://ivsascove.wix.com/ivsascove
EDU+ Education Platform:
http://ivsascove.wix.com/eduplatform
Visit our publications library here: Issuu – ScoVE’s Library
http://issuu.com/scove
Aknowledgements I would like to thank personally the very collaborative and creative members of ScoVE’s Board and IVSA’s ExCo and especially Merel Rodenburg (ExCo’s Committees Coordinator), Anil Turer (PRC) and Emma Van Roijen (President). However, I would like to express my special gratidute to my second – hand Bhavisha Patel, the Educational Resources Coordinator of ScoVE and upcoming Chair of Scove who helped me within the projects with great willingness and providing to the committee great ideas through her excellent brainstormings. She supported the EDU+ Domain at her best! Thank you all. I would like also to thank StudyPortals for providing us the opportunity to create a webinar on vocational guidance, and especially Dr Nick Short and the whole VET Talks Coordination Team 2014/2015 for its collaboration and establishment of VET Talks project. Good luck to the next oustanding Chair Bhavisha Patel from IVSA Bristol (UK & Ireland)! On behalf of the Committee 2014/2015 Theophanes C. Liatis Chairman 2014/2015 IVSA Standing Committee on Veterinary Education (ScoVE)
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