Report from the Credentials Committee

1. Report from the CredentialsCommittee

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

3. Programme Recertification Committee • LA • Frederik Pille • SA • Josh Milgram

4. Credentails Committee • Eva-Linda Skytting • Credentialssecretary

5. Deadlines

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

7. Credentials 42 credentialsapplications (12 LA, 30 SA) • 7% rejectedbecauseofpublications

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

9. Annual reports • Supervisor‘shelp • Other resident‘shelp • credentials@ecvs.org • 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-surgicalprocedures • Codingerrors • Total numbers in Log Summary • Limited procedures not numbered • Performingsurgeryduringother rotations • Changing the format of the form • Cumulative column not filled in Log Summary • Not true emergency • Wrong date format • Use of inappropriatescientificlanguage • Missingabbreviations

12. New Training Brochure • Internship Moved to the ECVS website (www.ecvs.org) 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 • 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 InternalMedecine • Produce, publish, presentClinicalResearch • 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 • Incisionalbiopsy • Standing wound debridement or lavage • Draining of an abscess • Hoof crack/abscesstreatment • Arthrocentesis, abdominocentesis and thoracocentesis • Sinus trephination and/or non-manipulativesinoscopy • Temporarytracheostomy • Castration withoutprimaryclosure • Caslick’sProcedure • 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 • Externalfixatorremoval • Screw and wireremoval • Dental procedures e.g. oral extraction of teeth • PEG tube placement • Incisionalbiopsy • Auralhaematoma drainage • Small (skin/subcutaneous) mass removal • Arthrocentesis, abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, and CSF collection • Rectal prolapse (unlesssurgical) • Intratracheal stents or interventional radiography e.g. coil placement for PDA treatment • Peripherallymphnode 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 • Temporarytracheostomy • Cystostomy tube placement • Mandibularsymphysealrepair • Feeding tubes • Episioplasty • BEARD (Bignathic encircling and retaining device) • Non-laparoscopicneuteringprocedures • Ocularproptosis • Thirdeyelidflap • 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 • VeterinaryResearch • Equine Veterinary Journal • Veterinary and Comparative Oncology • VeterinaryPathology • Theriogenology • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine • Veterinary Record • VeterinaryOphthalmology • Veterinary Journal • BmcVeterinaryResearch • VeterinaryDermatology • Research in Veterinary Science • Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association • VeterinaryAnaesthesia and Analgesia • VeterinarySurgery • Acta VeterinariaScandinavica • Journal of Feline Medicine And Surgery • Journal of Comparative Pathology • American Journal of Veterinary Research • Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care • New ZealandVeterinary Journal • Journal of Veterinary Science • VeterinaryClinicalPathology • Journal of Small Animal Practice • VeterinaryRadiology & Ultrasound • Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology • Equine Veterinary Education

21. New Training Brochure • Requirements for national or international presentations • Scientificpresentation (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) • Posterpresentation are not accepted(except for oral defense at the ECVS Annual Scientific Meeting)

22. New Training Brochure 15 • 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?