Gert Niebauer , Vienna, Austria OIE-Global Conference on Veterinary Education

1. PERSPECTIVES OF AN ACCREDITATION ORGANISATION – TOOLS APPLIED BY THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS FOR VETERINARY EDUCATION (EAEVE). Gert Niebauer, Vienna, Austria OIE-Global Conferenceon Veterinary Education Foz do Iguaçu, 4-6 /12/ 2013

2. Europeanaccreditation system - the 27 and beyond Basicpoliticalconcept of European Union: • Free movement of people, services -regulated professions – and goods, mutual recognition of academicdegrees and titles Acceptablequality of services necesitates: • Standardisation, harmonisation & evaluationof training: EAEVE-system unique amongregulated professions within EU • Mission of EAEVE ” to support, promote and evaluate veterinary education in Europe in all its aspects “ • primarydomestic (EU+affiliated countries)

3. EAEVE mission statement • to evaluate veterinary medical establishments by theirteaching quality and standards within, but not limited to, the member states of the European Union • Evaluation system gives assurance to • the public, the competent authorities • national veterinary statutory bodies • the students • the veterinary establishments

4. Principles of the EAEVE evaluationprocess • Two stages approach: • Stage 1 evaluationyields« approval » assuring full compliancewithteaching standards / learning standards of EU directives • Stage 2 evaluationyields« accreditation » (onlypreviouslyapprovedfaculties), compliancewithacademicquality assurance/management criteria

5. Training standards based onEU Directive 36/2005 Minimum obligatory requirements for veterinary training in Member States : • 5-year curriculum (minimum) • Definition and listing of basic- and clinical science subjects, public health, foodhygiene, animal welfare • Concept of hands-on clinicalteaching in all commondomesticspecies (dog,cat,horse, cattle,pig,poultry…..), research-basedteaching… • Concept of « omnicompetent » graduatewith « first-dayskills », «essential competences »  • See EAEVE SOP annex IV www.eaeve.org and OIE

6. EAEVE evaluationcriteriaintegratedwith: • OIE Recommendations on the competencies of graduating veterinarians (2012) • OIEGuidelines for a Model Core Veterinary Curriculum (2013) to assure Minimum Educational Standards and quality of National Veterinary Services world-wide ad hoc Group on Veterinary Education, chaired by AVMA

7. Evaluationtools of EAEVE (and OIE) • EAEVE evaluation/accreditation • Evaluation of the performance of Veterinary Teaching Establishments • through international peerreview • applying Standard Procedures & benchmarks • OIE – PVS Tool • Evaluation of the Performance of • Veterinary Services • a tool for Good Governance of Veterinary Services

8. The EAEVE Evaluation/accreditationProcess • EAEVE membership for full evaluation • School preparesSelf EvaluationReport • on-site visitation by peers+student • Team of 5 experts + student, 1 week (fromdiff.countries, diff.disciplines…) • Evaluation Report (public) • Outcome by ECOVE based on Report • ECOVE joint committee of 3 EAEVE+3 FVE + elected chair EAEVE/FVE Outcome: accredited/approved; conditionallyapproved; non-approved Costs: €8000 plus expenses team

9. Essentials for a successfulevaluation • All teachingunderfaculty control • Majority of teaching intra muros • Acceptance of distributive teaching model • Veterinary TeachingHospital • All EU-commondomestic animal species, 24hr, hospitalisation, multi-speciality, post-gradedu • TeachingFarm & Mobile Clinic • Basic Sciences, Animal Production, Food Safety/Public Health, Biosecurity-safety, Disease control, Animal welfare

10. Policy on admittance of non-Europeanfaculties • EAEVE membershipwelcome but not solicited • « consultative site visit » prior to admittance • MembershipimpliesevaluationbySOP and all applicable EU Regulations/Directives • Possible areas of conflict • EU directives are not bindingoutside EU • Different importance of specificdomestic animal species; differentneeds of society • Different perception or observance of animal welfareissues

11. « Consultative site visit » tool • Preparation of Self-EvaluationReport • On-site visit of 2 experts + 1 EAEVE staff, duration2 - 3 days • Evaluationfee €3000 +team expenses • Result: Letter of recommendation • appraisal of overall compliance with EAEVE evaluation/accreditation standards • Reasonable assurance • Confidential • Conditio sine qua non for non-EU membership candidates

12. New perspectives for non-Europeanaccreditation • EU and non-EU memberssame standards applied? Yes– except: non-EU membersmayreceive« limitedapproval» conditionalapprovalwithoutpossibility for correction • Limited approval =facultyfulfillingallEU standards except in one area, linked to socio-geographicalcircumstances (outside EU) • Limited approval: graduatesfromsuchfacultiesmay have to undergoadditional training in the area of limitation prior to practice within the EU

13. Recommendations for non-EU candidatefaculties • Attaining and fulfillingOIErecommendations on basic core curriculum and day 1 competencies • RequestingEAEVE-consultative visit positive outcome: EAEVE-membership Full on-site visit within 3 years Approval/accreditation ,valid(7)10 years Conditionalapproval (valid 5 years) or « limitedapproval/accreditation »

14. « Globalisation » of accreditation • « Domestic issues » (EU) • Joint visitation arrangements with National (EU) veterinarystatutory bodies • Joint visitations withRCVS • Joint visitations with AVMA-COE in central Europeanfaculties • « Foreign issues » (non-EU) • Collaboration with OIE • Expansion to the largermediterrenean area (REEV-Med network) • International Accreditors Working Group-(AVMA, Austral-Asia & South Africa)