ESVPS Extends Course Accreditations

The European School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies (ESVPS) has announced that it is extending the range of veterinary courses it accredits. It has also unveiled a new logo and website to increase its accessibility to veterinary professionals.
ESVPS provides attainable, balanced qualifications for veterinary professionals. It works closely with global veterinary continuing professional development (CPD) specialist Improve International which delivers the modular training for its Postgraduate Certificate programmes in the UK. Harper Adams University provides the higher education body quality assurance.
Among the new courses from Improve that ESVPS will accredit from 2019 are:
• A recently introduced distance learning Postgraduate Certificate (PgC) in Small Animal Medicine aimed at veterinary surgeons globally
• General Practitioner Advanced Certificates (GPCertAdv) on Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery, Small Animal Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging (Computed Tomography) and Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery
• A range of Certificate programmes for veterinary nurses on topics including Medical Nursing, Surgical Nursing and Dentistry.

Dr Sheila Wills BSc BVetMed CertSAM Dip ECVIM-CA MRCVS, ESVPS Director, said: “At ESVPS, we work alongside the world’s leading veterinary training providers to develop cutting-edge postgraduate veterinary education that is delivered in a positive learning environment and is continually monitored and evaluated.
We’re delighted to be extending the range of courses we accredit and awards we offer and we are working on plans to expand our operations globally during 2019.”

Note to editors:

ESVPS is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2003 to provide attainable, balanced qualifications for veterinary practitioners working in full-time practice. The ESVPS examination committee comprises over 100 members who are Diplomates of UK, European or USA Veterinary Specialist Colleges, or are similarly qualified or recognised specialists, active in clinical practice. The examination committee is supported and overseen by the academic board which consists of ten members each of which are highly experienced in the academic field and are veterinary diplomates and/or specialists themselves. The examination committee sets and evaluates all course work, formulates the final examinations and reviews the conduct of the examination. The academic board reviews all assessment performance and determines the final examination results.