International Veterinary Students' Association
Involvement of students in research
Pim Polak
IVSA President Involvement of students in research EAEVE General Assembly, Murcia 22nd of May 2014
Overview
• Introduction
• The IVSA
• EAEVE-IVSA collaboration
• Relavance of research
• Student involvement
• Approaches
• Summary
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Introduction of IVSA
• Founded in 1953 in Germany
• To create an international network
• ‘’to benefit the animals and humans of the world’’
• Largest veterinary student association
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Member Organizations
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IVSA General Assembly 62nd IVSA Symposium Turkey January 2014
• More than 30.000 members in 50 different countries
• All continents are represented
Objectives of IVSA
• Raise the overall standard of veterinary education worldwide
• Support measures to improve animal welfare
• Stimulate students to undertake education in important areas (outside traditional veterinary training)
• Encourage cooperation with international organizations
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Activities of IVSA
• Promoting and facilitating professional and scientific exchanges
• Arranging international Congresses and Symposia
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IVSA Congress the Netherlands
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IVSA Symposium Turkey
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IVSA Congress Indonesia
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Activities of IVSA
• Promoting and facilitating professional and scientific exchanges
• Arranging international Congresses and Symposia
• Supporting veterinary education, particularly in disadvantaged countries • Anesthesia machine for Uganda
• Two new projects in the Philippines
• MAH-IVSA grant program
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Activities of IVSA
• Promoting and facilitating professional and scientific exchanges
• Arranging international Congresses and Symposia
• Supporting veterinary education, particularly in disadvantaged countries
• Representing veterinary students by collaborating with various professional bodies and organisations
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Our partners
• Federation of Veterinarians of Europe
• EAEVE
• World Veterinary Association
• World Small Animal Veterinary Association
• World Organisations for Animal Health (OIE)
• Food and Agriculture Organisation
• Hill’s Pet Nutrition
• MSD
• Bayer
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Involvement of students in research
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Importance of research
• Expanding scientific knowledge base
• Research capacity development at your faculty
• Exposure of your faculty
• International collaborations
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Vision
‘’All veterinary students should get experience within the field of research during their studies.’’
(IVSA, 2014)
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Student involvement
• Developing academic skills
• Academic degree
• Understanding of scientific articles
• Developing a network
• Student publications
• Student awards
• New perspectives
• Inspire our future scientists
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Student appreciation
• Objective of becoming a practitioner
• Interest in developing academic skills
• Sceptical view on research
• Engaging research more beneficial than lectures*
• Students’ experiences are generally positive*
• Supervision and social climate are essential*
• Academic degree
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* D. A. D. C. Jaarsma et al.; Undergraduate research internships: Veterinary students’ experiences and the relation with internship quality;
Medical Teacher, 2009; 31: e178–e184
Different approaches
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Approaches at Utrecht University
• Academic skills
• Assignments
• Thesis (bachelor and master)
• Research project
• Minor research
• Honours program
• Awards or other prices
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Research congress for students
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Research congress for vet students
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• International congress in Istanbul – May 2014
• 250 Turkish, 150 international participants
• Opportunity for presenting research projects
• International environment
• Project competition
Summary
• Introduction to IVSA
• Importance of research
• Benefits of student involvement in research
• Necessary skills for future veterinarians
• Inspiring our future scientists
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Thank you for your time!
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