The National Competency Examination for

Veterinarian in Indonesia SRIHADI AGUNGPRIYONO (IPB), BAMBANG P

PRIYOSOERYANTO (IVMA), HERU SETIJANTO (IVMA), SITI ISRINA O SALASIA (UGM), PUDJI SRIANTO (UNAIR),

AULANI’AM (UB), ENDANG YUNI SETYOWATI (UNPAD)INDONESIA

6th AAVS Meeting, Covensia Songdo-Incheon, KoreaAugust 29, 2017

Brief History – Vet Education

• 1st Veterinary School 1761 : Lyon, France• Indonesia

• 1860-1875 Surabaya; 1907 di Bogor (Dutch)• 1920 Bogor - 1942-1945 (Japan)• At present : 11 Veterinary Schools in

Indonesia

Indonesia Veterinary School Association

Graduates:800-900/year

The programme is divided into two steps, i.e., undergraduate programme (8 semesters to get Sarjana/BVSc) and veterinary profession education programme (12-18 months, to get DVM)

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program

• BVSc: Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Level 6 IQF)• DVM: Doctor Veterinary Medicine (Level 7 IQF)• Number of credits may vary among veterinary schools

Legal Aspect

• Law of Republik Indonesia no. 18/2009 (Animal Husbandry and Animal Health)

• Veterinarian is a person in veterinary medicine profession, posses Certificate of Competency and has right to conduct veterinary medical practice to support the animal health

• Law of Republik Indonesia no 20/2003 (National Education System). Article 61

• Graduate of profession education program posses specific competencies, should have certificate of competency

• Law of Republik Indonesia no 12/2012 (National Higher Education) Article 17

• Profession program is held by university and supervised by professional association

History of the National Exam

• Started June 7, 2010 • Conducted by a committee under the

supervision of Veterinary Medical Association (PDHI) and the Association of Veterinary Schools (AFKHI).

• The Committee is responsible for online-registration, online-try out, conducting exam, checking and marking, announcement exam result, issue the certificate, monitoring and evaluation

Benefit

• To process the Veterinary Licensure• Apply for job and or promotion• Updating with training, seminar, workshop,

continuing education• To register in Veterinary Medical Association

Registration and Preparation

Registration to take the exam can be made during final year (veterinary profession program)After payment, participant will get username and password and able to open the web and start practicing (online) to answer the questionsParticipant can also do registration, at last, one month before the examTo able to take the exam, participant has to submit certificate of study completion at Bachelor level and DVM level (+ payment note, photographs, letter of recommendation from vet school)

Participant

• Graduated from Indonesian Vet Schools• Certificate completion of study at both Bachelor

of Veterinary Science and DVM levels• Registered online and payment• Recommendation Letter from Vet School

Foreign Vet or Indonesian graduated from abroad

• Graduated from reputable Veterinary School listed in World Veterinary Directory or World List of Universities.

• Registered as veterinarian in his/her country of origin or in his/her last job.

• Recommendation Letter from the Veterinary Medical Association in his/her country

• Able to do communication in Bahasa Indonesia, or passed the test for Indonesia Language.

The Exam

• Venue: in Veterinary School • Graduates from other schools can join• Time: after the graduation/ veterinary taking oath• Exam Team: Committee + colleagues from Vet

School and an observer from local Veterinary Medical Association

• Each School has 2 times a year for the Exam

The Exam

• In a classroom• Paper Exam• Duration 120 minutes• Multiple choice questions with one answer• Total 100 questions

Medical doctorVeterinarian

Exam Questions – 9 topics1. Veterinary Ethics2. National System of Animal Health and Veterinary

Legislation3. Lege-artis treatment4. Diseases control and Management (large and small

animals, poultry, exotic, wildlife, aquatic animals, laboratory animal)

5. Knowledge in :• a. Clinical diagnostic, pathology, laboratory and epidemiology• b. Nutririon and clinical dietethic;• c. Ante- and post mortem inspection;• d. Obstetric, theriogenology and assisted reproductive technology• e. Food safety and food hygiene;• f. Veterinary drugs and biological reagens;• g. Assesment of animal welfare

• 6. Communication skill (professional dialogue)• 7. Animal diseases and zoonosis control, biosecurity • 8. Therapeutical transaction, medical record,

informed consent, receipt, client education• 9. Veterinary economy and entrepreunership

Exam Questions – 9 topics

Announcement, Remedial, Objection• Passing grade is 75, right answer should be distributed throughout all 9

competencies

• The result of the exam is announced within 3 weeks after examination through online website http:// www.pdh-online.org and through veterinary school

• Those who are not passed the first exam can take the second exam for free, if again he/she will fail he/she has to make new registration for the exam

• Participant can propose an objection to the committee upon the announcement of the result

• The objection has to be written and describing kind and objection with additional references needed and sent to the committee within 30 days after the result announcement

Certificate of Competency (CC)

Registration as Veterinarian(Licensure) -SRTV

Is made after getting the Certification of Competency

Register as Veterinary Medical Association member

CC, STRV, Membership Card (Association) are needed for the application as animal practitioner (open animal clinic etc)

Future

• implementation of ISO 9001 quality assurance system to ensure all process, from the admission through the exam process and result, calibration and standardization of questions, as well as its monitoring and evaluation system.

• Computer Based Test