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ECEIMNewsletter9December2018
Introduction
ThisistheninthECEIMnewsletter.ThegoalofournewsletteristoprovideDiplomatesandresidentswithcurrentinformationabouttheactivitiesandfutureplansoftheCollege.Ifyouhaveanysubjectsforfuturenewsletters,pleaseletusknow.ResultsoftheBoardElectionattheAGM2018
TheresultsofthevotingforthenewExecutiveCommittee(previouslyknownastheECEIMBoard)attheAGMonthe9thofNovember2019areasfollows:
• President:Dr.AnneCouroucé• VicePresident:LisaKatz• Secretary:JessikaCavalleri• Treasurer:RuthMorgan• Member:FernandoMalalana• Past-President:RenévanderHoven
MessagefromthePresident
I am very proud and honoured to become the next ECEIMpresident. Ihavenowbeenpartoftheexecutivecommitteeasamember and then as the secretary for the last 4 years. Itwas agreat timeworkingwith Cornélie, Bernhard andAndy, Iwant tothank the three of you for your hard work and passion for ourcollege!Iamverypleasedtowelcomeontotheexecutivecommittethreenewmembers: Fernando,Ruthand Jessika.Thesenewmembers
havealready servedondifferent ECEIMcommittees andwill bringnew ideas anda lotofenergytotheboard.With Lisa Katz as the vice-president, René van den Hoven as the past-president and ourthreenewmembersIwillhaveawonderfulteamofgreatpeopletohelpmethinkofwaystocontinue to improve our college based on the solid foundation generated by mypredecessors. However, the college is the community of all Diplomates and residents, sopleasefeelfreetocontactusanytimeregardinganymattersthatyou’dlikeustoaddress.Iwishthebesttoofallofyou,Anne
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Messagefromtheimmediatepast-President
AtthelastAGMinGhent,IsteppeddownaspresidentandIalreadyfeltmelancholicthatthelast3yearswentbysoquickly.However,itcheeredmeupknowingthatIwillserveontheexecutivecommitteeforanotherperiod as past-president. I am very grateful to have had CornélieWestermann,AndyDurhamandBernhardOhnesorgeonthecommiteeandthankthemagainfortheirgenerousinvolvementinhelpingtoshapethe college. Furthermore, I want to express my thanks to all ECEIMmembersfortheirtrustinmeandfortheirsupportwhenIcalledupon
themforhelportheiropinion.IalsowanttothankJohnPringleforhavingbeentheECEIMombudsmanforsolong.Anewombudspersonmustbeappointed.Havingsaidallthesethings,IamlookingforwardtoseeingeveryoneasoftenaspossibleinthefutureatourECEIMcongressesandAGMs,suchinValenciain2019.IwishyouallamerryChristmasandahappynewyear.RenéCongresses
We’ve had an incredible congress in Ghent this year with more than 300 attendants. Arecordforourcongress!ThankyoutoGunthervanLoonandallhisteamfortheorganisationofsuchagreatscientificandsocialprogramme.ThenextECEIMcongresswillbeheldinValencia(Spain)onthe22ndand23rdofNovember2019.Pre-congressworkshopswillbeheldonthe20thand21stofNovember.SummerSchool2019London
The5thECEIMSummerSchoolwillbeheldinLondonatHawksheadCampusfromthe2ndtothe 6th of September 2019. For any question, please contact Nicola Menzies-Gow:nmenziesgow@rvc.ac.uk.Anelementofthesummerschoolisinformingtheresidentsabouttheexam.Inordertocomplywithdevelopingeducationalqualitystandards,from2019onward,eachresidentmusthaveattendedatleastonesummerschoolpriortobeallowedtoregisterforthegeneral/specialistexam.Forthosewhoplantosittheirexamintwodifferentyears,itisadvisedtositthefirstpartafterhavingattendedthesummerschool.The summer school committeenowhas residentson it. These residents areAlexDuforni,NatashaJocelynandVickySavage.
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ECEIMresidentrepresentatives
Atthemostrecentboardmeetingitwasdecidedthatresidentsshouldhaverepresentativeswho could bring any resident-specific issues to the board in order to improvecommunicationandmakesuretheresidentshaveavoicewithinthecollege.ThenewECEIMresidentrepresentativesareFrancescaWorsmanandAbbeKirkland.
Nominationforawards
There is an annual award from the ECEIM for outstanding involvement for the benefit ofECEIM.ThisyearTamarindeLaanwaschosentoberewardedforherinvolvementintheECCcommitteeandalsoforherworkforthenewwebsite.ThankyouTamarindeforallyourhardworkforECEIM!
LUISMONREALAWARD2018forthebestresident’spresentation-SPEAKERSEXCHANGEwithACVIM
ECEIMandACVIM-LAhaveagreedtoexchangeresidentspeakersfortheirannualmeetings.Thetwobestpresentingresidents(oraland/orposter)atthisyear’sAnnualECEIMCongressin Ghent were Anna Bohlin and Tobias Warnken. Both will receive financial support toattend the2019ACVIMForum inPhoenixArizona,USA. The support consistsof awaivedACVIMcongressregistrationfeeandalumpsumof€1300perpersontobeusedexclusivelyforthe2019ACVIMForum.
1) Anna Bohlin is a resident in Helsingborg (Sweden), supervised byGaby vanGalen. Theworkawardedhereistitled:
ASSESSMENTOFANAMERICANNEONATALFOALSURVIVALSCORINGSYSTEMINADANISH-SWEDISHPOPULATION
Anna Bohlin1, Anna Öhman1, Emma Karlsson2, Alexandra Sånge2, Katarina Nostell3, Inge Durie4,LouiseHusted5,ClaudeSaegerman6,GabyvanGalen21Evidensia Equine Specialist Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden. 2Large Animal Teaching Hospital,University of Copenhagen,Denmark. 3University EquineHospital, SwedishUniversity ofAgriculturalSciences, Uppsala, Sweden. 4Evidensia Equine Specialist Hospital, Strömsholm, Sweden. 5HøjgaardEquineHospital,Morud,Denmark.6FacultyofVeterinaryMedicine,UniversityofLiège,Belgium.
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2) TobiasWarnken is a resident inHannover (Germany), supervisedbyKarstenFeige. Theworkawardedhereistitled:SELECTIONOFASSAYFORQUANTIFICATIONOFEQUINEINSULINAFFECTSRESULTSOFORALGLUCOSETESTANDCOMBINEDGLUCOSE-INSULINTESTINHORSEST.Warnken1,M.Schmicke2,K.Huber3,K.Feige11ClinicforHorses,UniversityofVeterinaryMedicineHannover,Hannover,Germany.2ClinicforCattle,University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany. 3 Institute of Animal Science,FacultyofAgriculturalSciences,UniversityofHohenheim,Stuttgart,Germany.Shortminutes of the Executive Committeemeeting on the 8th of November2018inGhent
1)Reviewofallthecommittees’activities
a) MarketingCommittee(Chair:EmmanuellevanErck)Anewmemberisenteringthecommittee:MatthewRobinRuthMorganbecomestheex-officioforthiscommittee.Oneortwonewmemberswillbeneeded.The marketing committee will make a proposal to the board for a sponsor for «ECEIMclothes»beforethenextboardmeeting.
b) ATACcommittee(Chair:FernandoMalalana)This committee takes care of webinars, journal clubs and of the organisation of theDiplomatetrainingday.Forwebinarsin2019therewillbe2or3specialistonesand2or3generalpractitionerlevelwebinars.If you are willing to present your research work for a specialist webinar, please contactMathijsTheelen([email protected]).Also,achangeinJournalclubswilltakeplaceoverthenextfewmonths.NewSoftwarewillbetrialledandtherewillbesomechangestothecurrentgroups.Acallforpeopleinterestedin joining the Journal clubs will be made in the next few weeks, but if you need moreinformation please contact Fernando Malalana ([email protected]), chair and ex-officiooftheATACcommittee.
c) Nominationcommittee(Chair:FernandoMalalana)The Nomination Committee shall be composed of three members appointed by theExecutiveCommitteeat leastsixmonthsbefore theelections.TheNominationCommitteeshallselectatleastonenominatedcandidateforeachpositionandcommunicatethenamesto theExecutiveCommittee.The listofnominatesshouldbeknownbytheDiplomates30
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daysbeforetheelections.TheCommitteewillreporttheirconsiderationstotheCollegeattheAnnualGeneralMeeting.Ifnonominationshavebeenmade,nominationsmaybemadefromthefloor(seeArticle1,section1.2.b).The nomination committee consists of Fernando Malalana, Cornélie Westermann andGunthervanLoon.Membersareneededindifferentcommittees:
- Examcommittee(1member)- ECCcommittee(1member)- ATACcommittee(1member)- Marketingcommittee(2members)- Writingcommittee(2-4members).
d) Examinationcommittee(Chair:VivienneDuggan)
Theexaminationcommitteeiscomposedof8members.Theyorganizetheexamandexamination.Theex-officiofortheexamcommitteeisnowJessikaCavalleri.Ithasbeenidentifiedthatsomeproblemsexistwiththeessayportionoftheexamination,thiswas raisedwithin theboardmeetingandat theAGM.A sub-committee (examinationtask force, JessikaCavallerias thechair) is in theprocessofbeingcreatedtoevaluate theexamandinparticulartheessayportiontoensureit isfitforpurpose.Thiscommitteewillseek the views from other colleges to make sure we have the best exam format goingforward.
e) ECC(Chair:DominiquedeClerq)TamarindeLaanhasbecomealiaisonmemberbetweentheexaminationcommitteeandtheECCcommittee.Thecollegecounts today92 residentsand157diplomates.For the re-accreditationof thediplomats,2lettersofrecommendationwillbeaskedfromnow(modelwillbeavailable)2)Website(TamarindeLaan)FromJanuary2019everythingwillbeuploadedonlyfromthewebsite3)EBVSmatters(reportfromCornélieWestermann)AnEBVSmeetingwasheldonthe7thand8thofNovemberinRoma.AsummarywaspresentedintheAGMslides.4)ConsensusstatementIfyouhaveanyideasforthefuture,pleasecontacttheECEIMsecretary
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5)SummerschoolforresidentsThe2018summerschoolwasasuccesswith30residentsattending.Fromnowon,itwillbeobligatory for all residents to attend at least one summer school during their residencytraining.Although ECEIM already sponsors the summer school, for residents who cannotaffordtopayallassociatedcostsECEIMwillattempttosetupasystemforfinancialsupport.In principle, the Institutions where residents are working are expected to pay for theschoolingcostsoftheiremployees.6)Nextcongresses-2019(IgnacioCorradini):Valencia(Spain)-2020(MarcoDuz):Roma(Italy)ProbablyassociatedwiththeSIVEcongress
TheECEIMexecutivecommittee
