Ana María Bravo Moral
President EAEVE
VETERINARY EDUCATION IN EUROPE
Russia38
Kazakhstan6
Kyrgyzstan1Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Israel1
VEEs (Europe, n=145)
* All data are based on the response to the questionnaire on VEEs from each delegate
VEEs (Europe, n=145)
Iceland
7
Russia
Norway
Code Name
AL Albania
AM Armenia
AT Austria
BA Bosnia and
Herzegovina
BE Belgium
CH Switzerland
CZ Czech Republic
FYM Former Yug.
Rep. of
Macedonia
HR Croatia
ME Montenegro
NL Netherlands
SI Slovenia
SK Slovakia
Sweden
Finland
Ireland United Kingdom
SpainPortugal
France
Malta
Italy
GermanyPoland
Denmark
Ukraine
Belarus
Turkey
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Estonia
LatviaLithuania
MoldovaHungaryCH
SerbiaGeorgia
Azerbaijan
1
11
1
1
1
1 2
14
12
4
12
64
1
NL
BECZ1
2
13
AT1SK1
11SI
HR1 11
BA
1
LU
ME
AL1 1
1AM12
52
* All data are based on the response to the questionnaire on VEEs from each delegate
: Black sea
11
FYM
MEMBERS OF EAEVE
MAY 2016
Group 1. Ireland 1, The Netherlands 1, UK 7
Group 2. Portugal 6, Spain 11
Group 3. Albania 1, Greece 2, Israel 1, Italy 13, Romania 4
Group 4. Belgium 2, France 4
Group 5. Austria 1, Germany 5, Switzerland 1
Group 6. Denmark 1, Estonia 1, Finland 1, Latvia 1, Lithuania 1,
Norway 1, Sweden 1
Group 7. Croacia 1, Czech Republic 2, Hungary 1, Poland 4, Slovak
Republic 1, Slovenia 1
Group 8. Bosnia-Herzegovina 1, Bulgaria 2, FYROM 1, Turkey 13,
Serbia 1, Jordan 1
Italics: non EU members
96 in 34 countries
ESTABLISHMENTS
75 in EU
public
88%
private
11%
TOTAL
Combination 1%public
97%
private
3%
EUROPE
TYPES OF VEEs
• PUBLIC / PRIVATE / COMBINATION
n=145
THE GROWTH OF VEEs
6
8
1
5
3 1
6
13
10
17
4
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18YEAR OF CREATION
n=74
Number of VEEs
38
53
33
1110
0-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 > 200
THE SIZE OF VEEs
THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES/YEAR
Worldwide figure
42%
34%
16%
4%
4%
n=145
n=74
THE SIZE OF VEEs
6
14
19
15
11
9
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
100-300 301-500 501-700 701-1000 1001-1300 1300+
TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATES
Number of VEEs
Median: 695
Average: 799
In 5 years: SAME (63.5%), INCREASE (21.6%), DECREASE (14.9%)
STUDENTS’ PROFILE
0
500
1000
1500
100-300 (6) 301-500 (13) 501-700 (15) 701-1000(15)
1001-1300(10)
1300+ (8)
NR
. O
F FE
MA
LE
S / M
AL
ES
TOTAL NR. OF UNDERGRADUATES
DISTRIBUTION OF FEMALES & MALES -
AVERAGE
Females Males
n=74
10
31
11
6 2 6 2 4 20
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
% OF FOREIGN STUDENTS
n=74
STUDENTS’ PROFILE
Number of VEEs
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1
14
42
17
MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION
OF NEW STUDENTS
Bachelor's degree
High school certificate withfocus on specific subjects
High school certificate (12 or13 years)
High school + Entranceexamination
Number of VEEs
n=74
EU REGULATED PROFESSIONS
•78/1026/EEC: recognition of veterinary education
•78/1027/EEC: minimum requirements of training
•78/1028/EEC: Advisory Committee on Veterinary Training
•2005/36/EC: Recognition of Professional Qualifications amended
by 2013/55/EU
• Doctors
• Nurses (general practice)
• Dental practitioners
• Veterinary Surgeons
• Midwives
• Pharmacists
• Architects
ESEVT
(EAEVE + FVE)
1985 TO DATE
DIRECTIVES 2005/36/EC & 2013/55/EU
40
15 15
1 1 2
0
10
20
30
40
50
5 5,5 6 7 7,5 NA / DK
DISTRIBUTION OF THE NR. OF YEARS OF
THE DEGREE
DURATION OF STUDIES
Number of VEEs
n=74
DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC
DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC
DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC
CURRICULUM
ESEVT & OIE CURRICULUM
FULLY COMPLIANT WITH EU DIRECTIVE 36/2005!
n=74
Yes34%
No66%
TRACKING OF SPECIALISATION
Yes
No
CURRICULUM
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
SPECIALISATION OF THE CURRICULUM
Companion Animal medicine
Farm Animal medicine
Food Safety and/or Vet. Public Health
Research
n=46
CURRICULUM
n=74
CURRICULUM
24%
73%
1,5%
1,5%
FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM
Yes
No
only postgraduate
only courses
n=20
CURRICULUM
17
1 1 1 1
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1012141618
English German French English coursesonly
English forpostgraduate
LANGUAGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM
Number of VEEs
n=20
CURRICULUM
63%
37%
STUDENTS
FOLLOWING FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
CURRICULUM
onlyforeign
allstudents
9
1
4
13
NR. OF STUDENTS FOLLOWING THE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM
0-100 101-200 201-300 301-500 500+
Number of VEEs
DIRECTIVES 2005/36/EC & 2013/55/EU
ESEVT IS A COMPETENCE-BASED
EVALUATION PROCESS
13th
October 2015, Brussels (21st
meeting)
• Update on revision of Directive on professional
qualifications
• ESEVT: the way forward (ENQA, National
Accreditation Bodies, FVO DG Sante as
observer)
• ECCVT Objectives for 2016
• Promotion Day-1 competences in the
secondary EU legislation (Annex 2 of
ESEVT Uppsala SOP 2016)
+ + =
ECCVT
ECCVT POSITION PAPER ON ESEVT
ECCVT POSITION PAPER ON DAY
ONE COMPETENCIES
ECCVT POSITION PAPER ON DAY
ONE COMPETENCIES
OIE DAY-1 COMPETENCIES
FULLY COMPLIANT WITH ESEVT DAY-1 COMPETENCIES!
n=74
CURRICULUM
97%
1,5%
1,5%
KNOWLEDGE ON ESEVT DAY 1
COMPETENCIES
Yes
No
Not clearly
92%
7%
1%
KNOWLEDGE ON OIE DAY 1
COMPETENCIES
Yes
No
Not clearly
n=74
CURRICULUM
86%
11%
3%
TRAIN AND VERIFY THAT STUDENTS ACQUIRE ESEVT
AND/OR OIE COMPETENCIES
Yes
No
Not clearly
43
10
21
18
EFFECTS OF IMPLEMENTING DAY 1 COMPETENCIES
Improvement
None
Early to evaluate the
effects
Negative
NA/DK
(58%)
(24%)
(13.5%)
15
25
37
13
CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING DAY 1
COMPETENCIES
None
Difficult
competencies
Organisational/
administrative
NA/DK
(50%)(34%)
(17.6%) (20.3%)
ACCREDITATION OF STUDIES
n=74
59
74
6 6 3 4
0
20
40
60
80
ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY
EAEVE MEMBERS
National ESEVT RCVS AVMA AVBC ISO 9001
European System Evaluation of Veterinary Training (ESEVT)
• MEMBERS 96
• Non evaluated (yet) by the ESEVT 7 (7.3%)
• Evaluated by the ESEVT 89 (92.7%)
• Approved 62 (64.6%)
• Conditionally approved 6 (6.25%)
• Non approved 21 (21.8%)
ESEVT ESTABLISHMENTS’ STATUS
MAY 2016
VETERINARY PARAPROFESSIONALS
(VPPS)
n=74
33
22
19
VPPs PARTICIPATION IN
PUBLIC SECTOR VETERINARY
SERVICES
Yes
No
DK
(44.6%)
(29.7%)
(25.7%)
39
13
22
VPPs PARTICIPATION IN
PRIVATE SECTOR
VETERINARY SERVICES
Yes
No
DK
(29.7%)
(17.6%)
(52.7%)
VETERINARY PARAPROFESSIONALS
(VPPS)
n=74
11
43
20
REGISTER OF VPPs BY STATUTORY BODIES
Yes
No
DK
(14.9%)(27%)
(58%)
VETERINARY PARAPROFESSIONALS
(VPPS)
n=74
15
32
9
14
4
CATEGORIES OF VPPs RECOGNISED BY VETERINARY
STATUTORY BODIES
None
Don't know
Vet Nurse
Vet Technician
Others
(43.2%)
(20.3%)
(12.2%)
(18.9%)(5.4%)
VETERINARY PARAPROFESSIONALS
(VPPS)
n=74
3
11
5
19
2
EDUCATION REQUIRED FOR VPPs
Degree
Diploma
Certificate
Bachelor
Others
(25.7%)
(2.7%) (4%)
(14.9%)
(6.7%)
VETERINARY PARAPROFESSIONALS
(VPPS)
n=74
26
519
24
INSTITUTIONS TRAINING VPPs
Public
Private
Both
NA/DK(25.7%)
(32.4%) (35.1%)
(6.7%)
VETERINARY PARAPROFESSIONALS
(VPPS)
n=74
36
15
23
RESPONSIBLE BODY FOR CERTIFYING CV AND
INSTITUTION TRAINING VPPs
Yes
No
NA/DK
(31.1%)
(20.3%)
(48.6%)
VETERINARY PARAPROFESSIONALS
(VPPS)
n=74
21
34
19
VEEs INVOLVED IN TRAINING VPPs
Yes
No
NA/DK
(25.7%) (28.4%)
(45.9%)
CO-AUTHORS
Binek M, Cameron E, Corradi A, Greif G, Gogny
M, Kennerman E, Lekeux P, Lorenzo PL,
Martinot S, Nagy Z, Pohl L, Sukura A, Tavares
L & Wasteson Y
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Members of EAEVE
• Country delegates from OIE in Europe
• Tomoko Ishibashi (OIE)
• Gowoon Jung (OIE)
• Claudia Campos (OIE)