Current State of the Evaluation of the „Vet-Schools“ in Europe UEVP General Assembly Hanover, 14 November 2008 Marcel Wanner President of EAEVE

Content  The EC-Directive 2005/36 - Study Programme  EAEVE  Evaluation System  Results of the Evaluation - Current State of the Faculties - Main Weakness of the Faculties  Main Weakness of the Evaluation System

The EC-Directive 2005/36 Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications Defines minimum requirements for veterinary training The important issuesin the new Directive are copied from the old Directives 78/1026/EEC and 78/1027/EEC

The Veterinary Training The training of vet surgeons shall comprise a total of at least five years of full-time theoretical and practical study at a university ……., or under the supervision of a university covering at least the study programme referred to in the Annex V, point Directive 2005/36/EC The distribution of the theoretical and practical training among the various groups of subjects shall be balanced and coordinated in such a way that the knowledge and experience may be acquired in a manner which will enable veterinary surgeons to perform all their duties.

Study Programme (I) The programme of studies shall include at least the following subjects: A.Basic subjects - Physics - Chemistry - Animal biology - Plant biology - Biomathematics Directive 2005/36/EC

Study Programme (II) B. Specific subjects a. Basic sciences - Anatomy (including histology and embryology) - Physiology - Biochemistry - Genetics - Pharmacology - Pharmacy - Toxicology - Microbiology - Immunology - Epidemiology - Professional ethics Directive 2005/36/EC

Study Programme (III) B. Specific subjects b. Clinical sciences - Obstetrics - Pathology (including pathological anatomy) - Parasitology - Clinical medicine and surgery (including anaesthetics) - Clinical lectures on the various domestic animals, poultry and other animal species - Preventive medicine - Radiology - Reproduction and reproductive disorders - Veterinary state medicine and public health - Veterinary legislation and forensic medicine - Therapeutics - Propaedetuics Directive 2005/36/EC

Study Programme (IV) B. Specific subjects c. Animal Production - Animal production - Animal nutrition - Agronomy - Rural economics - Veterinary hygiene - Animal ethology and protection Directive 2005/36/EC d. Food hygiene - Inspection and control of animal foodstuffs or foodstuffs of animal origin - Food hygiene and technology - Practical work (including practical work in places where slaugthering and processing of foodstuffs takes place)

Evaluation of Veterinary Training The Directive 2005/36 is the basis of the European System of Evaluation of Veterinary Training managed by EAEVE together with FVE

EAEVE: Objectives The Objective shall be to: - promote and develop veterinary education - reinforce co-operation between establishments for higher education in veterinary science - act as a forum for discussion of veterinary educational matters in order to improve and harmonize education - manage the European System of Evaluation of Veterinary Training, based on the mandate originally given by the Commission of the European Community Association Européenne des Etablissements d‘Enseignement Vétérinaire Founded in Alfort (F) on May 27 th,

Obligation of EAEVE Members Statutes of EAEVE Article 4: …. Members should also comply with the principle of periodic peer-group evaluation of their functioning as an academic institution according to defined protocols. Membership is voluntary 93 in 35 countries Member establishments 72 in EU 80 faculties have either been visited or have visits pending

The Evaluation System The main stages are: - Preparation of a self-evaluation report by the vet. establishment - Visit to the establishment by a group of experts - Preparation of a report on the visit by the group of experts - Review of the experts‘ report - Decision by the European Committee on Veterinary Education Delegates of EAEVE and FVE Priciples and Process of Evaluation and Manual of Standard Operating Procedures

Self Evaluation Report 1. Objectives 2. Organisation 3. Finance 4. Curriculum 5. Teaching, quality and evaluation 6. Facilities and equipment 7. Animals and teaching materials of animal origin 8. Library and learning resources 9. Admission and enrollment 10. Academic and support staff 11. Continuing education 12. Postgraduate Training 13. Research

Visit 5 Experts selected from different countries, one of whom is designated chairman - Basic Sciences - Clinical Sciences: Academic teacher - Clinical Sciences: Practitioner - Animal Production - Food Hygiene - New: 1 Student The team is always accompanied by an EAEVE Coordinator Normal timetable - Monday: briefing of the team by the Coordinator - Tuesday – Thursday: visit of the faculty - Friday: discussion of the draft report of the visiting team with the dean

Visited and Approved 42 visited and approved member establishments (40 in EU) approved means that the establishment fulfills the minimum compulsory requirements for all EU Member States as laid down in EU Directive 2005/36 3 visited and conditionally approved member establishments conditionally approved means that no more than 2 unrelated Category 1 Deficiency/ies which is/are of such a nature that it/they can be reasonably expected to be resolved within a 2-year period

Visited and Not Approved 17 visited and not approved member establishments These are institutions with several Category 1 Deficiencies thus failing to fulfill all the requirements of the Directive and clearly exceeding the bounds of a conditional approval Clinical training has been the major weakness of veterinary education in Europe over the last 15 years!

Category 1 Deficiencies  Insufficient caseload  No isolation facilities for infected animals  Poor clinical training  No mobile clinic Institutions must have a mobile clinic for farm animals so that students can practice veterinary medicine on the farm under expert supervision  Lack of an emergency service Clinical and hospital facilities must operate day and night for most of the year – i.e. like a normal practice  No access to a farm  No access to a slaughterhouse Clinical training has been the major weakness of veterinary education in Europe over the last 15 years!

Members of EAEVE  UK 7/6, Ireland 1/1, The Netherlands 1/1  Spain 10/4, Portugal 5/1  Italy 13/3, Greece 2/1, Albania 1/0, Israel 1/0, Romania 4/2  France 4/3, Belgium 2/2  Germany 5/5, Austria 1/1, Switzerland 1/1  Denmark 1/1, Norway 1/1, Sweden 1/1, Finland 1/1, Estonia 1/0, Latvia 1/0, Lithuania 1/0  Slovak Republic 1/1, Czech Republic 2/2, Hungary 1/1, Slovenia 1/1, Poland 4/4, Croatia 1/0  Bosnia-Herzegovina 1/0, FYROM 1/0, Bulgaria 2/0,  Ukraine 2/0, Turkey 11/1, Serbia 2/0 (italic: non EU-member states) number of faculties / number of approved faculties

Weakness Main weakness of the evaluation system: There are no (legal) consequences

New: Day-One Skills The evaluation should focus more on the knowledge and skills of the new graduates. More details  Annex IV of the SOP

Full Transparency NEW:The results of the evaluation and of the accreditation must be published!  SER  Report of the visiting team  Decision of the ECOVE  Business Summary List of the member faculties