European Association of Establishments
for Veterinary Education
and
Evaluation of the „Vet-Schools“
Marcel Wanner
Brussels, 6 October 2008
EAEVE: Objectives
Association Européenne des Etablissements
d‘Enseignement Vétérinaire
Founded in Alfort (F) on May 27th, 1988
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
www.eaeve.org
Obligation of EAEVE Members
Membership is voluntary
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.
Current situation:
93 member establishments in 35 countries
80 faculties have either been visited or have visits pending
Members
Group
Group
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Group
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UK 7, Ireland 1, The Netherlands 1
Spain 10, Portugal 5
Italy 13, Greece 2, Albania 1, Israel 1, Romania 4
France 4, Belgium 2
Germany 5, Austria 1, Switzerland 1
Denmark 1, Norway 1, Sweden 1, Finland 1,
Estonia 1, Latvia 1, Lithuania 1
Group 7: Slovak Republic 1, Czech Republic 1, Hungary 1,
Slovenia 1, Poland 4, Croatia 1
Group 8: Bosnia-Herzegovina 1, Yugoslavia 1, Macedonia 1,
Bulgaria 2, Ukraine 2, Turkey 11, Serbia 1
(italic: non EU-member states)
Member establishments
93 in 35 countries
72 in EU
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
This is the basis of the
European System of Evaluation of Veterinary Training
managed by EAEVE together with FVE
The Evaluation System
Principles and Process of Evaluation (2007)
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
Self Evaluation Report
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Objectives
Organisation
Finance
Curriculum
Teaching, quality and evaluation
Facilities and equipment
Animals and teaching materials of animal origin
Library and learning resources
Admission and enrollment
Academic and support staff
Continuing education
Postgraduate Training
Research
Visit
5 Experts selected from different countries,
one of whom is designated chairman
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Basic Sciences
Clinical Sciences: Academic teacher
Clinical Sciences: Practitioner
Animal Production
Food Hygiene
New (to be introduced): 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 Approved in EU
Austria
Bulgaria
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Sweden
The Netherlands
1/1
2/0
1/1
1/1
5/5
1/1
13 / 3
1/0
5/1
1/1
1/1
1/1
Belgium
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Greece
Ireland
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Slovenia
Spain
UK
2/2
1/1
1/0
4/3
2/1
1/1
1/0
4/4
4/2
1/1
1/1
10 / 4
7/4
number of faculties / approved faculties
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
Clinical training has been the major weakness of
veterinary education in Europe over the last 15 years!
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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
Weakness
Main weakness of the evaluation system:
There are no (legal) consequences
Member of ENQA
The application to become a member of the
European Network of Quality Assurance in Higher Education
(= ENQA) has been submitted and is in process.
Membership is anticipated in the first quarter 2009