|
|
|
| About the AVMA > Governance > Leadership > COE entity description |
|
| |
Council on Education — Entity description
|
The Council on Education
a) The Council on Education shall include fifteen active or honor roll members elected by the House of Delegates for terms of six years. These members shall represent the following areas of veterinary medical activity:
i) Basic or preclinical science (two members active in this field who are members of the faculty of a university having an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine or a department of veterinary science).
ii) Large animal clinical science (one member in this field who is a member of the faculty of a university having an accredited school or college or veterinary medicine).
iii) Small animal clinical science (one member active in this field who is a member of the faculty of a university having an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine).
iv) Postgraduate education (one member who is actively directing post-professional students in an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine or in a university department of veterinary science).
v) Veterinary medical research (one member who is actively engaged in veterinary research for the majority of the time, or the close director of others who are).
vi) Private food animal clinical practice (one member whose veterinary endeavor is exclusively food animal practice).
vii) Private mixed clinical practice (one member whose veterinary endeavor is clinical practice with several species of animals including both food or equine and small companion animals).
viii) Private small animal clinical practice (one member whose veterinary endeavor is exclusively small animal practice).
ix) Private equine practice (one member whose veterinary endeavor is exclusively equine practice).
x) Private clinical practice, not further specified (two members whose veterinary endeavor is exclusively private clinical practice).
xi) Veterinary preventive medicine (one member whose veterinary endeavor is in the field of epidemiology, public health, regulatory, or military veterinary medicine).
xii) Non-private practice, non-academic veterinary medicine (one member).
xiii) At large (any active member).
|
b) The Council shall include four additional voting members and one nonvoting (liaison) member as follows:
i) Representatives of the public (three individuals who are not veterinarians) to be appointed by the Council for a term of six years.
ii) Canadian veterinarian to be appointed and funded by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association for a term of three years.
iii) Veterinarian (nonvoting liaison) to be appointed and funded by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges for a term of three years.
|
c) The Council shall:
i) Accredit veterinary medical education programs (DVM or equivalent) in the United States, Canada, and other countries as appropriate.
ii) Meet the needs of society by promoting active programs in veterinary medical education. In fulfilling this function, the Council will encourage and assist schools/colleges of veterinary medicine to meet the requirements for full accreditation.
iii) Study and recommend methods of instruction and promote the continual improvement of veterinary medical education in all its facets.
iv) Recommend standards for accredited schools/colleges offering professional degrees in veterinary medicine. These standards shall pertain to organization, finances, physical facilities and equipment, clinical resources, library and information resources, students, admissions, faculty, curriculum, research programs, and outcomes assessment.
v) Without review or influence by any other entity of the AVMA, evaluate each school/college offering a professional degree in veterinary medicine according to the established standards, make accreditation decisions, and assign a classification of accreditation to each such school/college.
vi) Publish a list annually of the schools/colleges of veterinary medicine showing the current accreditation status of each.
vii) Provide consultation to proposed, developing, and existing schools/colleges of veterinary medicine.
viii) Review and make recommendations to the Executive Board concerning the activities of committees concerned with veterinary specialties, veterinary technicians, graduates of foreign colleges of veterinary medicine, and licensing examinations.
ix) Recommend curriculum changes that will enhance the veterinarian's ability to meet changing professional demands and societal needs.
|
|
| |
|
| | | |
| | | |
American Veterinary Medical Association
|
|
= AVMA/SAVMA Members Only