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5^th Winter Meeting ECVIM-CA in CH-Unteriberg March 12-15, 2009.

Dear colleagues and friends  

We would like to express our many thanks for your participation at this past Winter Meeting. Your constant positive attitude, your easy interactions in a very friendly and uncomplicated way and your positive feed-back made this meeting for us a very grateful event. We were particularly happy to have a good number of residents attending.

 At this occasion, we also would like to very sincerely thank the speakers for sharing with us their research data and clinical experience of very high level.

 Very importantly, please let us point out once again that we would have been unable to organize this meeting without the very generous support of our loyal sponsors.

 After this recent experience, we are motivated to already think of the next meeting in 3 years and look forward to welcome you there.

 Very best wishes

 Monique          &         Tony

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ECVIM-CA is a veterinary specialty organization which was established in June 1994 by the European Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ESVIM). The College was formed in response to a growing demand for specialized veterinary care for companion animals and a need to harmonize the certification of specialists within Europe. It was granted full recognition the EBVS (European Board of Veterinary Specialisation) in 2002.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ECVIM-CA.

The primary objectives of the ECVIM-CA are to advance companion animal internal medicine and increase the competence of those who practice it, by: 

(1) establishing requirements for post-graduate education and experience prerequisite for becoming a specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals, 

 (2) developing post-graduate teaching programs/residencies in small animal internal medicine, 

 (3) examining and certifying veterinarians as specialists (diplomates) in companion animal internal medicine, 

 (4) encouraging original research in pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of internal diseases in companion animals, and promoting communication and dissemination of this knowledge, 

 (5) promoting state-of-the-art continuing education programs in companion animal internal medicine for the veterinary profession. 

 Through these objectives the College wants to raise the standards of companion animal internal medicine in Europe and establish an internationally recognized specialist title. Universal recognition as a specialist is especially important now there is free movement of veterinarians between the member countries of the European Community. 

 The specialist (diplomate) in Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals will be functioning in a referral practice or in an academic setting. The main part of his/her time will be devoted to the specialty. 

President of the ECVIM-CA :
Dr. Michael Herrtage
University of Cambridge
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Madingley Road
Cambridge
CB3 0ES Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 337 621
Email: mh10001@cam.ac.uk

Executive Secretary of the ECVIM-CA :
Dr Carmel T. Mooney
University College Dublin
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Small Animal Studies
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 668 7988
Email: carmel.mooney@ucd.ie  

Administrative Assistant:
Mrs. Sharon Green
Avenue du Guèret 1
B – 1300 Limal
Tel: + 32 (0)10 400 603
Fax: + 32 (0)10 400 703
E-Mail: secretariat@ecvim-ca.org