BSAVA gets validation for Postgrad Certificate
After a successful meeting of management and Officers at BSAVA’s Gloucester HQ today, the Association can confirm that Nottingham Trent University will be the accrediting body for the new Postgraduate Surgery and Medicine Certificates.
The January 2012 launch of the new BSAVA Postgraduate Certificate Programmes is highly anticipated by many who believe that the profession will benefit from the Association’s half a century of experience in providing quality CPD.
The planning for this new education initiative has been exhaustive, ensuring that the needs of the profession and the individual vet can be met by a provider with an excellent legacy in veterinary education.
Dr Frances Barr, BSAVA Academic Director, says; “This is an exciting new venture in postgraduate CPD, and will ultimately lead to qualifications which are achievable for those in practice and directly relates to their experience. Yet of course, these qualifications must remain challenging enough to merit the respect of the profession and meet the standards of the clinical excellence we all want to see.
“We are confident that BSAVA is the provider to deliver just this, but finding the right partner to validate the programmes was especially important. We want to know that we can move forward with the support and backing of an accrediting body that encourages academic excellence and at the same time understands the need to remain relevant and engaging to busy professionals.”
Veterinary practices are being urged to help owners safely dispose of any unused and expired pet medicines - not just antibiotics - during November's Animal Medicines Amnesty. 
