EUROPEAN COLLEGE

EQUINE INTERNAL MEDICINE

Sixt meeting 2005

ECEIM

• first idea started in 1999

• April 2000 - first plans

• June 2000 - list of interested people

• August 2000 - first proposal letter

to EBVS

• September 2000 - first meeting at BEVA

ECEIM

• September 2000 - Interim Examination

and Credential Committee

• May 2001 - “final” Constitution

• May 2001 - provisional acceptation EBVS

• September 2001 - 2nd meeting at BEVA

• September 2001 - 10 invited Diplomates

ECEIM - Invited Specialists

and Founding Diplomates

• Bruce McGorum

• Derek Knottenbelt

• Desmond Leadon

• Celia Marr

• Tim Mair

• Luis Monreal

• John Pringle

• Marianne Sloet

• Reto Straub

• Escolāstico Aquilera-Tejero

ECEIM

• September 2001 - Interim Board

• October 2001 - Training brochure

• November 2001 - final submission to EBVS

• May 2002 - recognition at EBVS meeting

• July 2002 - informal meeting Colic Symposium

• August 2002 - invitation Defacto Specialists

ECEIM - Interim Board

• Desmond Leadon - vice president

• Tim Mair - treasurer

• John Pringle - secretary

• Marianne Sloet - president

• Escolāstico Aquilera-Tejero - member

ECEIM - decisions of 2002

• September 2002 - third meeting at BEVA

• application of Defacto Specialists opens

• December 2002 JVIM is the official journal

ECEIM - Financial matters

• application for Defacto Specialist

• credential evaluation - € 250

• examination fee 2005 - € 850

• annual membership - € 200

• sponsors??

ECEIM - invited specialist meeting 2003

• Defacto candidates reviewed

• Examination committee - Celia Marr

• Residency committee - D.Knottenbelt

• January 2005 - first Congress in Leipzig

• January 2005 - first examinations

ECEIM - Defacto Specialists

• need at least 8 positive votes (of 10)

• EBVS - membership of two colleges?

• EBVS - “licensed in Europe” ?

• sometimes extra information required

• sometimes more clinical experience is required

• sometimes more papers/presentations

• Defacto procedure was open till June 1, 2005

ECEIM - first Congress

• January 20-22, 2005 in Leipzig (GER)

• organised by prof. Gerald Schusser

• examination – dr. Celia Marr

ECEIM - First Exam

• 17 individuals approved to enter exam

• 15 sat exam - 7 fulfilled publications

• 6 individuals passed all 4 components

• 3 had fullfilled criteria

• 3 have yet to complete publications

• January was a convenient month

• English dictionaries allowed

• objective case-management - translator

ECEIM - First Exam II

• English dictionaries allowed

• objective case-management - translator

• submissions of questions was 90%

• new diplomate 10 first year and later 3

• diplomate rating went well (all 26 did)

• external reviewers did a great job- Deb Sellon DipACVIM

- Rob MacKay DipACVIM

- Tim Philips DipECVS

• Mm

Last but not least

Celia Marr

and her committee

ECEIM - invited diplomates - 10

ECEIM - defacto diplomates - 37 + 6

ECEIM - diplomates - 3

Total 56

ECEIM Resident MeetingECEIM Resident Meeting

13 and 14 January 200613 and 14 January 2006

Utrecht UniversityUtrecht University

ECEIM Congress and ExamECEIM Congress and Exam

January 2007January 2007

The Curragh, IrelandThe Curragh, Ireland