IVSA EO Bulletin December-January 2014-2015

IVSA EO Bulletin
December-January 2014-2015
Dear IVSA Members,
Hope that you are all doing well and enjoying your selves.
I am glad to annouce to you that the EO Bulletin for the months of December and January
are finally here!!
Since this is the first EO Bulletin in the Year of 2015 I will like to
start by wishing to all of you a happy New Year and I hope that we
will get to work with each other even more in the upcoming months.
On belahf of all the Exco we wish you a great year full of happiness
and atchivements.
We have been back from the 63rd Symposium in the UK for over a month now and I would
like to express our recognition to the Organizing Committee for all the hardwork they have
put in order to host all the delegates from all over the wold.
Many thanks go to the fabilous OC for a marvellious Week full of joy and knowladge.
I would like to thank all of you that were present in the UK and have contributed to the
wonderful journey we had.
The key to great work and success is creativity and motivation, so don’t hesitate to come up
with your own unique ideas and share it with the rest of us, team work is highly
recommanded.
Be curious look for information check IVSA website and facebook pages there are so much
opportunities that you can benefit from.
This EO Bulletin will be a little bit longer than the previous once as we have many
information and opportunities to share with you.
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1. Feedback from the 63rd Symposium in UK&Ireland
(13th-20th of December):
 I would like to present to you our new President-Elect, Mr Anil Turer, from Turkey.
He is our current Public Relations Coordinator, he used to be the president of IVSA
Istanbul and he was in the Organizing Committee of the 62nd IVSA symposium in
Istanbul and Ankara. He is highly motivated, he has a lot of experience and he is so glad
to be the future president of IVSA starting September 2015 until September 2016.
You can read his presentation in the IVSA Winter Newsletter which will be published in
February.
 We have a newly-elected Chairman of ScoVe as well, Mr Theofanis Liatis
He is a member of IVSA Thessaloniki, Greece and until last year he was the
Veterinary Public Health Director in the ExCo
 I would like to adress a big welcome to the new Member Organizations that got
accepted during the General Assembly in the UK.
-IVSA Estonia
-IVSA Kumasi, Ghana
-IVSA Milan, Italy
-IVSA Los Banos, Philippines
-IVSA Krakow, Poland
 We are so happy to welcome you in our IVSA Big Family, and we wish to help you
provide the best experiences for your students and we hope that you will find all that
you are looking for as Veterniary students in our association. We know how difficult
it could be to start working within IVSA, it could be a challenge for all the New
Member Organizations that’s why I think that it will be really great if our old
experienced Member Organizations could offer some help and give some advices for
our new Member Organizations
 You can find their contact information in the IVSA EOs and Presidents Database.
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 For all the delegates who attended the 63rd Symposium, I would like to let you know
that an Evaluation questionnaire will be soon available and I will be sending you the
link.So please ,I would like you to take some time and fill it .
This will help us; both OC and ExCo improve the next IVSA events, and offer our IVSA
members the best that we can.
2. Future IVSA Events:
a. 64th IVSA Congress in Romania (From the 27th of July until the 8th
of August 2015):
Dear members,
The 64th Congress in Romania is our next appointement, the OC is doing it’s best to make
your presence in Romania as comfortable and fruitful as possible.
The itinerary is being finialized and it looks really awsome.
Please save the date: From the 27th of July until the 8th of August.
The application period will soon start:
The priority application period for the Exco, Presidents and EOs will start on the 1st of
March.
IVSA is a big happy family and you get to discover that when you decide to participate in the
international IVSA Congresses and Symposium. Don’t wait for too long before you decide to
attend an international event because you will be surprised by the amount of work that IVSA
is doing to benefit its members and of course it will be an amazing opportunity to see again
all your IVSA friends, and to get to meet new once.
We can’t wait to see you this summer.
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b. IVSA Week Event in Istanbul and Greece (From the 22nd of April
until the 1st of May):
Feelings change, Memories don’t
If you are feeling like having a break, making new Memories!!
It’s time to apply for the IVSA Greece-Turkey week event.
We know how hard it is to become a vet and we would like to offer you a wonderful
springBreak.We hope that you are ready of a one of kind experience ,we are offering you the
unique opportunity to discover two different culture in one week.
When Europe meets Asia everything will be different and unique.
The Organization committee has made an introductory video to show you these amazing 2
cities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ml63pkj5E
The application period will start on the 5th of February
Event FEE : 350 Euro
Participant : 40-80
Dates : 22th APRIL-1st MAY 2015
Application Days : 5th FEBRUARY – 8th MARCH 2015
You can also check the facebook pages for both IVSA ThessalonikiIVSA Istanbul for regular
updates.
Please NOTE: Website will be out and running starting the 5th of February, ,
Please don’t hesitate to contact the OC for further information on:
'[email protected]'
3. The president Corner:
a. The World Small Animal Veterinary Association Corner:
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association's mission is to foster the exchange of
scientific information between individual veterinarians and veterinary organizations.
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The E-Bulletin issue 015 is now available for our IVSA members.
Please check the link:
http://email.vetstreamwebpartner.co.uk/t/ViewEmail/r/E43B7E0EB59A7FCB2540EF23F30FE
DED/156CCC18773846BC20B193FBA00ED1DB
“The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) is an organization for
veterinarians BUT they are helping students by setting up reduced fee spots for students to
attend their annual congress in Bangkok from the 15th until the 18th of May 2015.
The congress will be a great opportunity for sudents to enhance their veterinary education
by way of a cutting edge scientific program and stimulating exchange of knowledge and
experiences with the world's foremost veterinarians.
WSAVA is offering 10 free registration spots to IVSA members in exchange for a little help
during the congress. The help will include manning the WSAVA booth and helping during
registration. If you are interested in attending this amazing congress with free registration,
email our president: ''[email protected]''
Please mention your name, country and a few sentences on why you want to go.
Be quick, there are only 10 spots.
In case you are not one of the lucky 10, you still can apply for a reduced fee spot available
for students. Check out the website: www.wsava2015.com
We Hope to see you there!
b. Clinician’s Brief Weekly Newsletter:
Dear IVSA members
Clinician’s Brief, the practical journal for veterinarians in Noth America, is now available to
WSAVA members worldwide.Don’t miss out on the Global Edition of the journal that can be
used to provide the best care for small animal patients today and everyday.
Check the Clinician’s Brief Weekly Newsletter, you will find many interesting information
that could be really helpful for your veterinary studies
Please, check their Website; it really has much intersting information:
http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/
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4. The External Relations Officer corner
A final Reminder for the FVE Survey that was published in the previous EO Bulletin the
deadline is 31 January 2015.
Dear Veterinary students,
Please take 5 minutes to fill out a short survey developed by the Federation of Veterinarians
of Europe (FVE) and the International Veterinary Student Association (IVSA). Our
organizations are working together to analyze the future veterinary labor market in order to
explore opportunities for vets and secure a healthy future for our profession. We need your
help!
The responses we receive from different countries will give us a better understanding of the
distribution of veterinary resources around the world, identify areas of need, and ultimately
help you as future veterinarians decide how to orientate yourself!
Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V3Q8NGK
The survey is anonymous and will be available open until 10 January 2015. Please share it
with your fellow veterinary students.
Thank you for your time and input.
Deadline for fill in the Survey is Today January the 31st
2015
5. The Public Relations Coordinator corner:
Writing an article for IVSA Winter Newsletter:
The IVSA Winter Newsletter is already in preparation, and it will be published in February
2015. So we have chose to ask you to write an article in which you will tell us all about your
school and cites we want you to promote for your city by sharing some photos and writing a
few words, you can use pictures from your group exchanges and you can use some of your
friends’ feedback about your city to express the beauty of your city.
If you feel like you want to share your experience with all the IVSA Member Organizations,
don’t hesitate to write the article and don’t forget to put some pictures.
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We will only chose the Top 3 articles to publish them in the Newsletter, remember this will
influence your scoring for the TOP EO comepition as well.
Please send your articles to: [email protected] and Our Public Relations Coordinator Anil
on:[email protected].
PS: For those that have sent their Articles already, please if you feel like you want to make
any changes due to the further events you have attended or you orgonized please feel free
to do so.
The New Deadline for receiving the Articles will be on the 5th of
Fabruary 2015.
6. The Development Aid Director corner:
Below you will find a message from our Development Aid Director (DAD):
a. Development Fund Grant (DF Grant):
Dear IVSA members,
Happy new year all! I am pleased to announce the Development Fund grant is now open!
The aim of the grant is to benefit as many veterinary students as we can.
Any student body from a teaching faculty can apply. The applications will remain open until
the 28th February. Please visit http://www.ivsa.org/apply/ for more information
b. Development fund competition (DF competiton):
For those who weren't at symposium we have a COMPETITION to announce.
This year we want to award the 2 top Member Organizations (1 from a high GDP country and
1 from a low GDP country) that will raise the most money for the development fund.
The Deadline is the 30th of June
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2015
More information can be found in our new fundraising booklet, please follow the steps
carefully and don’t forget to update us with each event you plan so we can keep track of
what everyone is up to: https://drive.google.com/…/0B6_fZckJlrtzbGdpelFpOF9zV3c/view
Prizes will be given during the congress in Romania. If You have any questions please email
[email protected]
Happy fundraising!
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c. MAH –IVSA Scholarship &travel Grant program:
To promot the global exchange of ideas and culture, and to improve veterinary education
worldwide, the International Veterinary Students’ Association provides annual grants for
individuals to gain international experience. Through the MAH-IVSA Scholarship & Travel
Grant Program, IVSA annually provides between 50 and 100 scholarships of $500-$2000 for
veterinary students to use for their educational needs,such as traveling abroad to gather
valuable experience with veterinarians in a different country to their own. Through these
self-built or provided programs, student members are able to obtain valuable knowledge
and training in a different perspective to their local backgrounds.
The next and final application period for the MAH scholarship will run from:
From the 2nd until the 29th of March 2015
7. IVSA Committees:
a. The Standing Committee on Veterinary Education (SCOVE):
Dear IVSA Members,
The IVSA SCoVE Committee is delighted to present you with our new student resource
website IVSA EDU+ http://ivsascove.wix.com/eduplatform. This website integrates the online
veterinary resources collected by SCoMTE and SCoVE the past few years. It is easy to
navigate, with topics divided by species, as well as diverse topics such as business
management resources and great social media to follow!
The best part about this website is it created to be molded and grown by YOU, the student.
You can add your websites that you use for growing and studying in veterinary medicine, in
order to help better others! We hope you enjoy the website and find it useful!
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Please follow IVSA SCoVE on Facebook to follow more of the exciting projects we are
launching this year! https://www.facebook.com/thescove
And we would like to share with you the Intersting results for our Survey within EDU project,
which was held in November 2014 throughout Facebook.
The participants were 52.
Find out which educational methods people prefer better!"
http://issuu.com/scove/docs/edu_survey_2014…
Sincerely
The IVSA SCoVE Committee
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b. The Standing Committee on One Health (SCOH):
1. SCOH Call for New Local Veterinary Public Health Officers:
The Standing Committee on One Health (SCOH) calls every Member Organization to elect to
their boards a Local Veterniary Public Health Officer (LoVPHO).
Since 2013, More than 20 Member Organizations started this position, and almost all have
held public health/One health projects.
In order to have further information about how to apply please check the following
documents:
file:///C:/Users/HPG66TP/Downloads/2015_1stCallforLocalOfficers.v1%20(1).pdf
file:///C:/Users/HPG66TP/Downloads/2015_New%20Call%20for%20LoVPHOs.v1.pdf
Please, don’t hesitate to contact our Public Health Officer and Chairman of the SCOH Mrs
Sarah Krones: [email protected]
2. WVA/WMA Global conference on One Health:
WVA/WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH
The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Medical Association (WMA) in
collaboration with the Spanish Medical and Veterinary associations are inviting you to
participate at the Global Conference on 'One Health' Concept to be held on 21st and 22nd of
May in Madrid, Spain.
The Global Conference aims to bring together Veterinarians, Physicians, Students, Public
Health Officials, NGOs and others from the different world regions to learn, discuss and to
address critical aspects of the 'One Health' Concept.
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The main objectives of the conference are to strengthen the links and communications and
to achieve closer collaboration between Physicians, Veterinarians and all appropriate
stakeholders to improve the different aspects of health and welfare of humans, animals and
the environment.
The conference theme is:
Drivers towards One Health
“Strengthening collaboration between medical and animal doctors”
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Thursday, 21 May – Friday, 22
Madrid, Spain
May 2015
REGISTRATION:http://www.wma.net/en/50events/20otherevents/80onehealth/index.html
Looking forward to seeing you in our future events.
Kind Rgards
Work hard and don’t forget to have fun.
Khouloud Ben Salem
Member Organization Director 2014-2015