News and Updates

ICVA volunteers and staff will be traveling to the United Kingdom for a series of meetings with UK veterinary stakeholder groups.

The ICVA grant program, overseen by the ICVA Academic Veterinary Assessment Committee (AVAC) on behalf of the ICVA Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the 2025 grant program with up to three grant award opportunities of $10,000 USD. The purpose of an ICVA assessment grant is to validate current, discover new, implement and support best practices in assessment in veterinary medical education. This includes assessment of students, instructors, and programs.

The ICVA is calling for experts in communication skills for veterinary medicine to respond to an upcoming survey to be conducted during the 2025/2026 academic year.

The ICVA has sent out a call for nominations for three (3) at-large positions on the ICVA Board of Directors. The Board of Directors are appointed for three-year terms and may serve a maximum of three (3) terms.

The ICVA has sent out a call for nominations for one (1) open position on the Assessment Development Committee (ADC) with the term beginning in June 2025. Deadline April 4: The open position on the Committee is for the Swine specialty area.

The ICVA Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for January 17-18, 2025 in St. Petersburg, FL. ICVA staff will be out of office January 16-19 for the January 2025 ICVA Board of Directors meeting. They will have limited access to e-mails during that time, and responses to incoming messages will be delayed. The ICVA office will be back to regular business hours on January 21.

The International Council for Veterinary Assessment (ICVA) is seeking individuals with an interest in assessment to volunteer for the ICVA Academic Veterinary Assessment Committee (AVAC).

New BOD Chair, Chair Elect and Secretary-Treasurer took office at the June 27-29, 2024 in Banff, AB.

Paper by Drs. Jared Danielson and Rebecca Burzette of Iowa State University covers recent research

The ICVA Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for June 28-29, 2024 in Banff, Alberta. ICVA Chair Dr. Fernando J. Marqués will chair the meeting.