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Dear ACVIM Community,
In October 2022, the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges published guidelines for training institutions to improve intern and resident wellbeing. These guidelines are summarized below. The recommendations fall under four categories:
The ACVIM continues to prioritize efforts to improve Candidate wellbeing and supports the efforts of AAVMC to encourage implementation of such guidelines. Implementation of the guidelines will take time for some programs, and, given current conditions,
adoption of some recommendations may not be possible. As such, we encourage training programs to aspire to work towards aligning with the recommendations as much as possible. We also firmly believe that successful implementation of such guidelines
will, by necessity, simultaneously benefit the wellbeing of all team members involved in training program delivery, including supervising Diplomates and practice staff.
In addition to encouraging the adoption of these guidelines, we are continuing our focus on identifying and implementing support and resources for Candidates, such as:
The AAVMC guidelines also contain links to useful resources that could benefit the wellbeing of all members of a practice
or institution. We hope you find these resources useful.
Thank you for considering the recommendations and for each of your individual efforts to improve the wellbeing of the entire ACVIM Community.