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Spotlight on the Pathways to Competency Task Force
"Our purpose is to construct a core competency-based framework to support training and evaluation of ACVIM residents. Core competencies will apply universally across all ACVIM specialties, and each specialty will also have the opportunity to consider the addition of specialty-specific competencies."
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Shaping the Future of Veterinary Medicine
The ACVIM is the international certifying organization for veterinary specialists in cardiology, large animal internal medicine, neurology, nutrition, oncology and small animal internal medicine with over 3,000 members worldwide. Learn more about ACVIM.
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Browse the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (JVIM) and our full library of speciality-focused journals including the Journals of Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Veterinary Internal Medicine.
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JVIM has been online and open access, making all articles—past and present—free to read worldwide.
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Hear from ACVIM Diplomates
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I value the sense of community I feel within ACVIM. I am proud to be amongst a group of members that are truly invested and working together to advance the veterinary profession through increasing knowledge, cutting edge research, important collaborations across specialties and providing specialty services to animals, owners and referring veterinarians.
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Becoming a boarded specialist within ACVIM has given me a tremendous number of valuable experiences. I have been able to meet many interesting people, be exposed to a multitude of experiences, and received the opportunity to travel. None of which would have been possible without being a part of ACVIM.
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The ACVIM has set the standard for veterinary specialists and continues to support all of us specialists in this growing college. Becoming a member of the ACVIM and an oncologist remains, and always will be, one of my greatest career successes.
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The ACVIM has revolutionized my whole career, and between continual education and collegial encouragement, has allowed me to be the clinician I always dreamed of.
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I value the collaborative community that inspires continuous learning and growth, ultimately enhancing my ability to provide better patient care and contribute to the advancement of Veterinary Neurology.
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The ACVIM has provided me an extensive network of mentors without whom I would not be where I am today. Since I started vet school, all my mentors have been members of the ACVIM, and they have each helped me develop as a professional in a unique way.
