/b/veterinary-news/posts/139323 The RCVS has announced that the Code of Professional Conduct has been updated to restrict - from April 2016 - the use of the word specialist and its derivatives in veterinary practice marketing and promotional materials, except when referring to an RCVSen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/139323Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:34:44 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:e7a08bb2-a444-400b-b62c-3802753bbed2Aine Seavers0<p>excellent info, many thanks.Sounds like it is well overdue. I am not a specialist but suspect &nbsp;it must be quite galling for those who sat the exams and did the slog to then have others simply self-award the term as applied to their own level of knowledge, I have &nbsp;also seen vets claim &#39;publication&#39; status simply &nbsp;by writing letters to the editor- also galling given the quantum difference in writing a letter and writing a scientific paper or even a clinical paper but the public knows no better and are thus fooled in their vet practitioner selection,</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=139323&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">