https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement I am absolutely delighted to tell you all that VetSurgeon.org and VetNurse.co.uk have gone into partnership with Improve International in order to provide you all with more quality content and resources. A little background. Over the years, I&#39;ve haden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238818?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:43:08 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9f4467d4-4d8e-4e36-ad9e-b9062abbc1c4Arlo Guthrie<p><a href="/members/expatvet" class="internal-link view-user-profile">Mark Hedberg</a> Prompt thank you!&nbsp; </p> <p>Actually, I am not sure which of the two announcements that day I am more excited about. I think the other is almost as significant:&nbsp;<a href="/news/b/veterinary-news/posts/vetsurgeon-org-becomes-first-social-media-platform-to-announce-zero-tolerance-for-bad-manners">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/news/b/veterinary-news/posts/vetsurgeon-org-becomes-first-social-media-platform-to-announce-zero-tolerance-for-bad-manners</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238814?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 24 Aug 2022 05:33:08 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:699b2259-d872-43c7-ad61-56c312b05bf6Mark Hedberg<p>Belated congratulations!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238798?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:13:48 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:926ee837-e7f1-431a-ae69-61722dba03aeArlo Guthrie<p>Official announcement now here:&nbsp;<a href="/news/b/veterinary-news/posts/vetsurgeon-org-joins-forces-with-improve-international-to-bring-vets">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/news/b/veterinary-news/posts/vetsurgeon-org-joins-forces-with-improve-international-to-bring-vets</a></p> <p>and&nbsp;<a target='_blank' href="https://www.veterinary-practice.com/community">https://www.veterinary-practice.com/community</a></p> <p>A new dawn!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238638?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 13 Aug 2022 10:15:28 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:75990bc1-98e3-4dd5-8ca6-b3a20e62ba3bClare Tapsfield-Wright<p>That&rsquo;s great news Arlo , exciting times&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238633?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 13 Aug 2022 08:57:24 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:5a7b62dc-d25d-4cbe-9e2c-697e3ee4706eArlo Guthrie<p>Had&nbsp;first meeting with the team at Improve yesterday, and couldn&#39;t have been a nicer bunch of people. Lots of interesting ideas being thrown around the table. Obviously I thought it would be a productive partnership before I signed, but even more so now. And <a href="/members/apache" class="internal-link view-user-profile">Michael Woodhouse</a>, you have been heard!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238625?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:16:22 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:637b2e1f-fd80-4dee-a006-1790852fa804Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote userid="2100" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238513#238513"]<blockquote class="quote"><div class="quote-user"><a href="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238509#238509">Bob Russell said:</a></div><div class="quote-content"><p>I found out I had been fan folding wrong for decades!</p> <p></p></div></blockquote><div class="quote-footer"></div> <p>What, despite having the lead role in the school production of The Mikado?</p>[/quote] <p> &nbsp; &nbsp; </p> <p>Mere corroborative detail intended to add verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.....</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238531?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Aug 2022 13:08:42 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:dab1696a-a04f-4ee0-92f1-f00cdf57dda0Dinu Catilina<p>[quote userid="3169" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238523#238523"]I don&#39;t want training materials dumbed down so that someone who qualified in the 3rd world and has English as a 3rd language can also understand[/quote] <p>Unfortunately Michael, these vets are the only ones available to do the boring OV work that nobody else wants to do. Like meat inspection.&nbsp;</p> <p>But I do have the same opinion as you about the OV training.&nbsp;</p> <p>Good luck Arlo but I&#39;m also not a big fan of Improve. Hope it works out for you and the website.&nbsp;</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238527?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Aug 2022 11:12:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ebe79b13-929d-4e14-a081-edff50d16cbfMiriam Lodewyks<p>Great news!&nbsp;<br />I&rsquo;ve attended a few I.I. Courses over the years and found them very useful and well organised. Shame they&rsquo;re always so eye-wateringly expensive.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238523?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 06 Aug 2022 10:06:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9122e2bd-d094-4f6b-aa9d-23f026f86036Michael Woodhouse<p>[quote userid="2100" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238502#238502"]I sort of wonder whether something similar about your criticism of the OV training, in the sense that it all has to cater for the lowest common denominator.&nbsp;[/quote] <p>Our new graduate has just started his OV training, yesterday. After 2 hours locked in a consult room (I didn&#39;t actually lock him in) I asked him how it was going. His comments echo&#39;d mine. Poor quality, bad system, padding. This is a UK new grad fresh from uni, I don&#39;t want training materials dumbed down so that someone who qualified in the 3rd world and has English as a 3rd language can also understand, that&#39;s a much bigger issue that the RCVS needs to deal with. </p> <p>He found it insulting to his intelligence.</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238514?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:53:24 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:805e8fde-f283-48c0-a98c-9204c9336ee0Bob Russell<p>I paid good money to be shown what I had been doing for years successfully! Probably was a bit silly taking on a contract for courses few wanted to do, many far more experienced than those preparing the course.</p> <p>Strangely all the hundreds of export forms I have filled in seemed to work fine!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238513?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:58:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4c1b3c25-675f-4468-8ec2-96e3a3c7409bArlo Guthrie<p>[quote userid="8858" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238507#238507"]I&#39;ve done a couple of improve courses over the years and really enjoyed them and the chance to network.[/quote] <p>Glad to hear that, and that&#39;s one of the things I&#39;d like do - extend that networking&nbsp;with people you meet on a course.</p> [quote userid="6897" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238508#238508"]Mrs G been complaining about you scooting on the carpet as well?[/quote] <p>Never stops grumbling about it.</p> [quote userid="6550" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238509#238509"]<p>I found out I had been fan folding wrong for decades!</p> <p></p>[/quote] <p>What, despite having the lead role in the school production of The Mikado?</p> [quote userid="2490" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238511#238511"]Congratulations Arlo [/quote][quote userid="6550" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238509#238509"]Good luck as always![/quote] <p>Thanks both!&nbsp;</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238512?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:54:37 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:57b956c1-8445-4fc4-b6ac-73575db7801bRob Davis<p>[quote userid="2100" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238502#238502"]I sort of wonder whether something similar about your criticism of the OV training, in the sense that it all has to cater for the lowest common denominator.[/quote] <p>No, Michael is absolutely right, the OV revalidation was terrible - a total waste of time and money. I think it was a PR disaster for them taking that on. I haven&#39;t done anything else with them since then.</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238511?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:53:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:e3bf9768-2663-409f-95a0-58fb720ab926Clare Tapsfield-Wright<p>Congratulations Arlo , glad to hear the forums will continue&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238509?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:53:35 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ee3398ec-47e5-4319-bccb-9e8aafa6156aBob Russell<p>I don&#39;t use them much because they <strong>are</strong> extremely expensive but the OV training was hilarious. I found out I had been fan folding wrong for decades!</p> <p>Perhaps this is a chance for them to redeem themselves to the Mr Grumpy&#39;s out here.</p> <p>Good luck as always!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238508?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:38:48 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a29aa266-b854-4731-84a2-3e8beae52723bob lehner<p>[quote userid="2100" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement"]Over the years, I&#39;ve had my bottom sniffed by a lot of different companies[/quote] <p>Hmm - you probably need to pop down to your local practice and get your anal glands emptied out....has Mrs G been complaining about you scooting on the carpet as well?</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238507?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:11:29 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:e4a96f5d-aef1-4cc4-bcb5-9daeaff506e4Jill Butterworth<p>I&#39;ve done a couple of improve courses over the years and really enjoyed them and the chance to network.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238502?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:24:41 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:33939d44-e6c8-4eba-abf0-d886f80e8286Arlo Guthrie<p>[quote userid="3169" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement/238501#238501"]Mr grumpy here. [/quote] <p>hahaha&nbsp; </p> <p>Michael you are critical of things which are simple to you, and I wonder if you consider that they may not be as simple to others who don&#39;t share your planet-sized intellect (or perhaps more likely may have been trained, perhaps abroad, to a less high standard).</p> <p>I&#39;m being tongue in cheek, but serious point. You came down very hard on one of our top tips films, and the feedback the author subsequently got from others was very positive. I sort of wonder whether something similar about your criticism of the OV training, in the sense that it all has to cater for the lowest common denominator.&nbsp;</p> <p>But for sure I will&nbsp;pass on your feedback.</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238501?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:14:43 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:61a4ab03-ac1e-46e5-b0c1-2bb9abbd10dfMichael Woodhouse<p>[quote userid="2100" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/site-support-discussions/30378/important-vetsurgeon-announcement"]With them focusing on developing quality content and us focussing on community and community content, I think it&#39;s a match made in heaven.[/quote] <p>Mr grumpy here. Having being forced to do the OV training with them I am not a fan. Their system is clunky, the materials of poor quality and it really feels like they have stuck in 80% padding to try and vaguely make it feel like value for money as you pay &pound;100+ to continue doing what you learnt for free 15 years ago. </p> <p>The whole OV system has put me off the company completely. Would never chose to spend a penny with them. I did think it was a missed opportunity as if the system worked properly and the content was great, then it lends itself to quality remote CPD. Their content is also cripplingly expensive.</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238496?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Aug 2022 07:01:29 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:770db5a1-d6ef-4794-94e1-68cd3345d2a4Arlo Guthrie<p>Thanks&nbsp;<a href="/members/sarah-mcgurk" class="internal-link view-user-profile">Sarah McGurk</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/members/joyce-whitehead" class="internal-link view-user-profile">Joyce Whitehead</a>&nbsp;- We&#39;re having our first joint editorial meeting next week, and I must say, I&#39;m looking forward to it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Just noticed I had a &#39;like&#39; from the anon account for the post above.&nbsp;Really? ... I didn&#39;t think it was that controversial a development that people would have to like it anonymously!!&nbsp; </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238494?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:38:06 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3ea3493d-20fd-4aca-ae5c-a793ec04e580Sarah McGurk<p>Congratulations Arlo. Sounds good.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/238493?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:14:09 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b9d2069c-3ff3-4239-ae34-52591c965cb1Joyce Whitehead<p>Sounds like good news and any online CPD would be a good thing. Especially compiled in one place.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>