The RCVS is offering UK veterinary professionals practical support for navigating career transitions at a series of events coming up in May and June in London.

The CPD events, which are part of the College's Next Steps project, are aimed specifically at…

The 2009 RCVS Continuing Professional Development Record Cards have been sent to all practising vets and Registered Veterinary Nurses.

Undertaking and recording Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a mandatory professional requirement for these…

Two new Postgraduate Deans have been appointed by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to advise and monitor new veterinary surgeons during their Professional Development Phase (PDP), the first stage in veterinary continuing professional development…

Captains Nicola Housby-Skeggs and Claire Budge, the first two members of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) to achieve the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP), have been presented with their certificates at Belgravia House…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Charitable Trust is offering a bursary for one delegate to attend the Veterinary Biomedical and Pharma Sciences (VBMPS) Congress on 15 and 16 October 2012 at the ICC in Birmingham.

Members of the RCVS with an…

The RCVS has introduced a new online recording system for graduates starting their Professional Development Phase (PDP).

The new PDP database sits as a module within the Professional Development Record (PDR), launched by the RCVS in April to help veterinary…

The RCVS has announced that it is carrying out an audit of continuing professional development (CPD) for vets in order to monitor compliance and gauge what type of activities they are engaging in.

Under the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct, introduced…

From the start of 2016, the RCVS will no longer allow veterinary surgeons or veterinary nurses to enter undocumented continuing professional development (CPD) on their records.

Under the RCVS Codes of Professional Conduct, veterinary surgeons are required…

3,357 members of the profession, 69% of them veterinary surgeons and 30% veterinary nurses, have responded to the RCVS consultation asking for their views on proposals to move towards a more structured approach to continuing professional development.

The RCVS Council has approved a pilot of a new outcomes-based approach to measuring and recording continuing professional development (CPD).

In June the College held a six-week consultation with the profession, asking for opinions on its proposal for…

Simon Wallace, a former Education Officer at the RCVS, and Stephen May, Junior Vice-President and chair of the CPD Working Group, have published a literature review in the Veterinary Record which underpins the recent proposed changes to how the College…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has completed its training of a number of volunteers recruited to trial a proposed new outcomes-based system of measuring and recording learning and development.

The trial is the result of a six-week consultation…

The RCVS is calling for more volunteers to be part of an extended pilot for proposed changes to the way it measures continuing professional development.

This pilot was originally launched in February 2017 to trial proposed changes to CPD, which would…

The RCVS has launched the Edward Jenner Veterinary Leadership Programme, a online leadership training course for all members of the practice team.

The programme, which was developed in collaboration with the NHS Leadership Academy, is designed to teach…

There's a free webinar tomorrow at 12:30pm which could help you prevent incidents of bullying at your practice.

Culture Change In Healthcare is presented by Simon Fleming, a trauma and orthopaedic registrar who has a special interest in combating…

The RCVS has announced that over the next few years, it is planning to roll out a new outcomes-based model of continuing professional development (CPD), whereby practitioners will be obliged to reflect upon what they learned and to record their reflections…

The RCVS has announced far-reaching changes to the CPD requirements for veterinary surgeons, agreed by Council at its June meeting.

The proposals put to Council by the Education Committee included six key recommendations for changes to CPD policy: 

The RCVS is calling for veterinary surgeons to help test its new continuing professional development (CPD) recording platform which is currently in development.

Earlier this year, the RCVS Council approved the roll-out of a more outcomes-based model…

The RCVS has announced two changes to its CPD policy as it switches from the rolling three year requirement to the annual one, starting in 2020.

The first is that the College will allow veterinary surgeons and nurses to carry over some of the CPD hours…

The RCVS is to hold three webinars looking at maximising the potential of veterinary nurses and recognising the value of their work.

Part of the VN Futures project, the lunchtime webinars will be delivered between February and June 2020 via the Webinar…

The RCVS has reported the results of its recent audit of CPD undertaken by veterinary surgeons and nurses, finding significantly improved compliance with its CPD requirements.

Last year a cohort of 1,010 veterinary surgeons responded to the CPD audit…

The RCVS will be holding two online workshops to give an overview of its 1CPD platform and how to use it most effectively.

1CPD was launched in 2020 with the aim of providing an easy-to-use platform for veterinary surgeons to use to plan, record and reflect…

The RCVS ViVet Programme is hosting a webinar to introduce veterinary professionals to the concept of ‘design thinking’ and how it can be used in the context of veterinary practice, at 12:30pm on Wednesday 2nd December. 

The College says that…

The RCVS ViVet innovation project is holding an interactive workshop to introduce veterinary professionals to creativity techniques that can help them develop innovative thinking within the practice team.

The two 60-minute interactive sessions are taking…

The RCVS has launched the Leadership Library, designed to support the development of leadership skills within the veterinary profession.

The College says the online library, which is free to access, aims to encourage people to develop their leadership…