British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Woodrow House
1 Telford Way
Waterwells Business Park
Quedgeley
Gloucestershire GL2 2AB
United Kingdom
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Fax:+44-1452 726701
E-mail: administration@bsava.com
Website: www.bsava.com BSAVA President: Andrew Ash
E-mail: president@bsava.com
WSAVA Representative
Dr. Julian Wells
c/o BSAVA BRITISH SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION (BSAVA)
E-mail: julian.wells1@gmail.com
Membership (June/11): 7660
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About BSAVA The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) exists to promote excellence in small animal practice through education and science.
The Association was founded in 1957 as a professional body to serve veterinary surgeons who treat companion animals. It now has over 7,500 members. The majority of our members work in practice, and represent over a third of the working veterinary surgeons in the UK.
Benefits of Membership
• Get massive member discounts on CPD courses throughout the UK
• Pay less for all BSAVA books, manuals, CD-ROMs and videos
• plus a free copy of the BSAVA Small Animal Formulary
• Receive significant reduction on Congress Registration
• Subscription to monthly Journal of Small Animal Practice,The European Journal of Companion Animal Practice and companion magazine
• Discounted Regional CPD Day Meetings
• Access to members-only content at www.bsava.com
• Help with health & safety issues, small animal pharmacy topics, veterinary nursing, attaining Practice Standards etc
• National and international representation for your profession within government and other veterinary organisations
Join Online - http://www.bsava.com/Membership/tabid/73/Default.aspx Our regional committees also organise CPD for members and non-members. You can find out more online - http://www.bsava.com/CPD/RegionalMeetings/tabid/98/Default.aspx Publications -
BSAVA publishes manuals, CD-Roms, handbooks and Congress proceedings. http://www.bsava.com/Publications/tabid/76/Default.aspx To buy online visit https://www.bsava.com/membersarea/shop/layout6.asp BSAVA Honorary Secretary's Annual Report Congress Committee
Once again Congress Committee has produced an outstanding event. The lecture programme continues to attract the world’s foremost speakers. In 2011 we have introduced simultaneous interpretation sessions in Spanish and Polish. Nursing Masterclasses have been replaced by a Nursing Master series and we have introduced innovative University streams. To meet the continued and increasing demand for exhibition space, the BSAVA stands have remained on the Balcony, with even more exhibition and relaxation space created on the Concourse at the NIA. The Association sold more stand space to exhibitors in 2011 than ever before. Downloadable lecture podcasts will continue to be freely available as a member benefit. BSAVA has developed an app for both the iPhone and Android allowing delegates to plan their own lecture programme and to find exhibitor stands via an interactive map. We have continued in 2011 to use microchipped delegate badges. This allows us to scan and accurately count the number of lecture attendees and improve the exhibitors’ ability to follow up leads. A new weekend rate has been introduced to include a Party Night ticket. We have particularly targeted overseas (Eastern European and Spanish speaking nations) with a view to increasing their numbers at Congress in 2011 and building towards the World Congress in 2012
Education Education Committee
Education Committee met three times throughout the year. Exciting things are happening. In 2010 and 2011 the Committee presented the successful modular medicine programme, the Dispensing Courses and a variety of day and mini-modular courses. New Advanced Nursing courses were also run for the first time. Overall, more than 50 courses were available over the year including Four Road Shows. The Committee evaluated the technology required to enable us to host webinars and it is anticipated that we will be able to deliver CE via this very popular and accessible medium during the next year. Over the course of this year, the BSAVA Postgraduate Certificate initiative has been developed. We were delighted to be able to recruit Dr. Frances Barr as Academic Director, who picked up this project in November 2010. She is in the process of finalising the curricula for the medicine and surgery programmes and has worked towards the appointment of a university to validate the Certificates that will be awarded. International Affairs Committee
International Affairs Committee met twice during the past year, whilst maintaining an active email communication in between official meetings. And it has represented the interests of the BSAVA at a number of international committee meetings.
Once again this year, the Committee has coordinated support and funded WSAVA-organised CPD in sub-Saharan Africa. They also continue to manage the initiative to invite and welcome veterinary delegates from developing small animal veterinary economies to BSAVA Congress. This year we are delighted to welcome colleagues from Latvia as our guests. JSAP
The new JSAP editor, Carmel Mooney, moved seamlessly into her new role. A new statistical advisor was appointed in 2010. A second edition of the JSAP newsletter was produced for those associated with the journal.
JSAP continues to be successfully produced and marketed by Wiley Blackwell. Wiley has launched a new online platform allowing us to provide links to BSAVA web pages, which helps promote the Association outside its immediate membership. Total submissions to JSAP in 2010 were 333, from 40 different countries. This included 13 editorials, 6 reviews, 45 papers including four resulting from Petsavers Grants and the WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines.
The increased quality of content resulted in the Impact Factor for the journal rising from 0.892 to 0.965. Companion Magazine
Companion continued to develop into a popular journal viewed as essential reading, especially for those in first opinion small animal practice. Its content of BSAVA and WSAVA news and information on BSAVA products and courses helps to promote the Association and its benefits to members. Its CPD content has expanded and more CPD features are planned for the next year, providing up-to-date information on veterinary news and debate as well as excellent clinical articles. Twelve monthly editions of companion were published this year and there was also a Student edition. Membership Development Committee
The Membership Development Committee held three meetings during the year as well as attending the student weekend in Lancaster. The main role of this committee is to act as a “think tank” to develop membership benefits and increase membership numbers. MDC also oversees developments within veterinary nursing, acts as an interface between the Association and veterinary students and gives valuable input to the Practice Standards Scheme. MDC also liaises with the RCVS Nurse Training Group. This has been a busy year as we represented our members’ opinion on the new nurse training proposals. I would like to thank Carole Clarke for her role in this area and for the input and time she has dedicated to this on behalf of the BSAVA. We were able to continue the discount available to our members paying by Direct Debit this year as well as build up the benefits available to our loyal members. Those renewing for the 2nd consecutive year are able to access the CABI journal archive giving access to more than 1.4 million bibliographic records. New for this year, those renewing for their third consecutive year will receive a loyalty DVD, which has the Congress 2010 podcasts already downloaded in a convenient portable format. This year we produced a number of practice resource documents which are available to download from our website – these include our anaesthetic monitoring forms, hospitalisation forms, dental charts plus Health & Safety documents. This has been developed with invaluable input from our RCVS Practice Standards representative, Pam Mosedale.
Finally, and possibly most excitingly, we have are also introduced a Vet Nursing membership category as we wish to support nurses in their further learning and CPD. Petsavers
Petsavers is the BSAVA’s charity and raises money for research into clinical disease. Three Management Committee meetings were held during the year and two Grants Awarding Committee meetings. Funding was awarded for a Residency in Veterinary Ophthalmology and a Residency in Veterinary Pathology as well as five research projects. However, this will be the last year that funding is provided for Residencies – in future, funds will be allocated to pay towards a Masters Degree by Research or equivalent. Publications Committee
The Publications Committee met three times during the BSAVA year 2010–2011. BSAVA Publications continues to produce the highly successful Manuals. This year Publications has been very busy publishing new titles: the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Rehabilitation, Supportive and Palliative Care: Case Studies in Patient Management and the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Ultrasonography. There have also been three new editions of popular manuals: Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiorespiratory Medicine, Manual of Canine and Feline Reproduction and Neonatology and Manual of Canine and Feline Oncology. Work has begun on the 5th edition of the BSAVA Textbook of Veterinary Nursing. Several manuals have been translated into other languages. These translations, together with the contributions of overseas authors and editors and increasing overseas sales, continue to improve our profile outside the UK. We continue to work at bringing benefits to BSAVA members through our publications. This year we have released the 7th edition of the very popular BSAVA Formulary. And, as an added benefit, there is a searchable online version of the Formulary for members to access via MyBSAVA. We shall also be launching a Poisons Guide for dogs and cats online, created in collaboration with the Veterinary Poisons Information Service. The BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines is also available online and was updated in October. Scientific Committee
The role of the Scientific Committee is to provide the Association and its members with advice and information on matters of a scientific nature. The Committee meets formally three times annually. As always, much of the work of the Committee was accomplished by e-mail communication between these meetings as well as online collaboration using secure web space. During this year the Committee continued to update Policy Statements and information documents that are available to the membership via the Association’s website. An updated Policy Statement on Canine and Feline Vaccination was approved by Council. Other issues currently under consideration by Scientific Committee are Mycobacterial infection and guidance on referral to paraprofessionals. Scientific Committee also receives reports from representatives on the Dog Legislation Action Group and the Pet Advisory Committee, and acts as liaison between the Association and its affiliated groups.
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