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{ EXAMINATION } |
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June 18, 2010: Payments for Exams due to the ACVO office. View exam fees. August 2, 2010: Image Recognition August 3, 2010: Written exam August 11-14, 2010: Practical exam
Certification examination instructions (2010 instructions)
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| { CREDENTIALS } | ||||
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All Applicants for board certification by the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO) must satisfy the ACVO credentialing guidelines. The Applicant Form must be completed by all Applicants every year they apply to take the certifying examination. The Supervising Diplomate Form must be completed by all Supervising Diplomates of Applicants who are submitting their credentials for the first time since 2007. Supervising Diplomate forms are NOT required for Applicants who successfully completed the credentials process in 2008 or after and who are reapplying to take the certifying examination. Full guidelines are provided with the downloadable Applicant and Supervising Diplomate Forms on the ACVO website. A checklist for the Applicant is also provided but need not be submitted. For further information, Applicants and Supervising Diplomates are also referred to the ACVO Credentials Committee Policies and Procedures document and the ACVO Code of Ethics. Both are available on the ACVO website.
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SIGNED ORIGINALS of all completed forms and any attachments, plus
the application fee of $100 must be submitted to the ACVO Executive
Director by US Postal Service at PO Box 1311
The
deadline for RECEIPT of the forms is 5pm Mountain time on
January 22nd, 2010.
Forms
received after the deadline, incomplete forms, and submissions not using
original and current versions of all forms will render the Applicant’s
credentials packet incomplete for that year, and the Applicant will be
unable to take the certifying examination in that year.
EARLY
DOCUMENT CHEC
Applications
RECEIVED before 5 pm Mountain time on January 8th
2010 (2 weeks prior to the final deadline) will be checked for
completeness by ACVO office staff and Applicants will be advised within 1
week of any deficiencies noted. Applicants will have the opportunity to
correct these deficiencies before the deadline. This completeness check
will include only the following items: 1.
That
the Applicant form is present and signed 2.
That
the Employment History form is present and signed 3.
That
the Supervising Diplomate forms are present and signed 4.
That
Supervising Diplomate forms were not mailed with the Applicant form 5.
That
any attached documents are appropriately translated and certified 6.
That
the Application Fee is present and appropriate NOTE:
1.
The completeness check does not in any way judge the
appropriateness or completeness of any of the information provided within
the forms, nor that all or any required attachments are provided.
This will be reviewed only by the Credentials Committee following the
submission deadline. 2. Completeness of a packet provides absolutely no guarantee that an Applicant’s credentials will be accepted or that an examination number will be provided. 3. Notification of deficiencies or completeness will be sent once by email to the address provided in the application. Failure to receive the email will not be grounds for appeal. 5.
Applicants advised of
deficiencies must still meet the final deadline.
Enquiries
regarding the Credentialing process may be sent by email to Dr. David
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| Forms for Credentials: | ||||
| Applicant Form 2010 (interactive pdf) | ||||
| Supervising Diplomate Form 2010 (interactive pdf) | ||||
| Credentials Committee Policies & Procedures (updated 1/10) | ||||
| 2010
Checklist (for applicant use only - do not submit with forms)
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{ ACVO RESIDENCY } Residency applications are due a minimum of 60 days prior to the start date of a program. Mentor 6 month evaluation
forms are due by January 31 and July 31 and resident 6 month evaluations
are due by January 5 and July 5, for the respective preceding 6 month
training period (i.e. Jan-June and July-Dec) to Dr. Ellison Bentley and Diane Hendrix
at |
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| BOARD OF REGENTS MEETINGS | ||||
| { SPRING BOARD MEETING } | ||||
| Location: San Diego, CA: April 17-18, 2010 | ||||
| Meet 2pm - 7pm Saturday; 8am - 3pm Sunday | ||||
| { FALL BOARD MEETING } | ||||
| Location: San Diego, CA | ||||
| November 5-6, 2010 |