The World Veterinary Association (WVA) recognizes that Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) that builds onto and supplements Day-One knowledge, skills, experience, attitudes and behaviors attained in a veterinary curriculum, allows veterinarians and veterinary para-professionals to develop and enhance their education and to provide a high quality service to animals and their owners. Further, many countries already incorporate a requirement for CEPD into their statutes and regulations for continued licensing or registration.
The WVA encourages any organization or institution that provides CEPD programs, to:
- Build onto and supplement the Day-One competences obtained in institutions of higher education that award veterinary or veterinary para-professional qualifications; and,
- Provide documentation for individuals to use for ongoing licensure or registration.