General program description
1. Structure of the program
The following three year program (August 2009 - August 2012) will take place at the Tierklinik Haar and at three university clinics:
- Small Animal Clinic, Department of Surgery (Prof. Dr. Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg) of the Tierärztliche Hochschule, Hannover, Germany
- Clinic for small animal surgery (Prof. Dr. P. M. Montavon), VetSuisse Faculty, Zurich, Switzerland
- Small Animal Clinic – Surgery of the University of Giessen, Germany (Prof. Dr. Martin Kramer)
The program corresponds to the guidelines for residency programs of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) and fulfils College´s requirements for admission to the speciality examination of the ECVS.
The collaboration between Tierklinik Haar and three university clinics has permitted development of a complete residency program. There will be an interexchange between these clinics, as residents from Hannover, Giessen and Zurich will come to Haar as well.
Additionally, courses in Giessen and Davos or Salzburg (AO Vet.-courses) are included in the programme.
2. Length of the program
This program is scheduled for three academic years (156 weeks) under the supervision of two ECVS diplomates (Tierklinik Haar). In Zürich, Utrecht and Hannover multiple diplomates and full professors of surgery are working and supervising (appendix 1).
Excluding four weeks of vacation, each academic year consists of surgical rotations, including soft tissue surgery, orthopaedics, minimal invasive surgery (arthroscopy, laparoscopy, thoracoscopy), surgical oncology and neurosurgery.
The residents of ECVS will spend 4 weeks in every year in three university hospitals.
3. Requirements
- Residents are obliged to have the “Approbation” approved by the “Bayerische Landestierärztekammer” and be legally allowed to practice in Germany.
- They must have completed an official internship with a minimal duration of 12 months or a broad clinical training in well equipped private small animal practices or clinics with a minimal period of 24 months.
- Command of German (verbal and written) and English will be an asset.
- They must submit a letter of intent with short and long term personal goals.
- They must submit a complete CV with all previous academic and non-academic curricular activities.
- They must submit three letters of recommendation together with their application.
4. Selection
The candidates will be selected by the Small Animal Clinic Haar.
5. Graduate degree studies
Graduate degree studies are not included in the program.
6. Resident supervision
The residents are supervised by two ECVS Diplomates and ECVS-diplomates and full professors for Small Animal Surgery in the three university hospitals.
The resident is rotating through surgery (orthopaedic, soft tissue and surgical oncology) service (supervised by two ECVS-Diplomates) and neurosurgery (supervised by a neurosurgeon, Diplomate ECVN) and 12 weeks through the surgery section in three university hospitals. This rotation is scheduled to take place during his/her residency (see appendix 2 for details).
7. Employments
Successful applicants will be hired (salary equivalent to a half BAT-2a position) for a period of 3 ½ years.
Residents will receive their salary from Tierklinik Haar also during their work in the referral clinics.