VETERINARY SPECIALISTS

Minimum Standards for Specialisation

What options are available for registration as a veterinary specialist?

1. A prescribed academic qualification and registration as a veterinarian with the SAVC.

or  

2. Successful completion of the Council-approved specialist registration examination and registration as a veterinarian with the SAVC After a written application and approval by Council a candidate will register upon successful completion of the Council-approved specialist registration examination and registration as a veterinarian with the SAVC.  All training information will have to be submitted together with  a request to sit the Council registration examination.   

or

3. A foreign qualification recognised for registration as a specialist in the country of origin, peer evaluation by a panel of registered specialists appointed by the SAVC and registration as a veterinarian with the SAVC. Council will assess a post graduate qualification for registration as a veterinary specialist on application if the applicant is not the holder of a prescribed post graduate qualification. Application for assessment of post graduate qualification not prescribed in terms of the Act.

Assessment guide for peer evaluations of specialist qualifications not prescribed

Peer evaluation form