News and Updates

The ICVA office will be closed the week of December 23-27, 2024, and on January 1, 2025. Please note, the NAVLE Candidate Dashboard will not be updated during these dates.

The International Council for Veterinary Assessment (ICVA) is seeking individuals with an interest in assessment to volunteer for the ICVA Academic Veterinary Assessment Committee (AVAC).

New BOD Chair, Chair Elect and Secretary-Treasurer took office at the June 27-29, 2024 in Banff, AB.

Paper by Drs. Jared Danielson and Rebecca Burzette of Iowa State University covers recent research

ICVA's Diversity Officer, provides an update at Iverson Bell Midwest Regional Diversity Summit

The ICVA Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for June 28-29, 2024 in Banff, Alberta. ICVA Chair Dr. Fernando J. Marqués will chair the meeting.

Join us as a volunteer and make a difference in veterinary education. ICVA has been developing a new veterinary educational progress test and is entering a new phase for 2024. We are seeking the invaluable expertise of individuals from AVMA COE-accredited veterinary schools to join as volunteers and play a crucial role in the next steps of the progress test’s development.

Congratulations to the 2023 ICVA Assessment Grant winner, Dr. Carolyn Legge, University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, for her proposal, “Does the gamification of reinforcement-based learning affect summative assessment performance? It’s a game of Cards.”

The ICVA has sent out a call for nominations for two at-large positions on the ICVA Board of Directors.

The ICVA has sent out a call for nominations for five open positions on the Assessment Development Committee (ADC). The open positions are for experts in the Bovine - Beef, Canine, Equine, Feline and Zoo/ Wildlife areas.