Dear colleagues,

As you may know, the National Examining Board (NEB) is responsible for the administration of the veterinary medicine examination process. Graduates from non-accredited schools must successfully pass a series of examinations, including the Basic and Clinical Sciences Examination (BCSE) in order to obtain a Certificate of Qualification. The BCSE is constructed with the help of veterinary practitioners and veterinary faculty members in Canada and the United States. The rigorous assessment process would not be possible without the voluntary contribution and commitment of these knowledgeable and committed veterinarians.

In this context, the NEB and the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) request you, in your capacity as a veterinarian, veterinary specialist or veterinary school faculty member, to consider participation in ONE OR MORE of the 2025 BCSE workshop events, organized by the ECFVG. The 2025 workshop events will be held either in-person or remotely. Please see the following general logistics for each of the three 2025 BCSE workshops:

• Problem Item Notification (PIN): This remote workshop will be held virtually May 2, 2025, with a 3-hour time commitment (9am-12pm CST).
• Item Review: This is an in-person workshop (in Schaumburg, Illinois) from May 30-June 1, 2025. Travel to this workshop would occur on May 29, 2025. This workshop is 3 full days. 

• Form Review: This remote workshop will be held virtually June 4-6, 2025, with each day being a 9am-4pm CST time commitment.

Please see the attached document for specific details on what each workshop involves as far as tasks.

2025 BCSE Workshop Descriptions

Participants must hold a DVM/VMD or equivalent degree; be actively working in or recently retired (within 5 years) from the veterinary profession (e.g., private clinical practice, corporate practice, academia, public practice, government), and during employment in the veterinary profession must have interacted with new graduates (within 2 years) from CVMA/AVMA/Council on Education-accredited veterinary schools/colleges.

We hope you will find it valuable to participate in ONE or MORE of these workshops. Please provide the following information to be evaluated by Prometric and staff based on the amount and type/specialty of subject-matter experts we need for each workshop:

Name:

Workshop(s) you are willing to attend:

Specialty/Area of expertise:

Email address:

Phone number:

Please RSVP with the above information via e-mail ( rcook@avma.org ) regarding your interest in participation by February 18, 2025.

On behalf of the NEB and ECFVG, we thank you for your time and consideration of the examination development process. We look forward to hearing from you. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions about either the NEB program or the BCSE development process.

2025 BCSE Workshop Descriptions