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The
AAFP seeks to raise the standards of feline medicine and
surgery among practitioners by sharing knowledge, rewarding
advancement in research, sponsoring continuing education,
supporting
American
Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) certification
in the Feline Practice category, and encouraging veterinary
student interest in feline practice.
STATEMENT
OF PURPOSE
In
the continued pursuit of excellence in feline medicine,
the Fellow Membership, a special category of membership
in the American Association of Feline Practitioners,
will work to provide the following:
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An
advanced level of feline continuing education.
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Facilitation of networking and sharing of information
among Fellows including monthly online discussions,
annual luncheons, poster presentations, and informal
“table topic” debates.
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Promotion of feline research by collaboration between
practitioners, academia and
industry; positioning fellows as a resource for
research projects.
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Contribute to the development of recommendations for
feline practice.
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Encourage and assist in the pursuit of ABVP feline
certification.
REQUIREMENTS
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Successful applicants must
possess a specific interest in feline medicine/surgery
with a significant portion of professional activities
to be devoted to practice, teaching, or research in
the field of feline medicine and surgery.
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Successful applicants must
have a DVM from an accredited school of veterinary
medicine and have completed a minimum of 5 years in
active clinical practice, be it in private practice or
at an educational institution.
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Successful
applicants must be an active member, in good standing,
in the AAFP for at least the 3 years immediately prior
to application.
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Successful applicants must
have completed 36 hours of Continuing Education of
which 30 hours are feline exclusive, in the year prior
to application. Applicants must have attended one AAFP
meeting in the year prior to application.
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Successful applicants must prepare and submit a paper,
which can be a literature review, a case report, a
presentation of an interesting observation from their
experiences, or similar. The purpose of the paper is
to support our mission of the sharing of knowledge and
the development of camaraderie among Fellow feline
veterinarians.
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Applicants
who are Diplomats of an ABVS recognized specialty, or
those that are eligible to sit the examination for
that specialty, may submit a paper they have
previously created for that purpose in order to
fulfill requirement # 5.
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The
applicant must submit with his or her application
Fifty Dollars ($50.00), the cost to upgrade to Fellow
Member Status (Annual Dues for Fellow Members are $210
verses General Member fees of $160. If Annual
Membership dues have not yet been paid to date please
send $210 with the Fellow Member Application). The
annual membership renewal anniversary will be January
1 of each year.
REQUIREMENTS TO RETAIN FELLOW STATUS
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Fellows must attend an AAFP meeting, including Fellows
Day, every 2 years.
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Fellows must attend 72 hours of CE every 2 years of
which 60 hours must be feline exclusive.
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For
the first three years following successful
application, there will be no exception to the feline
only rule on CE. Following the third year, a specialty
course will be accepted as long as felines are a
significant component of the content. Examples of
specialty CE which would be considered includes
endoscopy, laparoscopy, dentistry – advanced
techniques, and ultrasound.
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Fellows must participate at least every two years.
Examples of participation include, but are not limited
to, a case presentation on listserv or in the
newsletter, poster presentation at Fellows day, or
participation on an AAFP committee. Other activities
may be considered but should be submitted to the
Fellow Representatives to determine their suitability.
Fellow members who are currently serving on the board
of directors are exempt from these requirements for
the duration of their terms of service.
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Members who are currently on the faculty of a
veterinary teaching institution are exempt from the CE
volume requirement but not the attendance at an AAFP
meeting requirement every 2 years. They are also
exempt from the participation requirement.
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Pay
the annual Fellow membership fee.
Incomplete applications will be returned to
the Applicant for completion. |
