Vets..letters after a name

jjbarney

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MRCVS is Master of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
and B. Vet. Med is Batchelor of Veterinary Medicine. I believe that's right:D
 

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They usually refer to the college they qualified from, and MRCVS obviously means they are a member of the royal college - which they have to be to practice in the UK.

If you let me know the letters I will get my vet OH to decipher them for you.
 

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It varies depending on where you graduate... e.g. BVMS (bachelor of vet medicine and surgery) is Edinburgh I think vs BVetMed which is RVC. There will be others.

To practice a vet must be an MRCVS (or FRCVS, fellow).

May also have standard post grad qualifications (MSc/PhD etc) or diplomas in specialist areas...
 

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Google is your friend:D

i tried and the rvc sight but couldnt find the answers

They usually refer to the college they qualified from, and MRCVS obviously means they are a member of the royal college - which they have to be to practice in the UK.

If you let me know the letters I will get my vet OH to decipher them for you.

nothing imparticular, was checking out a vet ive had to question and just wondered.
 

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Which ones?

The standard degree letters are BVSc/BVetMed/MA Vet MB/BVMS depending on which vet school (I may have missed some) then MRCVS (Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons).

Then certificates (e.g. Cert. ES(Orthopaedics) = certificate in equine surgery with a bias to orthopaedics) and specialisation to Diplomate level (e.g. ECVxxx - European college of vet. internal med/surgery/anaesthesia etc, or ACVxx - American college). There is a several certs and specialisations in all species.
 

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if you pm me the name and the initials after there name I will check them on the register in the morning when I am at work.
 

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it means they are not part of a practice, a few of my friends are home practising, they are vets, but not part of a practice, in fact the home practicing ones are know are pathologists, so are still registered vets- all qualified up, but not in general practice
 

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This is taken from RCVS register list
We register veterinary surgeons to practise in the UK, on the basis of their educational qualifications and continued ethical and professional good standing. Those members eligible to practise are categorised as ‘home-practising’


I have put in several names on the list who I know work for practices, they all show as home practising.
 

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Yep, Home Practising means working in the UK, as opposed to Overseas Practising or Non Practising (e.g. retirement). I checked with my own name and I am Home Practising, my friends in Aus and the US are Overseas!
 
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