WWAED Entrance Exams - July 17/18 2010
The WWAED will be holding its next round of
entrance examinations in July 2010. The examinations will be held at
the
Hickstead - All England Jumping course
with the kind permission of the Bunn family. There can be no
locations more deeply immersed in the history of the horse and the
WWAED are extremely grateful for the offer of the facilities.
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WWAED Entrance Exams - June 2010
The WWAED held Entrance examinations in June 2010
and two dentists successfully passed and are now Full Asociation
members: Louisa Fear and Sam Oakes. The association would like to
offer their congratulations.
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WWAED AGM
This years AGM will be held on March 29th at the
Haywain in Basildon.
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WWAED Entrance Examination
The WWAED will be holding
entrance exams during April 2010. If you would like to join the
association then you need to arrange for an assessment and, if
successful, you can be on the next entrance cohort. The examination
is aimed at basic diagnosis and maintenance of the equine mouth.
The only recognised qualification for equine
dentists in the UK is the DEFRA/RCVA Approved Level 2 Exemption
examination. Therefore, we feel it is in the interest of all horse
owners to know that their dentist has been defined as competent at
the basic level of dentistry (Level 1), even if they have not yet
taken their Level 2 exam. We are the only association that takes
this position.
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WWAED/DEFRA Advanced Theory Training Course and Exam
The WWAED are holding an Advanced
Theory Training course followed by the WWAED/DEFRA Level 2 Theory
exam.
 The
training course will take place at Pencoed College on the 26th and
27th October 2009 and the Theory exam will take place at Basildon in
Essex on 24th November 2009.
If you would like more
information on the course and the exam then email us on
steve@wwaed.com for details.
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WWAED Refresher Training Day
Saturday 10th January 2009
Melton Mowbray
All WWAED dentists should
endeavour to take part in a minimum of one Refresher Training Day
per annum.
The dentists will perform their
work on a number of horses and the results will be examined and
feedback will be provided.
It is very easy for any
individual to slide into bad habits without realising it and these
Refresher training days help to ensure that this does not happen
with WWAED dentists.
We will identify on the dentist
directory page which dentists have attended refresher training for
that calendar year.
A write up on the day will appear
on the website shortly.
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WWAED AGM scheduled for Saturday 16th February 2008
29th
November 2007
The WWAED AGM took place as
scheduled. The attendance was good a number of key items were
discussed and agreed.
Among the items that were agreed
were:
-
Definition
of a New Joining Process for the WWAED.
The WWAED is continually striving to ensure that its members are
assessed and monitored on all aspects of their work. Given that the
WWAED is the only equine dentistry organisation that tests all of
its members for Level 1 capability (basic assessment and rasping of
teeth - the most common procedure in equine dentistry in the UK)
this needed to remain as an integral part of the joining process.
The new process will be available in detail on this website shortly.
Although it was felt that dentists wishing to join the association
might find this process more involved than with other associations,
they will be demonstrating to the horse owning public that they are
keen to ensure that dentistry standards are continually improved.
- Election of WWAED
Representatives
Two positions were in front of the members for
election, President and Vice President. Nat Heal was elected into
the Vice President position and Steve Goode was elected into the
Presidents position.
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WWAED representatives attend Bell Equine Veterinary meeting in
Maidstone
29th
November 2007
The WWAED were invited to attend
the above meeting and details and our thoughts are described in the
accompanying news update.
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WWAED puts Dentist Support Mechanism in Place
27th
November 2007
The WWAED has now entered phase 2
in its development.
A number of support mechanisms and processes are being put into
place for our dentists and they are described in more detail in the
accompanying news update.
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