The WikiVet team has made a number of useful contacts with other veterinary organisations recently.
The WikiVet team has made a number of useful contacts with other veterinary organisations recently.
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The [http://www.bva.co.uk/overseas/BVA_Overseas_Group.aspx British Veterinary Association - Overseas Group]
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In April Nick Short and Zoe Belshaw gave a brief presentation to the [http://www.bva.co.uk/overseas/BVA_Overseas_Group.aspx British Veterinary Association - Overseas Group] about WikiVet. The group discussed the potential to use the wiki to support veterinary education in the developing world and as a possible replacement for traditional textbook distribution schemes in the future.
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The Association of Veterinary Students have been really supportive from the outset and the latest edition of their newsletter carried an article on how students could get involved [[JAVS Article 2009|More details ....]]
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The Continuing Professional Development Co-ordinator of the The [http://commonwealthvetassoc.org/ Commonwealth Veterinary Association], Jeff Cave. Has forwarded details of WikiVet to all the CVA Regional Representatives around the Commonwealth. There have already been quite a few additional new members joining as a result and comments such as "I AM SO DELIGHTED ABOUT THIS.IT IS AS IF IT WAS DESIGNED TO SOLVE OUR PECULIAR PROBELMS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.THANKS A MILLION FOR THIS WORHTY INITIATIVE." from Dr Nasir Olatunji in Nigeria.
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The [http://commonwealthvetassoc.org/ Commonwealth Veterinary Association]
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The Association of Veterinary Students have been really supportive from the outset and the latest edition of their newsletter carried an article on how students could get involved [[JAVS Article 2009|More details ....]].
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The International Veterinary Students Association is also publishing an article written by one of the wiki student authors on the project [[IVSA Article 2009|More details ....]].