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Application Instructions and Checklist and application tips from past applicants

Waiver and Release – Click here to download Waiver
Employment and Professional Requirements – Click here to download Employment History Form
Have a minimum of 3 years with 6,000 hours of experience as a credentialed veterinary technician in the field of Internal Medicine. All experience must be completed within five years prior to application.Spend at least 75% of his/her time in the area of specialization in Internal Medicine. All experience must be completed within five years prior to application.
Continuing Education Requirements – Click here to download AIMVT CE Form
Have a minimum of 40 hours of continuing education. A minimum of 70% of the hours must be within your subspecialty, up to 30% of the hours may be within the realm of general internal medicine. The continuing education must be completed within five years prior to application. Proof of attendance is required. Submission of continuing education information must be on the AIMVT form. Continuing education must be RACE certified or its equivalent. For more information on race, please go to www.aavsb.org for more information.
Advanced Skills Requirements -
Provide documentary evidence of advanced competence in the selected area of specialization of internal medicine through clinical experience, as demonstrated by completion of at least 80% of the Advanced Veterinary Internal Medicine Technician skill form. You will also need to cross reference these skills on your case logs. You are not required to reference every skill in your case logs, but you are encouraged to do so. At a minimum, at least 50% of the verified skills must be referenced.
Click here to download CARDIOLOGY SKILLS
Click here to download LARGE ANIMAL INTERNAL MEDICINE SKILLS
Click here to download ONCOLOGY SKILLS
Click here to download SMALL ANIMAL INTERNAL MEDICINE SKILLS
Click here to download NEUROLOGY SKILLS
Advanced Knowledge Requirements -
Provide documentary evidence of advanced knowledge of disease states and processes in the selected area of specialization of internal medicine through completion of the Advanced Veterinary Internal Medicine Knowledge Form. Click here to download Advanced Knowledge Signoff Sheet
Click here to download Cardiology Knowledge List
Click here to download Large Animal Knowledge List
Click here to download Oncology Knowledge List
Click here to download Small Animal Knowledge List
Click here to download Neurology Knowledge List
Case Log Requirements – Click here to download AIMVT Case Log Form or Fill in form AIMVT Case Log Form
The requirements for Case Logs are that they are to include cases from October 1st of the preceding year through September 30th of the year of application. Cases should be entered sequentially into the log beginning with the earliest date and proceeding to the last date. The AIMVT case log form format must be utilized. The complete Case Log must be included on the CD Rom.
A minimum of fifty cases must be recorded. Multiple visits by the same patient count as only 1 case unless presented for an entirely new problem. They can be utilized to demonstrate advanced nursing skills but they will not count towards your total case count after the initial entry. Over submission of cases is encouraged in case of disqualification, with a maximum number of cases set at 75.
Cases selected should reflect management of patients in the area of sub specialization of application. Small and Large Animal Internal Medicine applicants may include cardiology and/or oncology patients in their case log as long as they do not exceed 20% of the total number of accepted cases. Surgical, emergency and/or ICU cases are acceptable as long as they are internal medicine cases or have an internal medicine component, otherwise they should not be included.
Cases selected should demonstrate your mastery of the advanced nursing skills. Every effort to document a wide variety of your advanced nursing skills should be reflected in your case selection and must cross reference to your skills list. Do not list skills by their number, please write out all skills. Basic technician skills can be listed but advanced skills must also be represented for a case to qualify. Repetitive listing of skills may lead to disqualification of the case from the log unless other skills are also represented. You are encouraged to select cases that demonstrate more than one advanced skill.
Drug names (generic), dosage and amount administered (in mg, not ml) should be listed when ever appropriate. For example, it is not acceptable to write “induced anesthesia”. The actual names, dosages and amounts of preanesthetics and anesthetics should be listed.
Emphasis should be on quality rather than quantity, although a sufficient caseload must be available to provide experience with all common types of internal medicine cases. It is recognized that the veterinary technician has little control over the practice case load, yet the applicant is encouraged to demonstrate as much diversity as reasonably possible.
For examples of case logs in the specialties please follow this link – EXAMPLES Click here to find additional information on cardiology case logs Cardiology Case Logs – Respiratory Cardiology Case Logs – Variation
Case Reports Requirements – Click here to download AIMVT Case Report Outline
Four in depth case reports selected from the case report log demonstrating expertise in the nursing management of a variety of internal medicine veterinary patients. All case reports are to be written in the style of the 3rd person and should follow the case report outline. Demonstration of understanding of the case including detailed discussion of the disease process, diagnostics, treatments, goals of therapy, and your mastery of advanced nursing skills are critical. Spelling and grammar are to be flawless. AIMVT has provided examples of previous case logs, these examples may not be 100% perfect but represent superior work by previous applicants.

Oncology CASE REPORT EXAMPLE 1 Oncology CASE REPORT EXAMPLE 2

Exam Question Requirements -Click here to download Guidelines for Exam Questions Click here to download AIMVT Item Writing Form
Submit three potential examination questions specific to the area of specialty. Examination questions should represent a thoughtful representation of your advanced skills or knowledge
Letters of Recommendation Requirements -Click here to download Letter of Recommendation Instructions Click here to download Letter of Recommendation Form
Two letters of recommendation from a VTS (Internal Medicine ) , or a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine . (Until there are sufficient numbers of the aforementioned, letters of recommendation will be accepted from the following: VTS (Anesthesia) or (Emergency & Critical Care), Diplomates in Anesthesia, Emergency & Critical Care, Internal Medicine, or Surgery). If none of these Diplomates or VTS is available the Academy will accept one letter of recommendation from a licensed DVM with a letter from them stating that no Diplomate or VTS is easily available for the candidate to utilize. Letters of recommendation are due September 1st.

Abbreviations The preceding list contains accepted abbreviations that may be used without expansion. All other abbreviations must be expanded when first used.

Lab Sheet The preceding form should be utilized to report CBCs, Chemistries and Urinalysis results in case reports.

Examination postponement policy