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    • About Us >
      • AIMVT History
      • AIMVT Code of Conduct
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        • Small Animal Internal Medicine
        • Large Animal Internal Medicine
        • Cardiology
        • Oncology
        • Neurology
      • AIMVT Leaders
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      • Onco Requirements
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2027 AIMVT Application Information

This information is for applicants applying in 2027 (March and September) for the 2028 certifying exam.
Please ensure you are looking at the correct information for YOUR application year!

Download the Application Instruction Packets for the guidelines and instructions for the 2027 Application:

2027 Application Part 1 Instructions
Part 2 instructions available in March, 2027

Am I Ready? checklist

DEADLINES and DUE DATES

  • Part 1:  Due no later than March 15, 2027:
    • Professional history
    • Proof of licensure covering all hours of professional history submitted
    • Continuing education documentation
    • Completed AIMVT universal advanced skills list
    • Waiver and Indemnity Agreement
    • Code of Conduct Agreement
    • The Part 1 application fee ($25)
    • The links to the Part 1 application forms can be found in the application instructions.

  • Part 2:  Due no later than September 30, 2027:
    • Completed Fundamental Advanced Skills list
    • Completed Essential Advanced Skills list, including all pull lists, protocols, and other requirements
    • A minimum of 50 cases entered into a census, covering patients seen between October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2027
    • Completed AIMVT Plagiarism Affidavit
    • Three (3) examination questions
    • Four (4) in-depth Case Reports
    • The Part 2 application fee ($50)

  • Letters of recommendation due no later than September 1, 2027 (link to form is below).  
AIMVT's application tracking guide

Links to part 1 application forms:

Part 1 application form
This is the form you will use to provide your credentialing / licensing information, your work history, and your continuing education information.

AIMVT universal advanced skills

This list is provided as a quick reference for the universal advanced skills.  This is NOT the form you will use to submit proof of mastery of these universal advanced skills for consideration by the Credentialing Committee.  Links to the submission forms are also found in the part 1 Application Instructions, linked above, and at the top of the reference list.
2027 Universal advanced skills reference list

Links to part 2 application forms:

Links to these forms will be here when available
All part 2 application form links (available in March 2027)

Fundamental advanced skills lists

These lists are provided as a quick reference for the fundamental advanced skills for each specialty.  As with the universal advanced skills, this is NOT the form you will use to submit proof of mastery of these fundamental advanced skills for consideration by the Credentialing Committee.  Links to the submission forms will be here when available

Essential advanced skills lists

These lists are provided as a quick reference for the essential advanced skills for each specialty.  As with the universal and fundamental advanced skills, this is NOT the form you will use to submit proof of mastery of these skills and the required documentation for consideration by the Credentialing Committee.  Links to the submission forms will be here when available.
Example of a procedural essential skill write up
Applicants may use these approved abbreviations without expanding them on first mention.  This abbreviation list is also in the application instructions packet, linked at the top of the page.  Use these abbreviations throughout your essential advanced skills submissions and Case Reports as needed.
Download AIMVT's 2026 approved abbreviation list
**PLEASE NOTE: these abbreviations may be updated when the Part 2 instructions are released.

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If you would like to attach AIMVT's laboratory value reporting sheet as an appendix to your Case Reports, you may do so (it is not required).  Click the button to download the form:

AIMVT Laboratory form

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