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Veterinary Specialty Boards Reading Lists

ABVP - Shelter Medicine

This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries.  It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.

 

Shelter Medicine Practice RVS Exam Study Guide - 2021

 

"The 350 item Combined RVS Exam given in two parts on the same day. The exams are mostly to
exclusively multiple-choice type. There is the possibility of fill in the blank, short answer, essay, or
matching for some exam items.
The AVMA best practices is that the examination items align with a Job Content Analysis (JCA) of
current RVS Diplomates. Shelter Medicine Practice utilized subject matter experts and psychometricians
to develop the JCA.
Additionally, it has been decided that some exam items can come from current journals and a small
percentage can be at your Exam Committee’s discretion.
Please note that items drawn from current journals (with a 5 year look back period) are 1) from a
journal on the RVS Reading List, 2) the question is drawn from the abstract only, and 3) the journal
abstract must be inexpensively obtained. The exception to this is Veterinary Clinics of North America (if
applicable), where the exam taker is responsible for the whole article."

 

Source: Shelter Medicine Practice RVS Exam Study Guide - 2021

 

Updated: 03/03/2022

This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries.  It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.

Animal Cruelty

Behavior & Welfare

Choose ONE of the following:

Euthanasia

Epidemiology & Statistics

Either, or:

General Medicine & Surgery - Including Population Medicine

Either, Or

Equivalent also acceptable.

Grant Writing

(Either/Or)

Infectious Disease and Sanitation

Either, Or

Rabbits & Small Mammal Care

Shelter Management/Policy Development

This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries.  It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.
This is only a convenience copy of the ABVP reading list to help find copies of reading materials in local libraries.  It does not replace the official ABVP reading list. Candidates are responsible for ensuring they use the latest ABVP reading list.

Required Journals

Relevant articles from the last five (5) years.