College Connection Summer 2016 | Page 4

college connection ACCREDITATION FACILITY ACCREDITATION EMBLEM NOW AVAILABLE AS DECAL Promote your commitment to quality veterinary care and service by letting everyone know your veterinary facility meets provincial standards and supports safe, quality animal care. Due to significant demand, the College is expanding the permitted uses for the emblem. You are now welcome to include the emblem in e-mail signatures. As well, the College now has window decals avalable. The Facility Accreditation Emblem is available for use by veterinary facilities which have received a Certificate of Accreditation in Ontario. The emblem was launched last fall and available for use on facility websites and on social media sites. • The facility meets or exceeds the provincial standards for veterinary facilities The emblem is voluntary and the College is pleased to report several hundred facilities are now displaying the emblem online! The College of Veterinarians of Ontario Facility Accreditation Emblem demonstrates: • The veterinary facility provides a safe environment for animal care • The equipment and pharmaceuticals are appropriate for the services the animal will receive Get the decal! The College is pleased to offer practice owners a window decal of the Facility Accreditation Emblem to display in a facility! Visit www.cvo. org/getdecal to complete a quick form and the new decal will be mailed to you. www.cvo.org/getdecal • Get the Facility Accreditation Emblem at http://www.cvo.org/getemblem. • Read and agree to the Guidelines for Use. • The facility has undergone a rigorous review by trained inspectors • Download the Emblem package. To use the digital version of the Facility Accreditation Emblem: • Link the Emblem to http://www.cvo.org/ facilityaccreditation. • Upload the Emblem to your website. CVO WELCOMES DR. KIM LAMBERT IN QUALITY PRACTICE The College is pleased to welcome Dr. Kim Lambert, a licensed veterinarian, who has recently joined the College as Senior Partner, Quality Practice. At the College, Dr. Lambert leads the quality practice team which includes Dr. Susan Sabatini, Practice Advisory; Aneeta Bharij, Principal, Accreditation; and Megan Callaway, Principal, Quality Practice. Dr. Lambert completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the Department of Population Medicine at OVC. Dr. Lambert’s research investigated reasons for companionanimal relinquishment. Throughout her career, Dr. Lambert has worked as both a large and small animal veterinarian. In 2014, Dr. Lambert completed her Master of Science degree at the Ontario Veterinary College - her research focused on shelter animals and the reason for surrender. Prior to joining the CVO, Dr. Lambert managed the Clinical Communication Program at the OVC. 4 / College Connection Photo (l-r) Megan Callaway, Dr. Kim Lambert, Dr. Susan Sabatini, and Aneeta Bharij