The primary objectives of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) are to advance the level of expertise in care for horses, ponies, donkeys, mules and other equidae with medical diseases. The college’s purpose serves to advance equine internal medicine.
The college oversees:
- Developing methods of graduate teaching in equine internal medicine, especially through residency programmes
- Training, examining and certifying candidates for EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine
- Providing guidelines for post-graduate education
- Promoting advances in equine internal medicine, and
- Developing and organising continuing educational courses in equine internal medicine
- Encouraging research and other contributions to knowledge relating to pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, prevention, and its control of diseases directly or indirectly affecting equidae,
- Promoting communication and dissemination of this knowledge.
