Together with the major UK specialised veterinary and agriculture organisations, we are building a community of Farm Vet Champions, to establish a concerted approach towards good antimicrobial stewardship in practices and on farms.
We need you to help us spread the word to your colleagues. Together we can make a difference.
Become a Farm Vet Champion
Access our free Farm Vet Champions CPD course on our Learn platform where you can:
- Pledge to become a Farm Vet Champion and increase your knowledge on antimicrobial stewardship.
- Learn about the legal use of veterinary medicines, policies, One Health approaches to antibiotic prescribing, vet-farmer communication skills and behaviour change.
- Choose technical species-specific modules that are relevant to your area of work. Share our resources with your colleagues and clients.
With over 20 hours of free on-demand CPD, these materials will be invaluable to all farm-associated veterinary professionals as well as your wider practice teams.
Measure your progress
Once you have signed up to our Learn platform, you can use our free SMART goals tool to set and track your Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timebound goals individually or as a team.
The SMART goals tool provides additional help to veterinary teams, to turn their learning into action and help them manage their antimicrobial use in practice.
Celebrate your progress
The RCVS Knowledge Antimicrobial Stewardship Award showcases practical examples where teams are improving responsible antimicrobial prescribing using recognised quality improvement methods.
Farm Vet Champions team
This project is led by our steering group and stakeholder group.
Steering group
The Farm Vet Champion steering group contains representatives from veterinary organisations who work together to develop and peer-review the module content for the learning platform. The steering group consists of:
- Fiona Lovatt – RCVS Knowledge Farm Vet Champion Clinical Lead
- Amanda Carson – Sheep Veterinary Society
- Chris Lloyd – RUMA
- Grace O’Gorman – NOAH
- Gwen Rees – Arwain Vet Cymru
- Gwyn Jones – FIIA RHWG
- Henrietta Kodilinye-Sims – British Veterinary Poultry Association
- James Russell- British Veterinary Association
- Mandy Nevel – Pig Veterinary Society
- Mark Jelley – Working farmer representative/ RUMA
- Nick Perkins – Goat Veterinary Society
- Nikki Hopkins – British Cattle Veterinary Association
- Pam Mosedale – RCVS Knowledge Quality Improvement Advisory Board
Stakeholder group
Our stakeholder group are key in actively promoting and supporting the Farm Vet Champion project and encouraging sign-ups from potential Farm Vet Champions. If you are interested in your organisation joining the Stakeholder Group, please email us.
- Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI)
- Arwain Vet Cymru
- The Association of Veterinary Surgeons Practising in Northern Ireland (AVSPNI)
- British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA)
- British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA)
- British Veterinary Association (BVA)
- British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA)
- British Veterinary Poultry Association (BVPA)
- Chief Veterinary Officer- Northern Ireland
- Chief Veterinary Officer- Scotland
- Chief Veterinary Officer- Wales
- Chief Veterinary Officer- UK
- CVS
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: Northern Ireland (DAERA: NI)
- Food Industry Initiative on Antimicrobials (FIIA)
- Goat Veterinary Society (GVS)
- Innovation for Agriculture (IFA)
- IVC Evidensia
- Linnaeus
- The National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS) Animal Health Skills
- National Farmers Union (NFU)
- National Office of Animal Health (NOAH)
- North of Ireland Veterinary Association (NIVA)
- Pig Veterinary Society (PVS)
- Quality Meat Scotland (QMS)
- Quality Milk Management Services (QMMS)
- Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA)
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
- Ruminant Health and Welfare Group (RHWG)
- Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (SAVSnet)
- Scottish One Health Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use (SONAAR)
- Sheep Veterinary Society (SVS)
- Small Animal Medicine Society (SAMSoc)
- Vet Schools Council
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)
- VetPartners
- Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group
- XL Vets
I have found Farm Vet Champions very engaging, especially the way it covers species-specific learning. The set out allows it to be accessible to fit in with the busiest of schedules as well as being relevant and important to everyone in farm animal practice.”
