The NBVME will remain the recognized leader providing valid and reliable examinations for veterinary medicine.
The NBVME is a nonprofit, professional veterinary examination service that provides psychometrically sound, defensible examinations for use by governmental licensing agencies and other entities so that they can assure the protection of public and animal health and welfare by assessing professional competency.
The NBVME values:
1. Continuous Improvement: Assure continued improvement of assessment instruments.
2. Organization Effectiveness: Build and maintain an efficient, effective, and contemporary organization that will ensure and sustain the NBVME mission.
3. Financial Stability: Maintain a financially stable organization that will ensure and sustain the NBVME mission.
4. Outreach: Explore opportunities with other organizations to develop products that will enable NBVME to increase its impact on public and animal health and welfare.
Each of the four goals includes several specific objectives that are the focus of the NBVME's work during the three year period.