Dear Residents,
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming in-person Mars Veterinary Health Europe Surgery Residents Mock Exam & Reconstructive Surgery Wet Lab, a unique training opportunity designed to support your development and success within the residency program.
Event Title: Mars Veterinary Health Europe Surgery Residents Mock Exam & Reconstructive Surgery Wet Lab
Dates: 16-17 December 2025
Venue: Mars Training Center, Granozzo con Monticello
Day 1 – December 16, 2025 | 09:00–17:00
Mock Exam (3rd Year Residents Only)
This full-day mock exam is specifically tailored to simulate the format and pressure of the official board examination. Participation will help you gain confidence, identify areas for improvement, and become familiar with the structure and expectations of the final examination process.
Day 2 – December 17, 2025 | 08:30–16:00
Reconstructive Surgery Wet Lab (1st and 2nd Year Residents, max. 24 participants)
A practical, hands-on session focused on key reconstructive surgical techniques. Limited to a close group to ensure quality training and personalized guidance.
RSVP by: 1 August 2025
Additional Information:
Please bring your own scrubs for the wet lab.
The event is fully sponsored by AniCura/Mars, except travel expenses, which your clinic must cover upon agreement with your supervisor or practice manager.
Please ensure that you have obtained approval from your supervisor or clinic manager prior to registering.
Booking a place for the event and failing to attend without a valid and serious reason will not be accepted. In such cases, the full cost of participation may be charged back to your hospital.
Practical Information and Accommodation
For the planning of these days we need to have some information from you. Please respond by the latest 1 of August.
We will be staying at Novarello Hotel Resort & Spa, Novara, about 1 hour from Milano, Italy. Please note that AniCura Group covers the cost of training, lunch and dinner during these days and also accommodation. Travel to and from the training is to be covered by your clinic. We strongly recommend flying into Milan Malpensa Airport as it the closest airport and we will only be organizing transfers from this airport to the hotel.
You can read more about the hotel through this link: https://www.novarellovillaggioazzurro.com/en/ . Please note that there are no shops nearby Novarello.
There is no space in the schedule for sight-seeing. If you wish to do so, we recommend arriving a day earlier or stay an extra day.
Booking of the room
Rooms have been reserved from the night before, December 15th-17th.
A drop-in dinner is booked where a hot meal including 1 glass of wine/beer is available in the restaurant between 20.00- 21.00.
How to get to Novarello Hotel Resort & Spa - Novara
From Milan Malpensa Airport
We are able to offer two group transfers from and to Milan Malpensa Airport to Novarello via Airport Transfers MXP. We will collect info from you such as arrival time and flight number closer to the training.
There are two more airports out side of Milano - Bergamo and Linate. Unfortunatly we are not able to offer transport from these two airports. If you travel to Bergamo or Linate you need to arrange transport to Novarello yourself. Please note that these airports are very far from Novara.