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Against the framework of the EuFMD’s focus on virtual learning and training, Nadia Rumich, EuFMD Communications Officer spoke with Dr Marcello Nardi and Dr Leah Seabrook about learning and how it is possible to measure the impacts of training programmes.

Marcello Nardi is Chief Learning Officer at EuFMD and leads the design of a Quality Management (QM) system, the processes by which courses and training programmes can be designed for higher impact and the internal Training Management System (TMS). He has a degree in Communication Studies at La Sapienza University and post-graduate degrees in Training Management at Il Sole 24 Ore Business School and Evaluation of Training Impact at Association for Talent Development (ATD). Over the past 12 years he worked in companies operating in the Healthcare industry, where he held various roles within the L&D function, before joining the EuFMD team last December.

Leah Seabrook is a veterinary training specialist with experience in designing technical disease training for public practice veterinarians both virtually and face to face. Leah works with the EuFMD in the development of the Training Management System which will support the development of veterinary capacity in countries the EuFMD supports.

Leah completed her veterinary degree at the Western college of Veterinary Medicine (Canada). After a short period in small animal practice, she joined the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) where she worked mostly in the areas of public health in meat inspection. Leah has developed technical training in support of CFIA's Foreign Animal Disease preparedness measures including hands on face-to-face training, classroom and virtual classroom events.