Pulse - April 2023 - 6

PULSEPOINTS
Virtual CE Counts Toward Your
CA VMB CE Requirements
The CA VMB launched its CE Audit program in January
2021. But, is there a limit to the number of virtual CE
hours that count toward your required CE hours? The short
answer is: it depends.
A few definitions...
Non-interactive courses are asynchronous (viewed on
demand). These are recorded sessions where there is no
live speaker responding in real time to participants.
Interactive courses run in real time with participants and
speakers attending the virtual platform at the same time.
Speakers can respond to questions asked by participants
and respond to chat discussion.
There is no limit to the number of virtual interactive CE
units one can take. However, non-interactive virtual CE
(recorded with no speaker to respond in real time) is considered
self-study which is limited to six units for DVMs
and four units for RVTs.
The CA VMB definition of self study:
Self-study courses are performed at a licensee's residence,
office, or other private location. Self-study includes viewing
videotapes, listening to audio tapes, or journal reading, noninteractive
online learning, etc. This also includes " correspondence
online courses. " Licensees self-certify these hours by
listing the various type of self-study they have completed.
Good news! The lunchtime and Sunday webinars offered by
SCVMA, as well as virtual chapter meetings, are all considered
interactive CE meetings so long as participants attend
during the scheduled meeting times when the speaker is
presenting the webinar. These meetings are recorded and
listed in the library on our my.scvma.org listserv. Viewing
the recorded webinars on your own time is considered selfstudy.
You can find these recordings under the community
" SCVMA Virtual Webinars. " Just click the Library tab for a list
of over 150 hours of recorded CE for your viewing pleasure.
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UPCOMING CONTINUING
EDUCATION EVENTS
Virtual CE:
Apr 11 Dr Jessica Burns " Updates in Pancreatitis: Innovation
and PANOQUELL-CA1 "
Apr 24 Kelly Baltzell, MA, Hollis Murphy, and Tom Kiesel
" Managing Client Communications (Reviews,
Messenger, Comments, Etc.) Online "
May 8 Carolina Medina, DVM, DACVSMR, CVA, CVP
" Canine Osteoarthritis: Early Diagnosis and
Intervention Keeps Dogs on their Feet "
May 16 Sonya Gordon, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM " Get with the
Current ACVIM Guidelines: Management of
Chronic Valvular Disease "
May 22 Kelley Detweiler and Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA
" Oh My Log! Championing Logbook Success "
Jun 5
Brooke M. Pollard, Esq. " All the Questions You're Afraid to
Ask-Answered-On Succession Planning or Selling a
Veterinary Practice "
Special thanks to the sponsors for the above meetings: CEVA,
Beyond Indigo, Elanco, Boehringer Ingelheim, Mixlab, and TLD Law.
Live:
Our LIVE Sunday Symposia CE are in the formative stages, but
you can hold the dates for these three- to seven-hour events.
May 7
Jun 4
Hill's Pet Nutrition presents half day CE with a focus
on oncology at The Anaheim Hotel
Jul 30 UCI Conti Symposium " Current Concepts and
Controversies in Dermatology "
Aug 6 Leadership Training
Aug 20 Boehringer Ingelheim presents half day CE, diabetes
and more, Long Beach Marriott
Details coming soon. Check our calendar at www.scvma.org/
calendar-of-events for updates.
APRIL 2023
PULSE
Chas Hendricks Symposium, USDA and CDFA " Accreditation
and Getting International and US Health Certificates
Right the First Time, " 4 hours CE, all staff welcome.
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