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VSPN CE Course TECH290-0318: Equine Exams Non Interactive
Non-Interactive

  Enrollment is closed

Instructor: Sue Loly, LVT, VTS-EVN
Course Open: March 16, 2018 � December 31, 2018

Level and Prerequisites: This basic course is focused towards the equine exam and differences in various advanced equine exams. An understanding basic medical terminology and equine anatomy is recommended.
VSPN CE Course: Open to VIN and VSPN members.
This course has been RACE approved for veterinary technicians/technologists. (22-32044)

Course Description:
Veterinary staff increase their value to a practice by understanding equine specific exams. Correct use of terminology in the veterinary workplace enhances client education and practice-wide communication. Veterinary staff should be able to perform basic exams and assist with advanced equine exams. Understanding normal vs abnormal exam findings in the veterinary workplace enhances client education and practice-wide communication. This course will introduce the concept of the basic physical exam as it applies to equines and then will expand to cover more specific aspects of equine exams for a variety of different conditions. Basic physical exams for equine will be covered as well as lameness exams, colic exams, and then it will touch on specialty exams and emergency exams. These exam modules are designed to educate veterinary technicians and assistants and not intended to be utilized for diagnosis by non-veterinarians. This is a basic course and will not branch into the physiology of various diseases and conditions or functions of individual systems and will not discuss specific nursing techniques.

Exam Basics and Lameness Exams
50 minutes
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to Colic Exams
28 minutes
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to Specialty and Emergency Exams
32 minutes
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course.

*To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.

Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.

About the Instructor:
Sue Loly, LVT, VTS-EVN is an experienced lecturer on large animal topics and state and national conventions. She has worked as a technician since 1999 in small animal, mixed practice and academia. She is an imaging specialist and senior veterinary technician at the University of Minnesota Large Animal Veterinary Medical Center. Sue has also co-edited a text for Wiley Blackwell: Large Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician 1st Edition.

Total CE Credit: 2

Tuition: $42
Prices are listed in US dollars.

* Students currently enrolled in and taking at least 2 classes or 5 units at an AVMA accredited or CAAHT approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status).
*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close at 5pm ET on December 1, 2018, or when the maximum number of participants is reached.
*For more information on how online CE works, see the Participant Resource Center.

To Enroll:
  Enrollment is closed

  1. Enrollment qualifications: VIN CE courses are open to VIN member and non-member veterinarians. Veterinarians enrolling in a VSPN CE course must be a VIN member. Veterinary support staff must be a VSPN member to enroll in a VSPN CE or a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
  2. Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses. Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
  3. Each person is individually responsible for his/her own registration. To ensure that all information received is secure and correct, please do not enroll for a course on behalf of another individual.
  4. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext. 792 or email VSPNCE@vspn.org. Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.
*Note: "This program 22-32044 is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 0.00 CE Credits (0.00 max) being available to any one veterinarian: and/or 2.00 Veterinary Technician CE Credits (2.00 max). This RACE approval is for the subject matter categories of: Category One: Scientific using the delivery method of Non-Interactive-Distance. This approval is valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board's CE requirements. RACE does not "accredit" or "endorse" or "certify" any program or person, nor does RACE approval validate the content of the program."

Course withdrawal and refund policy: A complete refund of the paid course price will be issued when your withdrawal request is received prior to the listed start date of the course. If you wish to withdraw after the start date please contact the VSPN office 800-846-0028 ext. 792 to discuss eligibility for a pro-rated refund.

*For more information on VSPN's upcoming CE courses, check the VSPN Course Catalog.

Lisa Kernaghan, LVT, RVT, CVT, VTS (ECC)
VSPN CE Coordinator

VSPN CE Services: VSPNCE@vspn.org
800-846-0028 or 530-756-4881; ext. 792
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