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ONLINE: VSPN offers to its members high-quality educational courses in a cooperative effort with VIN (Veterinary Information Network). Courses are held online and are taught by specialists in the field. Read more about what we have to offer below!
Offline/onsite CE: Click here to go to the community listing of onsite CE around the world.
What makes VSPN online CE so special? Online Continual Education enhances veterinary medicine by allowing veterinary staff to expand their knowledge from their office or home with courses provided in a convenient, easy-to-use format.
VSPN's course offerings are designed to be of the highest caliber possible.
Real-time sessions are held, usually for 1-2 hours each week, in VSPN CE Classrooms using the VIN Unity conferencing center. Course participants log in for a live interactive session with the instructor(s). These sessions are logged and transcripted for your future use as study guides. As a
course participant you will have access to these transcripts even if you can't make it to class.
Each course has a library of course materials, including such resources as handouts, slide shows, and movies.
Each course also has an interactive message board for an ongoing dialogue between participants and instructors on the course material.
- Please visit the COURSE CATALOG for information
on current courses.
- Please visit the How-to's of Online CE for more
information about how online CE courses work.
- You must be a registered member of VSPN to participate in these courses. VSPN membership is FREE. If you have not already registered with VSPN, please go to www.vspn.org and click on the
"register" button to join VSPN.
- VIN (Veterinary Information Network - www.vin.com) is the exclusive site for veterinarians
and is the parent company of VSPN. Occasionally, VIN's CE department will
offer courses available for VSPN members. You can link directly to the information
to those courses from the VSPN CE main page.
To register for any VSPN course:
Click on the Enroll now link by the courses open for registration in the right-hand column. You will be asked to fill out a registration form with full contact information, class selection, payment method, etc. Enrollment is confirmed via email upon completion of the form.
Note: Most VSPN courses are
approved for continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize American
Association of Veterinary State Boards' (AAVSB) Registry of Approved Continuing
Education (RACE)
and in selected other states. For appropriate courses we also apply for approval
of the Veterinary Hospital Manager's Association (VHMA). However participants
should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted
in certain categories. Information on state and provincial CE requirements is
available at RACE/Getting Credits.
Participants are encouraged to check with their licensing jurisdictions if they
have any questions regarding recognition by their board.
Nanette Walker Smith, RVT, CVT - VSPNCE@vspn.org
BS, AS, AS - VSPN Content Director and VSPN CE Coordinator and
Katherine James, DVM, PhD
Veterinary Education Coordinator
Veterinary Information Network
777 West Covell Blvd.
Davis, CA 95616
1-800-700-4636
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