CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) OPPORTUNITIES – Veterinary Medicine
RVTTC CONTINUING EDUCATION PORTAL
The RVTTC is delighted to offer a new online education portal for all RVTTC members. This portal makes available to you hundreds of online courses in a variety of veterinary related topics.
This new CE portal will make CE easy for our members. As the course materials increase, you will be able to stay up-to-date with the latest veterinary innovations and developments. Tune in often to see new courses as they become available.
Everyone that registers will have their own account and can create their own unique profile, thereby getting the education that is most relevant to YOU! The system will also allow you to track and record all Continuing Education undertaken, both online and live events and provide you with an up to date CE record of your participation that you will be able to submit to your local association.
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RVTTC & VIROX partner to offer online education portal: 
The Registered Veterinary Technologists and Technicians of Canada (RVTTC) and Virox® Animal Health are excited to come together to provide the RVT community with an opportunity to revisit the importance of cleaning, disinfecting, and infection prevention via a 3-part complimentary online course titled “If You Only Knew…” which is available on– www.viroxlearning.com as an educational portal.
The Infection Prevention Leader Certificate Program will provide you with the knowledge you need to reduce the risk of spreading infection and create a safer workplace for your team, patients, and clients. If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it has highlighted the importance of routine infection control practices for all facilities, including cleaning and disinfection, in reducing the risk of spreading infection.
Jenifer A Chatfield, DVM, Dipl. ACZM, Dipl. ACVPM and Jason Stull, VMD, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM have creatively and masterfully presented the information in ways that will keep you engaged, teach you the key messages and inspire you to implement changes in your workplace. Not only will you have fun learning through the thoughtful presentation of the material and interactive exercises, but you will also have the knowledge you need to effectively create and communicate infection control protocols in your workplace.
The Certificate Program consists of four complimentary RACE approved courses and 5 hours CE credit. You will receive an Infection Prevention Leader Certificate to print and display in your workplace when you successfully complete all four courses.
Course 1: Infectious Disease Control: Pathogens & Disease Transmission – 1 RACE credit
Overview:
This course explores several zoonotic pathogens common to animal care settings discussing routes of transmission and clinical signs in order to explore mechanisms for prevention. Common questions such as “Can I or my pet get it?” or “Can we give it to each other?” can be answered only after the team fully understands the pathogens causing the disease. This course also looks at the difference between quarantine and isolation and when each is appropriate. In addition, this course introduces standard mechanisms for controlling disease transmission in a clinical setting.
Course 2: Infectious Disease Control: Infection Prevention – 1 RACE credit
Overview:
Epidemiological concepts fundamental to infection prevention, such as the “epidemiological triangle”, establish the need for infection control in animal care settings. Types of pathogens and key features of each are explored with those commonly encountered in animal care settings specifically discussed. The importance of general pathogen classifications to infection control plans is also explored.
Course 3: Infectious Disease Control: Cleaning, Disinfection & Sterilization – 2 RACE credits
Overview:
Environmental and equipment cleaning, disinfection, and (in some settings) sterilization are critical to preventing workplace-associated infections. Effective infection control protocols require identifying the steps and correct procedures needed for success. This course reviews the components of an effective protocol along with common disinfection pitfalls and their solutions. Lastly, the course outlines how to adjust the workplace cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization protocols to better protect the health of both animals and people.
Course 4: Infectious Disease Control: Implementation & Communication – 1 RACE credit
Overview:
Knowledge without implementation is knowledge underutilized. Implementation itself requires a separate set of skills and accessible resources that will lead to the creation of a formal infection control program, or to refining an existing one. In addition, once the protocols have been determined, they must be communicated to all members of the animal care team as well as to clients. The creation of effective infectious disease control protocols is not the final step. Rather, practices need to set in place a robust and continuing assessment and compliance evaluation process to ensure success, resulting in a safer workplace for team members, clients, and animals. This course will provide the key actionable steps and resources needed to create, assess, refine, and communicate effective infection control protocols to optimize success.
These RACE approved courses and Infectious Disease Control Certificate Program is brought to you by Virox Technologies and NAVTA.
Learn more about how to wipe away the fear (and the mess!) with Virox® and check out the course
today at www.viroxlearning.com.
TAVM – Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine (www.tavm.org) 
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WSAVA – World Small Animal Veterinary Association – Congress Video Proceedings 
You are invited to browse, search, and enjoy the abstracts, proceedings and recordings of the WSAVA Congresses. https://www.wsava.org/Education/Congress-Resources
2019 Toronto.
2018 Singapore.
Dechra Academy 
Dechra Academy offers complimentary eLearning resources to all of our veterinary partners. You manage the pace of your own learning, even on the go, with our fully-optimized mobile site.
By working closely with global key opinion leaders, Dechra has produced AAVSB RACE-approved courses to support the veterinary community on everything from diagnosis and treatment to monitoring and best practices. Once you have completed a module, simply download your certificate for CE credit.
| VetFolio – Online Continuing Veterinary Medical Education | https://www.lifelearn.com/clinics/education/veterinary-education-courses/www.lifelearn-ce.com |
| COMMUNIVET CommuniVETTM represents the evolution of the North American Veterinary Research Group (NAVRG), an online community founded in 2003 for Canadian veterinarians and other stakeholders in the animal health industry. To meet the ever-changing needs of Canadian veterinary professionals, CommuniVET™ offers veterinarians and animal health technicians an exclusive online destination for continuing education, veterinary news, and clinical developments… as well as a forum through which the veterinary community can help shape our industry. Join for FREE! | https://www.communivet.com/en/ |
| Steri+ Consulting Medical Device Reprocessing in All Appropriate Settings : A Myth-Busting Course This course covers the basics of medical device reprocessing, i.e. cleaning, disinfection, decontamination, and sterilization. It also covers the importance of implementing a quality system that includes a quality assurance (QA) and control (QC). | https://courses.steriplusconsulting.com/courses/medical-device-reprocessing-myth-busting
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| Fetch – DVM360 Conference | https://www.fetchdvm360.com/ |
IDEXX LEARNING CENTER
| idexxlearningcenter.idexx.com |
| IVS — INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY SEMINARS Quality, Practical Veterinary Seminars | www.ivseminars.com |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VETERINARY TECHNICIANS IN AMERICA Continuing Education Resources | www.navta.net |
 HILLS PET NUTRITION Veterinary Nutritional Advocate Program
| vna.hillsvet.com |
 VETERINARY Support Personnel Network – VSPN VSPN is all about bringing together members from all over the world to interact, teach, and learn from each other. As a member of VSPN, you’ll have access to thousands of colleagues worldwide who want to help you and your patients — 24-hours a day! VSPN has over 35,000 members world-wide ranging from veterinary assistant students to veterinary technician specialists. As a member of the VIN family, all of this is brought together and powered by the Veterinary Information Network. Membership to VSPN is FREE. | https://www.vin.com/VSPN |
| VETMEDTEAM Providing Educational Pathways to Great CareersVetMedTeam was developed to help grow the careers of the members of the veterinary healthcare team through online continuing education.Membership in VetMedTeam is free of charge. | www.vetmedteam.com |