Continuing Education

Submission Guidelines

• Send two (2) separate CDs each containing the same education documentation. These CDs may also contain your lectures, publications, submission review, additional board certification and case reviewer training files.
  
• Use ABVP blue recertification labels for continuing education or labels that are blue in color. 
• The date, name of the meeting, location of the meeting, speaker’s name, precise topic, and number of hours must be listed for each to receive credit.  
• Accumulated credits must be during the last five (5) years prior to recertification. 
• Continuing education must support the RVS in which you seek recertification.  All information must be supplied to receive credit.

 

Date	Name of Meeting	Location of Meeting	Speaker Name	Topic	Contact Hours	Credit Hours
4/23/2005	ABVP Practitioners Symposium	Washington, DC	Dr. Jane Smith	Antimicrobial Therapy in Felines	3	12
4/23/2005	ABVP Practitioners Symposium	Washington, DC	Dr. Jane Smith	Feline Nutrition: From Science to Practice	1	4
7/28/2006	AVMA Convention	San Diego, CA	Dr. Thomas Paine	The Cat and his Elements – Understanding K, Mg, CA and P	1	2

Explanation of Credit Allocation

You may earn credits for lectures, labs, and certain other types of CE up to a maximum total of two hundred (200) credits. Attendance must be from the last five (5) years prior to the recertification deadline. All CE must support the RVS (practice category). To accumulate credits, all of the following information must be included. Failure to specify any of the requirements will result in disallowance.

• Date and location of (city and state, also country if outside of U.S.)
• Name of conference or program
• Title of lecture, presentation, lab, etc. List each hour by lecture title/topic separately even if given by the same speaker (e.g. do not list “Surgery, Dr. Smith, 8 hours)
• Name of speaker
• Number of actual contact hours
• ABVP-sponsored CE: Four (4) credits per instructional hour. This refers to CE offered at the ABVP Annual Symposium and any other program where “ABVP” is part of the title (e.g. ABVP-track at ACVIM Forum).
• All other CE: Two (2) credits per instructional hour To qualify for recertification credits, the CE must be high-quality, ABVP-caliber, and be accredited by state, regional, or other organizations.
• No credits are awarded for CE programs on business, management, communication, or other non-scientific topics.
• No credits are awarded for less formal CE such as dinner meetings sponsored by companies about products or services.
• No credits are awarded for rounds, in-clinic presentations, journal clubs, consultations with specialists, etc. unless specifically approved by state licensing boards as allowable CE.
• No credits are awarded for CE in topics or species not related to the RVS (e.g. do not list an avian lecture for canine and feline, or a food animal topic for equine, etc.).