| Applicant must submit a minimum of forty hours of advanced continuing education in anesthesia and related specialties. More than 40 hours of CE may be submitted in order to compensate for any hours being rejected. CE programs must be presented by a VTS member (in any of the specialty academies), a veterinary diplomat (any diplomat of an American or European college) or a veterinary resident in training. You must list the CE provider’s diplomat / credential status (DACVA, DACVS, DACVIM, VTS etc.) on the CE form. The CE in related specialties must provide information that is helpful in anesthesia management.
You must use the AVTA CE Form - 5 to submit only the continuing education (CE) attended by the applicant in the five years prior to your application submission.
A photocopy of a CE Certificate provided by the organization or speaker must be provided as proof of attendance and should follow each CE sheet. Cancelled checks or other documents will not be accepted as proof of attendance.
Use the AVTA’s definition of continuing education to determine whether or not your CE meets the requirements regarding content. If the title of the CE does not provide enough information to show that the CE was related to anesthesia care, you may submit photocopies of the course description provided by the organization providing the CE. Each meeting attended should be listed on a separate copy of this form. For a particular meeting, each lecture attended should be listed on the form. In evaluating the CE resources, the Credential’s Committee is looking for diversity in the percentages of CE obtained from in-house, online, externship and meeting/conference attendance, therefore no more than 50% (20 hours) of in-house, online and externship combined CE will be accepted. An externship may count for 10 of these 20 hours, if applicable. If more than 20 hours total of in-house, online or externship CE are submitted, they will not contribute towards the total hours needed.
Continuing Education Definitions
Nationally recognized meeting:
A gathering of people for the purpose of providing continuing education in the field of veterinary medicine. National meetings are announced in journals typically read by professionals in the field of veterinary medicine. There is an expectation that continuing education at a nationally recognized meeting will be provided by lecturers or instructors who are considered experts in the subject they are discussing. You will need an official CE certificate. Please be aware: the people providing instruction may not meet the AVTA requirements for acceptable CE.
Local meeting:
A gathering of people for the purpose of providing continuing education in the field of veterinary medicine. Local meetings are announced by state/city organizations. There is an expectation that continuing education at a local meeting will be provided by lecturers or instructors who are considered experts in the subject they are discussing. You will need an official CE certificate. Please be aware: the people providing instruction may not meet the AVTA requirements for acceptable CE.
In-House training:
Continuing education provided for people who work at a particular practice or institution. This type of continuing education is not open to the veterinary profession at large and lecturers or instructors often work at the practice or institution. You must be currently employed at the facility providing the in-house training. You may hire an outside speaker to come talk to your practice as part of in-house training. Please be aware: the people providing instruction may not meet the AVTA requirements for acceptable CE. If part of your CE is In-House (meetings accessible only to technicians inside your facility) you will need an official CE certificate or a signed letter from the person supervising your attendance. The CE certificate or letter should detail where and when the training took place, the name and diplomat status of the CE provider, the objectives and goals, a statement of your satisfactory performance and the total hours provided. (1 hour of lecture = 1 hour of CE)
On-Line training:
Requires an official CE certificate or a signed letter from the person supervising your attendance in the program. The CE certificate or letter should detail when the training took place, the name and diplomat status of the CE provider, the objectives and goals of the training program, a statement of your satisfactory performance and the total hours provided. Please be aware: the people providing instruction may not meet the AVTA requirements for acceptable CE.
Externship:
Continuing education from an AVTA approved program in which a person pays to spend time at another facility (specialty or university) and participates in multiple round sessions as well as hands on experience. Colorado State University (CSU) Technician CE Program is an example of an approved AVTA externship. This type of continuing education is not open to the veterinary profession at large and is usually restricted to 1-2 participants at a time. Please be aware: The people providing instruction during the externship may not meet the AVTA requirements for acceptable CE. Aside from CSU, contact AVTA for approval of a specific externship program. This type of CE requires a CE certificate or a signed letter from the person supervising your attendance to the program. The CE certificate or letter should detail where and when the training took place, the name and diplomat status of the CE provider(s), the objectives and goals of the program, a statement of your satisfactory performance and the total hours provided.
AVTA will accept a maximum of 10 hours of CE from an externship program. The activities performed during the externship will not be acceptable for proof of mastery on the applicant’s skills list.
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