VETERINARY MEDICINE: RADIOLOGY OF THE ABDOMEN AND PARENCHYMATOUS ORGANS
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Course meets the requirements for 15 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians and veterinarians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery.
RACE Subject Category: Medical; Delivery Method: Interactive Distance; Program Number 753385.
This course does not require employment.
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| Course Focus - Learning Objectives - Completion Requirements |
The format of this course is asynchronous interactive distance medical. New students may enroll at any time.
The goal of Veterinary Medicine: Radiology of the Abdomen and Parenchymatous Organs is designed to help participants hone their radiographic evaluation skills. The course does not utilize practice resources.
The course presents instructor provided radiographic images and scenarios for participant evaluation with instructor feedback and guidance.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- develop a working knowledge of proper positioning and radiograph technique
- evaluate normal and abnormal anatomy of the abdominal cavity including the pancreas, adrenals, lymph nodes, peritoneal, and retroperitoneal spaces
- recognize relevant radiographic anatomical landmarks
- recognize abnormalities and list potential causes as well as basic pathophysiology
- compare and contrast congenital and developmental abnormalities
- differentiate potential hernias
- distinguish abdominal masses/retgroperitoneal masses
- diagnose pneumoperitoneum and ascites
Completion requirements:
Instructor Graded Scenario Based Radiograph Evaluation Assignments: Designed to help the participant apply the newly learned skills and knowledge to the evaluation of images
Comprehension Quizzes: Must be submitted with a score of 80% or better, multiple attempts
Course Survey
A certificate of completion is provided.
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| How Does the Enrollment Process Work? |
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This course is designed to be as schedule friendly as possible as we understand it can be hard to fit interactive CE into an already busy life. Open enrollment allows students to enroll in this course at any time.
Once the course payment transaction has been submitted, we will receive a notification of enrollment. In addition, the student will be sent a couple of "heads up" emails. The payment receipt will be sent to the email address
designated
in the payment page of the shopping cart, by the person who paid.
There is a post-payment manual process we must complete in order to add the new student to the course.
Completing enrollments as quickly as
possible is a priority but it can take a full 24 hours, especially on weekends and holidays. Once fully enrolled, the student will be sent a course welcome email containing important information, including how to access and log into the course.
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| Personal Completion Deadline |
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This is an asynchronous course. Students are not expected to be logged into the course at any specific times as there are no real time lectures or requirements.
Students have 15 weeks from the date of payment to meet all completion requirements. The course welcome email will specify the student's personal completion deadline. If the student has not met the completion requirements by the deadline, they will be processed out of the course and graded as incomplete.
But What If Something Comes Up?
There are times when unforeseen situations interfere with a student's ability to complete by the deadline. In that case, an email to VetMedTeam, as soon as such a situation arises, will allow us to offer the best possible options.
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| Technology Requirements |
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Reading content within the course is provided via PDF therefore the ability to download files and open PDFs is required.
It is recommended that participants utilize a program such as MS Word to create, and save, their assignment submission to their computer. Then the information can be pasted into the assignment submission area.
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| Participant Feedback |
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When asked what aspects of the course liked best some responses were:
...Always to be organized when evaluating a case. The fact we need to judge quality of x-rays and technique first is a very good learning
...the feedback from the radiologist
...The practical nature of this course made it an invaluable CE experience.
...The direct application of the reading material to the radiographic cases. Instructer feedback was excellent and encouraging
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| Course Instructor |
 Robert Cruz, DVM, MSc. Dipl. ACVR
Dr. Cruz completed his degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Zulia, Venezuela. He completed a combined residency/master of science program in Veterinary Radiology/Radiological Health Sciences, respectively, at Colorado State University. He then obtained the diplomate status of the American College of Veterinary Radiology(ACVR). Dr. Cruz was a visiting assistant professor at Oklahoma State University and an assistant professor of veterinary radiology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He then decided to go into private practice. He is currently a consultant/staff radiologist at Antech Imaging Services.
Dr. Cruz has multiple publications in indexed scientific journals. In addition he has had research papers/abstracts, from previous university work, presented, in oral and poster format, at scientific meetings in America and Europe.
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| Pricing |
Price: $189.00 USD
Practices may enroll individual team members. To learn how to assign a specific team member to a course, please visit the Assigning Students page.
Please use this link to view the Withdrawal Policy for this course.
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