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Tuition: $66($59 early bird special if enrolled by April 27, 2023). * Students currently enrolled in an AVMA-accredited or CVMA-approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon proof of student status). * To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close on May 18, 2023, at 5 pm EST Prices are listed in US dollars.

Course Information:
The ability to perform veterinary calculations is essential for veterinary technicians and assistants. For many, a lack of confidence and understanding of how to solve such problems can lead to frustration and self-doubt. While certain calculators are available on the internet to help solve some veterinary problems, they do not teach you how to solve any other problem, thus reinforcing the lack of understanding. This course will not cover shortcuts or formulas that you simply post on the wall and don’t have to think about, as these will not help you understand how to solve these problems. This course will cover the principles behind the dimensional analysis and how we can utilize it to simplify and solve veterinary calculations. This course will focus on the fundamentals, including converting units, dosage calculations, dilutions, fluid rates, etc. Detailed step-by-step calculations will be presented in the course library, during the real time sessions, and as calculations, for you to work on thru the message boards. The goal of this class is to help build your confidence through knowledge and practice of various types of veterinary calculations. I don’t expect everyone to love math the way that I do, but I do want to help those find the confidence in themselves to succeed in performing these essential veterinary calculations.

• Understand dimensional analysis and how we can use it to simplify and solve veterinary calculations.
• Convert between imperial units and metric units.
• Convert between different units within the same system.
• Set up and calculate basic dosage calculations.
• Convert a percent solution into a usable drug concentration.
• Set up and determine how to solve dilutions we may run into during daily clinical practice.
• Calculate fluid rates.
• Calculate drip rates using a fluid administration set.
• Build confidence in your own problem-solving abilities.

RACE Credit Approval: This program has been aproved for 3 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. (20-935231)

Week 2 (Real Time Session May 25):
Week 2 will reinforce and continue to practice the principles discussed in week 1. We will proceed into dilutions, fluid rates, and more.

Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course. To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close on May 18, 2023 at 5 pm ET (USA) or when the maximum number of participants is reached.

1. VIN CE Courses:
   1. VIN CE courses are open to VIN member, VIN student member, and non-member veterinarians.
   2. Veterinary support staff must be VSPN members in order to enroll in a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
2. VSPN CE Courses:
   1. VSPN CE courses are open to veterinary support staff and veterinarians.
   2. Only VIN and VSPN members can enroll in a VSPN CE course.
   3. Veterinarians will only receive credit for those VSPN CE courses that specify in the Accreditation statement that the course is accredited for veterinarians.
3. Please check the course Level and Prerequisites, Accreditation, and Tuition before enrolling.
4. Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses.
   1. Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
5. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext. 792 or email VSPNCE. Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.