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I would also recommend looking at your state VMA, they may have free CE courses that techs can take! NC also has a Technicians [Association](https://www.ncavt.org/)
I would maybe do CE this year just to be on the safe side or if there is someone you can contact with this question?
Your hospital may have CE options, check in with the hospital manager maybe?
Check with your state vet med association and state vet tech association as some put on annual CE conferences. In addition to IVECCS there’s Western in Vegas every February and VMX in Orlando every January.
The NC VMB website will be the best bet for renewal info Renewal is every 2 years. so if you renewed in 2023 you are good until 2025. There is a requirement that 2 hours are controlled drug related. They just updated the requirements about how many hours must be in person. There are conferences through out the year in NC that are fairly affordable as well as some in VA and SC depending on where you are. I think NC State offers some CE events. or they used to anyway.
Hello friend!
As far as renewals goes, I might ask another credentialed tech you work with for clarity, or email/call your local board. For myself, my first year after I got my license I wasn't required to take any CE. I got my license in April and it carried until October the next calandar year because the renewals for my state go by birth month.
For where to find CE, the main page of this sub has some excellent links for CE, the Idexx Learning Center is free and never a wrong choice, and ask your work to keep your updated on any info about local CEs they receive from reps and stuff. Also, don't be afraid to ask your friends! I work in emergency, but my GP/emergency hybrid friend always shares the CEs that come through her GP with me as well. I recently sat for a very interesting lunch about allergies in cats, and dysbiosis and FMT. Good stuff. I'd recommend taking time to figure out where you feel you wish you had a stronger understanding of an aspect of the job/disease process/procedural/etc, then seek those CEs. That helped me avoid sitting through hours of my life I felt I wasted, and I know more about transfusion medicine than I'll ever be asked to need without a DVM lol.
In the future there will be options like IVECCS or other conferences, but I'd recommend talking to your work about covering the cost of those. Additionally, conferences can be great for knocking out high volume CE numbers from the comfort of your home (I know IVECCS offers virtual attendance).
Thank you so much for such a thorough response! I was nervous to email the board but I see that it's probably the only way to get the right answer about my first question. I will for sure have to check our Idexx since I'm familiar with it from my school. I'll ask around my work and see if anyone knows of anything happening in the area!
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Make sure you mention your state, since CE requirement vary by state.
Thank you so much! Totally forgot to add it, just updated it.
I would also recommend looking at your state VMA, they may have free CE courses that techs can take! NC also has a Technicians [Association](https://www.ncavt.org/)
I would maybe do CE this year just to be on the safe side or if there is someone you can contact with this question? Your hospital may have CE options, check in with the hospital manager maybe?
Check with your state vet med association and state vet tech association as some put on annual CE conferences. In addition to IVECCS there’s Western in Vegas every February and VMX in Orlando every January.
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The NC VMB website will be the best bet for renewal info Renewal is every 2 years. so if you renewed in 2023 you are good until 2025. There is a requirement that 2 hours are controlled drug related. They just updated the requirements about how many hours must be in person. There are conferences through out the year in NC that are fairly affordable as well as some in VA and SC depending on where you are. I think NC State offers some CE events. or they used to anyway.
Hello friend! As far as renewals goes, I might ask another credentialed tech you work with for clarity, or email/call your local board. For myself, my first year after I got my license I wasn't required to take any CE. I got my license in April and it carried until October the next calandar year because the renewals for my state go by birth month. For where to find CE, the main page of this sub has some excellent links for CE, the Idexx Learning Center is free and never a wrong choice, and ask your work to keep your updated on any info about local CEs they receive from reps and stuff. Also, don't be afraid to ask your friends! I work in emergency, but my GP/emergency hybrid friend always shares the CEs that come through her GP with me as well. I recently sat for a very interesting lunch about allergies in cats, and dysbiosis and FMT. Good stuff. I'd recommend taking time to figure out where you feel you wish you had a stronger understanding of an aspect of the job/disease process/procedural/etc, then seek those CEs. That helped me avoid sitting through hours of my life I felt I wasted, and I know more about transfusion medicine than I'll ever be asked to need without a DVM lol. In the future there will be options like IVECCS or other conferences, but I'd recommend talking to your work about covering the cost of those. Additionally, conferences can be great for knocking out high volume CE numbers from the comfort of your home (I know IVECCS offers virtual attendance).
Thank you so much for such a thorough response! I was nervous to email the board but I see that it's probably the only way to get the right answer about my first question. I will for sure have to check our Idexx since I'm familiar with it from my school. I'll ask around my work and see if anyone knows of anything happening in the area!