AVMA Ed Re-Launched With Cutting-Edge Upgrades

Main Category: Veterinary
Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST

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After a successful first year, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has upgraded AVMA Ed with better video, faster downloads, clearer programs and improved audio.

AVMA Ed was originally launched on Dec. 1, 2008, and since then almost 2,500 veterinarians have used the innovative online service to meet their professional continuing education (CE) requirements, to stay current on trends in veterinary medicine and also to simply learn something new. On Nov. 1, the AVMA re-launched the site with an improved design and appearance, improved audio, easier navigation, a larger and more versatile video display, higher-definition video, quicker download times, cleaner and more pristine programming, and a lower price. Today, AVMA Ed costs just $20 per course hour for members and $30 for nonmembers.

"We made these changes because we are constantly polling our users to find out what they want or need. During the inaugural year, we used cutting-edge technologies to make the improvements our users and AVMA members requested," explained Dr. Althea Jones, AVMA online professional services editor.

Kelly Fox, director of the AVMA Convention and Meeting Planning Division, said AVMA Ed was first developed in response to member demand. Veterinarians told the AVMA that they were interested the CE opportunities at the AVMA Annual Convention, but they couldn't always get away from the office.

"AVMA Ed allows veterinarians to take CE classes from the comfort of their home, office or anywhere they have access to a computer. The convenient classes make it easy for them to earn CE to maintain their licenses and to keep current on advances in veterinary medicine," Fox explains. "We are extremely proud of AVMA Ed. The improvements in this new version make the programs easier to use and more attractive to view. Download times have been reduced to a fraction of what they were due to technological advancements. Today, we are offering the veterinary profession truly cutting-edge online CE."

The online CE courses available on AVMA Ed are a combination of CE from the AVMA Annual Convention and courses derived from the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA). Currently, AVMA Ed features 25 CE programs that were produced during the 2009 AVMA Annual Convention. Two or three new courses are added monthly from the research and articles in JAVMA.

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American Veterinary Medical Association