NUTR104-0814: Advanced Nutrition Module 2
The lectures for this course will be presented in a predominantly text format.
Enrollment is closed.
INSTRUCTOR(S): Catherine Lenox, DVM, Diplomate ACVN
COURSE OPEN: August 12-September 5, 2014
REAL TIME SESSIONS (RTS): Tuesdays, August 19 and 26; 9:30-11:30 pm ET (USA)
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Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience
in your CE course, we request you attend a Practice Session prior to the first
Real Time Session. Please arrive promptly at the start time; each Practice Session
is up to 1 hour in length.
For more information, please visit the
CE Practice Area.
Level and Prerequisites:
This
advanced course will be open to veterinarians
actively interested in nutrition topics for obesity, diabetes,
cutaneous adverse food reaction and cardiac and liver disease.
VIN CE Course: Open to veterinarians.
This course has been submitted for RACE approval for veterinarians.
The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is RACE Provider #22.
Course Description:
In this course we will review the aspects of the disease process that
can be affected through dietary changes and will cover goals for
nutritional modification. We will also provide key nutritional
factors, goals for feeding management and cover selecting a diet
+/- dietary supplements and a feeding plan for these patients.
This course consists of two (2) 2-hour Real Time Session,
supplemental library materials,
interactive message board discussions, and a mandatory end-of-course test.
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.
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to
- discuss dietary management of dogs and cats with obesity,
diabetes, cutaneous adverse food reactions and cardiac
and liver disease.
- select a diet and feeding plan for dogs and cats
with obesity, diabetes, cutaneous adverse food reactions
and cardiac and liver disease.
- understand key nutritional factors for dogs and cats obesity,
diabetes, cutaneous adverse food reactions and cardiac
and liver disease.
Course Materials: Course materials will be available
in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.
Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.
About the Instructors:
Catherine Lenox graduated from veterinary school at the University
of Missouri in 2007. She then went on to complete a small animal medicine
and surgery internship at Colorado State University. After a year in
emergency practice in St. Louis, MO, she went on to complete a small
animal nutrition residency at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine. She was board-certified by the American College of
Veterinary Nutrition in 2011. She owns a consulting business, Lenox Veterinary
Nutrition Consulting, PLLC and does clinical consulting with veterinarians
across the world. She is also affiliated with Gulf Coast Veterinary
Specialists in Houston, TX.
Course Outline:
Week 1 (Real Time Session August 19):
Obesity and Diabetes
Content:
- Obesity
- Taking a diet history
- Body condition scoring
- Calculating energy requirements and ideal weight
- Diabetes
- Difference between canine and feline diabetes
Week 2 (Real Time Session August 26):
Cutaneous Adverse Food Reactions, Cardiac Disease and Liver
Content:
- Cutaneous adverse food reactions
- Food trials and diet for food trials
- Cardiac disease
- Liver Disease
- Liver diseases with hepatic encephalopathy
- Liver diseases without hepatic encephalopathy
- Copper-associated chronic hepatopathies
CE CREDITS: 4
Tuition: Member $84 ($76 early bird special if enrolled by July 29, 2014)
Non-Member $157 ($141 early bird special if enrolled by July 29, 2014)
Special Discount: Register for Advanced Nutrition Modules 1 & 2
by May 27, 2014 and you will receive a discounted tuition rate:
Member $143, Non-Member $267
*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes,
enrollment will close at 5 pm ET on August 19
or when the maximum number of participants is reached.
*For more information on how online CE works, see the
Participant Resource Center.
TO ENROLL:
Enrollment is closed.
- Enrollment qualifications: VIN CE courses are open to
VIN member and non-member veterinarians. Veterinarians enrolling in a VSPN CE course
must be a VIN member. Veterinary support staff must be a VSPN member to enroll in a
VSPN CE or a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
- Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org
and @vin.com addresses. Email is our major form of communication with participants;
personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
- Each person is individually responsible for his/her own registration.
To ensure that all information received is secure and correct, please do not enroll
for a course on behalf of another individual.
- For further assistance call 1-800-700-INFO (4636) or email
CEonVIN@vin.com.
Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.
*Note:
"This course is submitted for approval for 4 continuing education credits in jurisdictions
which recognize AAVSB 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 of continuing education."
Call VSPN/VIN CE at 1-800-700-4636 for further information.
(Attendees are encouraged to check with their licensing jurisdiction(s) for
information regarding recognition by their board).
Course withdrawal and refund policy: A complete refund of the paid course price will be
issued when your withdrawal request is received prior to the listed start date of the course.
If you wish to withdraw after the start date please contact the VIN/VSPN office 1-800-700-INFO (4636)
to discuss eligibility for a pro-rated refund.
* Note: To ensure rapid handling of your request for withdrawal, we recommend that you
call the VIN/VSPN office at 1-800-700-INFO (4636).
*For more information on VIN's upcoming CE courses, check the
VIN Course Catalog.
The CE team:
Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
VIN Education Coordinator
VIN CE Services:
CEonVIN@vin.com
800-846-0028 or 530-756-4881; ext. 797
or direct line to VIN/VSPN from the United Kingdom: 01452226154
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