Finding a way to make more time in your day is a common problem for most professionals. As a busy veterinarian, you know all too well how emergencies and urgent needs come up that throw your schedule off and make your hours long at your practice. Finding a way to make time for mandatory ongoing education can make the situation even more stressful if you don’t know about the option of getting your veterinary continuing education online. What is Veterinary Continuing Education Online? There are only so many options that you have as a veterinarian or vet tech to get your required hours of continuing education. In addition to just completing specific hours or training, you also have to ensure that the training is RACE-approved so that you get credit for your participation. There are options to complete veterinary continuing education online which are fully RACE approved. It is important to ensure that any online training you take is approved by RACE and accepted by your state veterinary licensing board. Depending on the state that you practice in, you may find that only some forms of veterinary continuing education online are accepted; some states allow a certain percentage or hours as interactive versus non-interactive, passive learning. Note that depending on what type of veterinary CE you’re obtaining, some types of interactive CE count just the same as if you were attending a veterinary conference live in person! With these types of interactive CE, you have to sign in and participate in a live webinar; this provides you the opportunities to ask questions and interact. If you view a recorded webinar, note that this often only counts as passive CE and requires successful completion of a quiz afterwards to get a certificate. Options to Consider...