I am in support of changing the acceptance of CE courses in non-clinical courses and also support that the CE requirements for LVTs be increased to 8 CE hours per year. 

Allowing practice management CE courses be counted as CE hours will help to create strong, well-rounded professionals in Veterinary Medicine. These CE courses provide education and growth opportunites in very important aspects of the profession, from inter-team communication to inventory management. A team that is trained in these areas can provide great client service, effective communication and have a strong sense of the bigger "business" picture. This improves the client experience, patient care and makes for a rewarding career!

This being said, I still believe that LVTs need to provide a minimum of 6 hours of scientific hours. So ideally LVTs would have the opportunity to provide 6 hours scientific, 2 hours pracitce management.

Thank you for taking the time to review this petition and make the effort to improve Virginia's standard for Continuing Education!