The
North American Veterinary Community (NAVC), the global leader in continuing
education for veterinary professionals, announced the launch of a
comprehensive portfolio of new virtual programs and events to provide
interactive year-long learning anytime, anywhere, customised to individual
learning preferences. This move positions the NAVC as the premier destination
for virtual learning across the global veterinary community.
Building
on its industry-leading online learning portfolio, VetFolio, and groundbreaking
VMX Virtual platform, the NAVC is expanding its virtual offerings and
introducing new opportunities for virtual learning and engagement. This
includes special events hosted on its unique 3D, interactive platform,
microlearning videos, live webinars, podcasts and more, providing veterinary
professionals new options and flexibility to plan and meet their learning goals
all year long. The NAVC will now offer more than 700 hours of CE through its
virtual portfolio.
“For
more than 30 years, the NAVC has been recognised as a leader in veterinary
education, known for excellence and innovation. We believe the NAVC will now
become the premier destination for all learning – virtual and
in-person – across the global veterinary community. The programs we are
announcing today are just the beginning. We plan many more exciting and new
opportunities for virtual engagement to come,” said NAVC CEO Gene O’Neill. “The
NAVC is opening the doors to the best CE and events in the industry, making
them universally available to veterinary professionals all over the world in
new and engaging ways. With new programs and events we will present throughout
the year, virtually and in-person, veterinary professionals everywhere can map
out and meet their year-round learning and development goals through the NAVC.
There’s no need to go anywhere else.”
Customised
Online Learning
The
NAVC is expanding and introducing new, interactive learning programs and new
ways to learn based on individual learning preferences. These will be available
to the veterinary community on its award-winning online platform, VetFolio, and centered around individual
learning preferences: Watch, Read, Listen, Attend and Certify.
The
first new offering, a series of microlearning videos, will go live on 15 March,
and present short-form videos each month that offer immersive learning in a
variety of topics that can be immediately applied to clinical practice. The
first series include dentistry and cardiology.
Interactive
Virtual Events
The
NAVC is launching and hosting year-round interactive virtual learning events
including summits, seminars and a live webinar series. The NAVC will host its
first live virtual summit – the NAVC Virtual Diabetes Summit sponsored by
Boehringer Ingelheim – on 16 March. This will feature a comprehensive,
three-session, case-based presentation by Cynthia Ward, VMD, PhD, DACVIM
(SAIM), an internist and reproductive endocrinology specialist at the
University of Georgia. Other scheduled events this year include an E-Commerce
Summit in August, a nursing-focused summit in October, its second Hospital
Design Seminar later in the year and other events to be announced.
The
NAVC will host a new, live webinar series featuring many case-based sessions.
The webinar series, which will run throughout the year, builds on the success
of the NAVC’s December virtual Hospital Design Seminar, the inaugural VMX
Rewind that took place every weekend in February 2021, and recent webinar, The
Coughing Dog, presented by Alan Spier, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology) and
sponsored by SignalPET.
The
NAVC will host VMX2021 as a hybrid event this year, making the veterinary
industry’s largest CE conference available virtually for the first time to
members of the veterinary community worldwide. VMX2021 will take place June 5-9 live in Orlando and anywhere virtually, featuring live speakers, interactive
sessions, OnDemand education and a 3D immersive expo.
Virtual
Expo Hall
NAVC
is taking its VMX New Product Gallery, where the veterinary industry introduces
its latest innovations each year, and making it accessible for the first time
to veterinary professionals worldwide through its Virtual Expo Hall. The NAVC
is excited to announce its first Virtual VMX New Product Gallery which will go
live on March, providing members of the veterinary community everywhere a 3D
tour of 22 new product innovations showcased by 13 different companies.
The
Virtual New Product Gallery utilises the NAVC’s breakthrough VMX Virtual Expo
platform, the veterinary industry’s first virtual expo hall. Using
advanced simulation technology, it provides an immersive, “just like being
there” 3D experience.
About
the NAVC
The NAVC is a nonprofit organisation
dedicated to supporting and advancing veterinary professionals worldwide. The
world’s leading provider of veterinary continuing education, the NAVC delivers
essential training, tools and resources for veterinary professionals to stay
abreast of advances in animal medicine and provide the best medical care for
animals everywhere. Through its commitment to innovation and excellence, the
NAVC has developed a diverse portfolio of products and services, including:
educational events, headlined by VMX, the world’s largest, most comprehensive
continuing education conference and launchpad for new products and innovations
within the veterinary industry; a robust digital platform for virtual learning
and engagement; the veterinary industry’s largest and award-winning portfolio
of trade publications; and an advocacy arm which unites the veterinary
community and pet lovers. The NAVC was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in
Orlando, FL. Since 2017, the NAVC has been recognized annually as one of the
Top Workplaces by the Orlando Sentinel. To learn more about the NAVC’s products
and brands, visit the website.
