Win big with CE
Attending a national veterinary conference offers big payoffs, but it often isn't free-unless you're one lucky team member at Pet Care Veterinary Hospital in Virginia Beach, Va. Lori-Jo Havener, LVT, planned a contest to give the practice's technicians and assistants a chance to attend a national veterinary conference.
Attending a national veterinary conference offers big payoffs, but it often isn't free—unless you're one lucky team member at Pet Care Veterinary Hospital in Virginia Beach, Va. Lori-Jo Havener, LVT, planned a contest to give the practice's technicians and assistants a chance to attend a national veterinary conference. Contestants wrote an essay explaining why they wanted to attend the conference, took a 10-question quiz covering technical and practice-oriented information, and submitted an original timesaving practice tip. Havener and two doctors judged the contest.
"Most practices can't afford to send all of their team members to participate in CE opportunities," says Havener. "But the contest opened the opportunity to the whole team."
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