College to unveil new online continuing education program

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Beginning in November, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine will begin to offer new online continuing education courses available to all veterinarians, technicians, breeders, and owners - nationally.

This program continues outreach and expansion efforts by the college's continuing education unit. Twelve courses will be offered on a variety of topics in small animal medicine and surgery during the first year. In addition, large animal medicine and surgery and equine medicine and surgery courses will be added during the second and third years of the program. These one-hour long courses have been created by nationally recognized and award-winning faculty within the college. Courses will be both audio and visual, utilizing an easy-to-access web site in which users can view the available resources and listen to synchronized audio simultaneously.

Each course will take about one hour to complete and include a 15-minute post-test. After completing the test, those who pass with at least a 70 percent score will have access to their certificates and records via the continuing education web site.

Course registration begins in November. Each course after counts for one hour of continuing education credit and cost $40. Registration information and new courses will be available at the continuing education web site, www.vet.osu.edu/ce. For more information, contact Jennifer Simmons, director of instructional technology, at simmons.232@osu.edu or (614) 247-4370.