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Get the mandatory credits* to renew your license without leaving home and learn a simple and revolutionary method on antibiotic stewardship for FREE!
This course provides 1 CE RACE credit!

And more: improve your practice and boost your talent and passion with practical examples of common cases in ZooMed patients!

EXCESS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND REGULATIONS

Being a veterinarian requires lots of love, but also lots of perseverance. The excess of responsibilities and regulations create stress and can be very overwhelming. And then you also have a pandemic!

Every two years you have to update your knowledge on antibiotic stewardship*, and you already know you have to face an hour or two of another boring course that won’t teach you anything you don’t already know.

Why do you need to trade your few hours of quality time with family and friends to fulfill a bureaucratic obligation?

If only the time you spent studying were actually useful to not only guarantee your right to work with what you love, but also to teach you something you can ACTUALLY use on your daily routine…

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$ 0 Monthly
  • E-book: Seeing rabbits in your practice
  • Video lesson: Seeing rabbits in your practice: Practical information for real life
  • Full course: VETAHEAD’s RITES of passage with antimicrobial stewardship
  • Exclusive monthly e-magazine
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VETAHEAD essentials

Monthly payment
$ 35
00
Monthly
  • All perks of the free membership!
  • Full access to all VETAHEAD courses, all the time* (RACE approved)
  • Full access to emergency calculators, all the time*
  • Exclusive discounts on partner's events
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VETAHEAD essentials

Yearly payment
$ 420
00
Yearly
  • All perks of the free membership!
  • Full access to all VETAHEAD courses (RACE approved), all the time*
  • Full access to emergency calculators, all the time*
  • Exclusive discounts on partner's events
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The VETAHEAD’s RITES of Passage with Antimicrobial Stewardship was designed so that your mandatory time spent studying antibiotic stewardship* is an open door to new knowledge and practices that will not only improve yours and your team’s abilities to comply with antibiotic stewardship, but also will provide you with practical examples with ZooMed pet species.

The exclusive RITES method is based on practical knowledge, acquired with hands-on experience, that you can use on your daily routine. With it, you will feel confident that you’re complying with antibiotic stewardship.

NO MORE BORING LEAP COURSES

LEAP = legal, ethical, and professional

Exclusive method for antibiotic stewardship:

Meet the RITES method, specially designed so that you can see any species. You will never be unsure again evaluating the responsible use of antibiotics, no matter if it’s with a cat or a guinea pig.

Clinical cases with ZooMed species:

See practical examples on how to apply the method in common clinical cases of ZooMed pet species.

Get certified without leaving home

Online training, with RACE approved CE. No need to leave the house during the pandemic so that you can watch classes.

Online designed to be online:

The VETAHEAD’s RITES of Passage with Antimicrobial Stewardship is not an in-person course adapted to be seen online. VETAHEAD’s didactics are thought for e-learning and our students have access to an exclusive e-book and a class with high quality sound and high resolution images

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OUR INSTRUCTOR IS A REAL AUTHORITY ON THE SUBJECT

Dr. Campbell graduated in 2005 from Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine. Following veterinary school, he completed a one-year rotating internship at Affiliated Veterinary Specialists in Maitland, Florida; a year of general practice in West Hartford, Connecticut; a one-year surgical internship in Las Vegas, Nevada; and a second, one-year, surgical internship in Los Angeles, California. To round out his specialty surgical training, Dr. Campbell completed a three-year surgical residency at Animal Medical Center of Southern California in Los Angeles. He currently practices at VetSurg, a specialty surgical practice in Ventura, California.  In the operating room, he specializes in orthopedic, soft tissue, and minimally invasive surgery.

Courtney A. Campbell

DVM, DACVS-SA

Antibiotic stewardship is a topic of major importance for every vet. It can appear difficult to apply to exotic species, in which we always feel like our options are limited and evidence is scarce. This course does a fantastic job at summarizing every step to take in a simple and systematic way to make sure we don't cut corners and drop the ball. Thank you for this!
Isabelle DesprezDVM, DECZM (Small Mammals), DABVP (Exotic Companion Mammal)
I love the RITES of passage course! The instructor is really captivating and I love the format of an "informal conversation". I think this is the most casual CE course I've ever taken. The text that shows up on the screen really helps keeping focus and the learning process. The layout, the colors, the music - everything is beautiful!
Vivian GhiorziDVM

COURSE OVERVIEW

This online course will provide a concise lecture on the importance of antimicrobial stewardship. This course centers on a novel acronym for good stewardship of antibiotic prescription, the VETAHEAD’s RITES of passage. Clinical examples of the use of RITES of passage will be discussed with emphasis in zoological companion animals.
Additionally, the course will cover aspects of the importance of antibiotic stewardship, the dangers of antimicrobial resistance, will properly define the veterinary patient client relationship, discuss the importance of pursuing diagnostics prior to the prescription of antibiotics, following up, tracking and monitoring the health outcomes post antibiotic therapy. Prevention strategies and proper husbandry techniques, the importance of avoiding excessive use of antibiotics and excessive contamination of the environment, and the importance of basing antibiotic use and prescription on evidence-based medicine and proven scientific methodologies will also be covered during the course.
This course is aimed at veterinarians and veterinary paraprofessionals (technician, assistant, nurse) as well as students with a keen interest in preventing antimicrobial resistance.

MEMBERSHIP ACCESS

Free taste of VETAHEAD

Free access to awesome features!
$ 0 Monthly
  • E-book: Seeing rabbits in your practice
  • Video lesson: Seeing rabbits in your practice: Practical information for real life
  • Full course: VETAHEAD’s RITES of passage with antimicrobial stewardship
  • Exclusive monthly e-magazine
Join now!

VETAHEAD essentials

Monthly payment
$ 35
00
Monthly
  • All perks of the free membership!
  • Full access to all VETAHEAD courses, all the time* (RACE approved)
  • Full access to emergency calculators, all the time*
  • Exclusive discounts on partner's events
Join Now!

VETAHEAD essentials

Yearly payment
$ 420
00
Yearly
  • All perks of the free membership!
  • Full access to all VETAHEAD courses (RACE approved), all the time*
  • Full access to emergency calculators, all the time*
  • Exclusive discounts on partner's events
Join now!

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!

When you're done with the course, please send us feedback of your experience! We would love to hear from you, and improve the way we do our courses. Please send it to contact@vetahead.vet.

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F.A.Q.

Yes! This course provides 1 CE RACE credit. And, exceptionally due to the pandemic, many boards have approved that 100% of CE credits for license renewal can be obtained online. Check with your state’s veterinary medical board and take advantage of this opportunity.

No, it is not. Starting on October 24 2022, we started our membership! With monthly or yearly payments, you will have access to ALL VETAHEAD courses, current and new. Please click here to learn more.

The course has a 50 minute long video, and offers an exclusive e-book for consultation.

Of course! License renewal is mandatory, but your daily practice is worth much more than that. The VETAHEAD’s RITES of Passage with Antimicrobial Stewardship will introduce you to a brand new method on the responsible use of antibiotics and will open the doors for you to see every species safely.

The clinical cases are explained thoroughly, with the main points appearing on the screen to help you. There’s also a brief recap of the main points at the end of the class, to help you fix the knowledge presented to you. Moreover, you will also get a list with all the references used, including the papers discussed in class.

Yes! The RITES method aims for team work for responsible use of antibiotics. Antimicrobial stewardship is a responsibility for all of us, and your support is fundamental to reach this goal!

After finishing the course, you will take a quiz to wrap up your learning process. After getting the minimum score for approval, you will get your certificate on your profile page on our websitel. Don’t worry, you can take the quiz as many times as you need! The quiz is part of the RACE standards for approval.

*Disclaimer: regulations might change between state veterinary boards. Please verify the regulations with your state’s veterinary medical board.

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