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Get cutting-edge clinical education live at CVC Washington D.C.
As a CVC attendee, you will have access to more than 500 hours of world-class, cutting-edge educational programming.
Brush up on practice management topics at CVC Washington, D.C.
All CVC attendees are welcome to attend the practice management sessions.
Technician program
Ready to take your skills to a new level? CVC offers an extensive array of topics just for technicians.
Sign up for a Veterinary Medicine wet lab
Sign up for Clinical Techniques Courses
With the popular Veterinary Medicine Wet Lab series, you get hands-on training from specialists in areas ranging from ultrasound procedures to ophthalmic surgery.
Surgical Solutions: Fundamental Soft Tissue Surgeries in Dogs and Cats
Learn the basics or tweak your techniques for some of the most frequently needed soft tissue surgeries in veterinary patients: urethrostomy in cats and dogs, cystotomy, anal sacculectomy, reconstruction of large skin defects in cats and dogs, procedures to correct upper airway disease in brachycephalic breeds, inguinal and diaphragmatic hernia repair, and various organ biopsies. In the morning, you will review all the facts you need to succeed in performing these procedures. In the afternoon, you will receive handson training, learn tips, and practice performing these procedures.
Focus on Dentistry: Nerve Blocks for Dental Procedures
Are you offering the best patient care in your dental programs? In this lab, learn the indications for and benefits of using oral nerve blocks, what drugs are most effective, and what complications may occur. This hands-on course will allow you to refine your skills and provide the focused learning that will benefit your patients, clients, and hospital team.
Under the Scope: Cytologic Interpretation
Are you taking advantage of one of the most useful diagnostic procedures that can be performed in your clinic with little to no additional investment? In this course, you will practice and hone your cytologic examination expertise by evaluating multiple cases representing common diseases. Inflammatory and neoplastic diseases involving the skin, pleural and peritoneal cavities, and other major organs will be presented. Take home tips that help you distinguish diagnostic from nondiagnostic smears and inflammation from neoplasia ? all designed for you to put into practice immediately.
Surgical Solutions: Ophthalmic Surgeries
Are you performing simple and therapeutic ophthalmic surgeries as proficiently as you could be? Attend this interactive course and learn the latest techniques and tips in performing practical eyelid and corneal surgeries. Ophthalmologists will provide you with step-by-step instructions on entropion correction, eyelid reconstruction, prolapsed third eyelid gland replacement, linear grid keratotomy, modified conjunctival advancement grafting, and corneal laceration repair. Come learn from the experts the surgical solutions to your patients? ophthalmic injuries and anomalies.
Visit the CVC Washington, D.C. exhibit hall
Exhibit hall hours and events
The CVC Washington D.C. exhibit hall is open Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29. Check out these special exhibit hall events.
Pre-convention seminars at CVC Washington, D.C.
Conquering Conflicts Seminar
Conquer conflicts with Shawn McVey as you shows you how anger and frustrations push your buttons.
Specialty Focus wet labs
The CVC in Washington DC will hold these exclusive Specialty Focus wet labs.
Specialty Focus: Abdominal Ultrasonography
Ultrasonography is an integral component of providing an optimal standard of patient care. Under the guidance of imaging experts, you?ll receive hands-on scanning practice to hone your ultrasonographic examination skills.
CVC Washington, D.C. housing
Housing information
Reserve your room early with the official CVC housing provider and save!
Tours of Washington, D.C.
Take a tour in Washington, D.C.
Looking for fun and excitement in Washington, D.C.? Register for a special CVC tour.
Mount Vernon Mother's Day Edition
Attendees are invited to enjoy an intimate glimpse of 18th-century Virginia at Mount Vernon; home of the United States' first president.
Monuments by Moonlight - Your Choice of Evenings
Aboard a luxury motorcoach, a tour guide will share fascinating facts on Washington, D.C.'s illuminated monuments and landmarks.
Monuments by Moonlight - Mother's Day Edition
Tonight, guests will learn about the three-pronged attack designed to decapitate the U.S. Government.
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