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Educational opportunities at CVC San Diego

Get cutting-edge clinical education live at CVC in San Diego

As a CVC attendee, you will have access to more than 500 hours of world-class, cutting-edge educational programming. Here you'll find the clinical program schedule, complete with topics and speakers.

Brush up on practice management topics at CVC in San Diego

All CVC attendees are welcome to attend the practice management sessions.

CVC in San Diego offers special tracks just for technicians

Ready to take your skills to a new level? CVC offers an extensive array of topics just for technicians.

With the popular Veterinary Medicine Wet Lab series, you get hands-on training from specialists in areas ranging from ultrasound procedures to ophthalmic surgery.

Veterinary and technician student program

Accelerate your professional growth and make connections with the broader veterinary community at CVC.

Ask the Expert luncheons

Hungry for CE? Ask the Expert luncheons let you interact with speakers in a small, informal environment that encourages questions and discussion of appropriate case presentations.

Exclusive seminars

Veterinary Economics Progress in Practice seminars: Build Your Hospital Marketing Plan

Inspire your staff to lead by developing a mentorship program in your practice and learn key findings from Benchmarks 2012: A Study of Well Managed Practices.

Veterinary Economics Managers' Retreat: The Ultimate Manager Makeover

Take your management skills to the next level and boost your practice's success with proven strategies and real-world tactics.

Firstline Live: Practice Positive

Based on their own success, Dr. Ernie Ward, owner of Seaside Animal Care in Calabash, NC, and his staff training coordinator, Julie Mullins, will show you step by step how to create a positive practice that leads to positive cash flow, positive attitudes, and a positively harmonious and productive workplace.

Specialty Focus wet labs

The CVC in San Diego will hold these advanced Specialty Focus wet labs.

Wet labs

With the popular Veterinary Medicine Wet Lab series, you get hands-on training from specialists in areas ranging from ultrasound procedures to ophthalmic surgery.

Schedule of wet labs and workshops

View a schedule of CVC in San Diego wet labs and workshops.

Specialty Focus wet labs

The CVC in San Diego will hold these advanced Specialty Focus wet labs.

Advanced Stifle Repair Lectures and Lab: TTA (Tibial Tuberosity Advancement) — Sponsored by SECUROS

Are you ready to move to the next level in cranial cruciate repair or are you hoping to refine your technique? This one-day interactive course is taught by a veterinary orthopedic expert.

Surgical Solutions: End Stage Ear Disease

Learn techniques to relieve the suffering of your patients with chronic ear disease.

Tour the city

Fun for all: Take a San Diego tour

Looking for fun and excitement in San Diego? Register for a special CVC tour or check out the attractions on your own.

Improv Comedy Theater

The California Wolf Center is a nonprofit education, conservation, and science center dedicated to the preservation and restoration of wild predators in North America.

See behind the scenes at Sea World

From the excitement of meeting sharks to the playfulness of penguin and puffin encounters to the ability to reach out and touch gentle dolphins and whales at special petting pools, Sea World offers many awe-inspiring moments.

Tour the world-famous San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is home to more than 4,000 rare and endangered animals, birds, and reptiles.

Balboa Park December Nights Festival

Travel via motorcoach to tour the historic Gaslamp Quarter at night, and then roll on to the celebration in Balboa Park. An experienced tour guide will give pointers that only the locals know about how to best enjoy the Park on this special occasion. This tour is the best way to enjoy the holiday festival San Diego-style!