Enrollment is closed.

Tuition: $44 ($40 early bird special if enrolled by February 15, 2023) * Students currently enrolled in an AVMA accredited or CVMA approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status). Prices are listed in US dollars.

Course Information:
What makes some cats so hard to manage? Which insulin and diet should we start with? What data is there to support these decisions? Is remission always the goal? Performing and interpreting glucose curves (manually or using a Flash device) provides useful information. Performing blood glucose curves is of great value in helping to manage many cats with diabetes. A curve helps one understand how an individual interacts with a particular type (and dose) or insulin and helps determine best type of insulin as well as how to make dose adjustments in a patient.

This session will go over how to perform and interpret curve what is important to understand about managing cats with diabetes and how to perform a glucose curve manually or with an interstitial monitoring (Flash) device. However, performing curves isn’t appropriate for every client. The goals of therapy differ with different patients and different clients.

• Duration of insulin and frequency needed.
• The time and level of the nadir/peak effect of insulin.
• Whether type of insulin being used is appropriate based on glucose differential.
• Whether and how to adjust the insulin dose.
• How diabetes can be managed in a less intensive manner.

RACE Credit Approval: “This program has been approved for 2 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. This program is approved for veterinarians and veterinary technicians/technologists." (#20-981908)

Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course. To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

Tuition: $44 ($40 early bird special if enrolled by fEBRUARY 15, 2023)
Prices are listed in US dollars.

* Students currently enrolled in an AVMA accredited or CVMA approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status).

1. Enrollment qualifications: VIN CE courses are open to VIN member and non-member veterinarians. Veterinarians enrolling in a VSPN CE course must be a VIN member. Veterinary support staff must be a VSPN member to enroll in a VSPN CE or a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
2. Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses. Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
3. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext.792 or email VSPNCE. Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.