NEBRASKA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE
March 15, 2017
Quality Inn & Conference Center
Grand Island, Nebraska
Those present:ChairpersonBrent Van PattenRon WallmanVergil Heyer Jeremy Young Lisa Redington Lueen Mansfield
Roy Gehrt
Executive Director:Dina Michel, Hastings
- Discussion
- Profit & Loss Statement for Lincoln
- Discussed the survey from Lincoln Convention
- Cost of reception on 2nd night was $1200 how can we have this better attended? Maybe call it a Member and Alumni reception?
- On-line CE – Brent sent this task to the CoMark Committee
- Winter 2020 will be Lincoln, get bids from Embassy and Cornhusker
- Summer 2020 will be in South Sioux City – get bids
- 2017 Summer Columbus
Steak Fry Sponsor – Todd Grothuesen with Norbrook has agreed to do this
Small Animal – June 13&14 – Megan Grobman – Respiratory Disease- confirmed
Large Animal – June 13 –8 – 3 Jason Ahola – Animal Welfare topics – Confirmed for 5 hours
3:30 – 4 Russell Rice – E.coli
4 – 5 pmDennis Hughes - FAD
June 14 – Joan Bowen – small ruminant speaker - confirmed
Technician June 14 – Dr. Emily Hoard, Best Practices in Anesthesia - confirmed
Kramer’s/Claborn hosting a wine and cheese event.
Wallman suggested doing a Brisket for the 2nd night with chips, beans, coleslaw. Need to find a park to hold it in with electricity.
- 2018 Winter Omaha
Discussion about having a Merck reception/tour Friday evening
Small Animal – Jan 25 – 8 – 5Kelly St Denis – not confirmed – Mansfield to contact
Jan 26 - 8 – 12 noon continued
Joint session 1 – 3 Telehealth – Joint Session
3:30 –5 PDMP update
Large Animal Jan 25 8 – 10 Jeff Ondrak – Bull Fertility Topics
10:30 – 5 PM Calvin Booker Epidemiologist Grotelueschen
Jan 26 – 8 – 12 noon Jerry Stokka – Wallman
Possible accreditation module – Van Patten
Also discussed the idea of moving Telehealth and PDMP update to Saturday Practice Management and having 2 full days of feline speaker and have Stokka speak all day.
- 2018 Summer Lincoln
Need Steak Fry Sponsor
Large Animal – Wallman to talk with Brodersen about different wet labs such as Bovine Necropsy review, Bovine Pathology review, Bovine Hoof care.
With no further business meeting was adjourned. Next CE meeting will betentatively scheduled for May 17, 2017.
Respectfully submitted,Dina Michel, ExecutiveDirector