A RACE-approved, self-paced e-learning program with over 40 hours of content focused on veterinary emergency and critical care topics.

As a beginner-level program, FVECC is an ideal educational opportunity for any veterinary student, trainee, or professional seeking to build their foundational knowledge in the areas of emergency and critical care (ECC) veterinary medicine while earning continuing education (CE) credit. To date, FVECC learners have included:

• Students planning a career in ECC or wishing to learn more about ECC to gauge whether the specialty might be a good fit for them.
• Interns, residents, and early career ECC veterinarians seeking to establish their foundational knowledge and skillset.
• Veterinarians at all stages of their career looking for a refresher in ECC or wanting to be more prepared or to improve preparedness for emergency cases.
• Veterinary professionals (including nurses, technicians, and assistants) seeking to build their knowledge base in ECC topics, giving them confidence to use their full skillset in any emergency.

Detailed information about all 36 FVECC modules can be found here. General topics include:

• Introduction to Emergency Practice and Initial Approach to Emergencies
• General Topics in Emergency and Critical Care
• Emergency and Point of Care Diagnostics
• Treatment of Common Emergency Conditions

The FVECC modules are hosted on the ACVECC Learning Management System (LMS). To enroll in them and purchase the sessions, follow the steps below or view the how to video here:

• Visit learning.acvecc.org
• Log In or Register an Account
• Once logged in, click the “Browse Catalog” button/tile (the content may take a moment to load/appear)
• In the menu on the left of the screen, the top item, listed under Category should be “Foundations in Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care”, click that.
• Click the yellow “Choose Path” button and select either the Student program or the Professional program, when you click the program of your choice it will add it to your cart.
• Securely Checkout
• Once you have purchased the program, in your certificate area you will see all completed and ‘coming soon’ modules and you will need to select modules and add them to your learning area before viewing them.

Not at all! This program was designed to accommodate the diverse needs of learners. Although the full certificate program offers substantial cost savings, individuals can always opt to purchase individual lessons a la carte. All courses offer CE credit, and any individual courses that you complete will always count toward the certificate should you opt to enroll in the full program down the road.

Pricing information for the entire FVECC suite, as well as for individual modules, is as follows:

VECCS members are eligible for a 20% discount on all FVECC offerings. For additional information, log in at veccs.org and click the member discounts icon from the membership dashboard.

Global Pricing

As part of our mission to unite and empower veterinary emergency and critical care professionals globally, ACVECC+VECCS Joint Educational Initiatives offers discounted pricing to veterinarians in lower income countries. If you would like to be considered for a JEI Global Pricing discount, please complete our Global Pricing Discount Request Form.

Please note that JEI Global Pricing is available only to individual learners. Schools and organizations may be eligible for discounted pricing via a Bulk Order Agreement.

Yes! Any order for 5 or more seats is automatically eligible for a 10% standard bulk discount. Bulk orders can be placed at any time using our Bulk Order Form.

Additional discounts are available for institutions that anticipate needing 15 or more seats in a given year via a Bulk Order Agreement. If you are interested in a Bulk Order Agreement, please contact the JEI Program Manager at [email protected]

As one of the ACVECC+VECCS Joint Educational Initiatives, the FVECC certificate program is supported and produced by two renowned organizations in ECC veterinary medicine. FVECC draws from the ACVECC+VECCS Competency Framework for Emergency Veterinarians and was designed to reflect the needs and realities of today’s ECC veterinary professionals. ACVECC and VECCS are committed to and have demonstrated success in continually advancing ECC veterinary medicine by offering only the highest quality products.

Ready to learn more? Visit learning.acvecc.org to enroll today!