Focused Course Program
Policies:
- Only current AAV members who are registered for and attending the AAV Annual Conference are eligible to earn credit.
- When an AAV member has received enough credits to meet course requirements, AAV will issue a certificate of completion. Certificates will be sent by mail by October 31 to the address on file from current year’s conference registration form.
- In most cases, attendance at more than one conference will be required to meet course requirements. However, credit turned in each year will remain on file with the Conference Office indefinitely.
- Credit may not be earned for any presentations occurring simultaneously.
- Some presentations and labs may be counted for credit in more than one category. Such courses have two categories indicated below.
- No credit will be given for AAV Annual Conference attendees reading the posters or attending a panel discussion. However, the primary author of the poster will receive 1 credit for the poster.
- One credit will be received per hour of presentation attendance. Presenters will receive two (2) credits per hour when they present.
Presenter Policies:
- Presenters receive twice the credit for the presentation/lab they teach. Only the presenting author will receive credit for the presentation. If two or more authors present (shared presentation) the material during the scheduled time, all presenters will receive double credit (both presenters must have signed an AAV speaker contract to be eligible). Repeating presentations (such as master classes) and labs during the same conference are only credited once. For example, if a presenter teaches 3 two-hour labs on surgery, he/she will receive 4 credits for the AAV Focused Course Program for Surgery – 2 hour lab x double credit for presenters = 4 credits. The presenter will receive course credit when repeating the same topic at future AAV Annual Conferences. Lab assistants are eligible for standard course credit.
- Presenters should place an asterisk next to courses where they were the presenter and are entering double credit.
Category |
Course |
Minimum Presentation Credits Required for Certificate |
Minimum Lab Credits Required for Certificate |
A |
Aviculture/Population Management/Rehabilitation |
15 |
2 |
B |
Behavior/Handling/Restraint |
20 |
4 |
C |
Wildlife Conservation Medicine |
15 |
4 |
E |
Emergency/Critical Care |
20 |
6 |
N |
Nutrition |
12 |
2 |
P |
Pathology/Diagnostics/Disease/Therapy |
24 |
6 |
S |
Surgery/Anesthesia |
20 |
10 |
Category |
Course Description |
A |
Aviculture/Population Management/Rescue/Rehabilitation - Includes those presentations/labs that primarily deal with captive groups of birds such as in an aviary, wildlife and/or rescue rehabilitation facility. Applicable presentations are those that include captive population biology, medicine, disease and management and also flock handling. |
B |
Behavior/Handling/Restraint - Includes those presentations/labs that focus on bird behavior and handling. Applicable presentations are those that include normal and abnormal behavior (including specific species biology), handling restraint and grooming. |
C |
Wildlife Conservation Medicine - Includes those presentations that involve all conservation and ecological related topics. Applicable presentations are those that include non-captive population biology, ecology, medicine, disease and management. |
E |
Emergency/Critical Care - Includes those presentations/labs that focus on managing the avian patient under emergency conditions. Applicable presentations are those that include in-house or readily available clinical pathology, acute disease management, emergency-related surgery and supportive care, anesthesia, pain management or topics that apply to avian critical care. |
N |
Nutrition - Includes those presentations/labs that focus on avian diet and dietary related topics. Applicable presentations are those that include avian diet biology, effects of food on health, disease and behavior and any other discussions pertaining to nutrients and avian medicine. |
P |
Pathology/ Diagnostics /Disease/Therapy - Includes those presentations/labs that focus on avian diseases. Applicable presentations are those that include disease diagnostics (clinical pathology, radiology, etc), organic disease (excluding most behavioral diseases), abnormal physiology and management of disease including pharmacology, analgesia, supportive therapy, etc. (excluding surgical procedures). |
S |
Surgery/Anesthesia - Includes those presentations/labs that focus on surgery and perioperative care. Applicable topics include all surgical procedures (cold excision, endoscopy, laser, radio surgery etc.), anesthesia and pain management. |
