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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8375135" data-attributes="member: 177">My wife is a veterinarian.&nbsp; Done with school, but requires Continuing Education every year.The state has not significantly changed the CE requirements to fit the current situation.&nbsp; There is plenty of online CE available, but, the state only allows a limited amount of that to count.&nbsp; For the rest, the CE must be &quot;interactive&quot; - the student must be able to ask questions or otherwise interact with the speakers.&nbsp; Normally, this isn't a problem.&nbsp; She just goes to a conference once a year to pick up her CE...The conference&nbsp; she'd normally go to is in three weeks.&nbsp; In Florida.&nbsp; And the organizers can't even bring themselves to require masks!&nbsp; While they had a virtual conference last year, not this year[sup]*[/sup].&nbsp; My wife has had to hunt down one of the few conferences that does meet the requirements, but much of the material will be busywork that doesn't relate to her pratice.&nbsp; *For reasons - in general, the contracts with conference centers and hotels put the organizers on the hook not just for conference room rentals, but often for minimum amounts of concessions and booked hotel rooms.&nbsp; There was an agreement to postpone last year, but they aren't allowed to postpone again.&nbsp; The organizers are on the hook for $100,000+.&nbsp; Veterinarians are cancelling anyway, and this may bankrupt the organization.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8375135, member: 177"] My wife is a veterinarian. Done with school, but requires Continuing Education every year. The state [I]has not significantly changed[/I] the CE requirements to fit the current situation. There is plenty of online CE available, but, the state only allows a limited amount of that to count. For the rest, the CE must be "interactive" - the student must be able to ask questions or otherwise interact with the speakers. Normally, this isn't a problem. She just goes to a conference once a year to pick up her CE... The conference she'd normally go to is in three weeks. In [I]Florida[/I]. And the organizers can't even bring themselves to require masks! While they had a virtual conference last year, not this year[sup]*[/sup]. My wife has had to hunt down one of the few conferences that does meet the requirements, but much of the material will be busywork that doesn't relate to her pratice. *For reasons - in general, the contracts with conference centers and hotels put the organizers on the hook not just for conference room rentals, but often for minimum amounts of concessions and booked hotel rooms. There was an agreement to postpone last year, but they aren't allowed to postpone again. The organizers are on the hook for $100,000+. Veterinarians are cancelling anyway, and this may bankrupt the organization. [/QUOTE]

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