ACVIM Endorsed IDEXX Content
ACVIM and IDEXX have partnered to provide free educational offerings for ACVIM Residents.
This partnership with IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is aimed at providing complimentary, educational resources to ACVIM residents, providing the foundational tools to help residents become stronger practitioners. This partnership ensures access to high-quality content, evaluated and endorsed by ACVIM, that meets the standards of scientific accuracy and professional relevance for our specialists in training. Through this collaboration, both ACVIM and IDEXX are working together to shape the future of veterinary care by equipping residents with the tools and knowledge needed to provide exceptional service to patients and clients.
ACVIM endorses the following content areas:
- Endocrinology: This course includes the following lessons: The Adrenal Gland, The Endocrine Process, The Parathyroid, The Pituitary and The Thyroid.
- Feline Health Topics and Updates (Provided by ISFM): This course includes the following lessons: FIP: Diagnosis Updates and FIP: Treatment Updates.
- Renal and Urinary Physiology: This course includes the following lessons in the required learning folder: Overview and Anatomy Kidney, The Glomerulus and Glomerular Filtration, Tubular Reabsorption and Secretion, The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Erythropoietin, Acid Base and the Kidney, Mineral Homeostasis and the Kidney, Renal and Urinary Pathophysiology. In the additional key learning folder, the following are included: 2 Case-Based sessions on Urinary Renal Physiology, Renal Imaging, Renal System Pathology, Ureteral Obstructions: Interventional Management, Veterinary Interventional Endoscopy: A New Way of "looking" at things.
- Cardiovascular and Circulatory Physiology: This course includes the following lessons: Cardiac Embryology, Cardiac Cycle: Organ Focus, Cardiac Cycle: Cellular Focus, The Cardiac Pump, Hemodynamics, Cardiac Biomarkers, Cardiac Shock, and Neurohormonal Regulation. Additional Key Learning for General and Small Animal includes: Arrhythmias: Treatment Choices, Cardiac Radiology, Cardiorenal Syndrome, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, ECG Explorations: Abnormals, ECG Interpretation: Normal & Foundations, Pericardial Disease (Parts 1 and 2). Additional Key Learning for Large Animal and Equine includes: Bovine Cardiology, Equine ECG, Equine Echocardiology and Equine Murmurs and Dysrhythmias.
- Hematology and Immunology: This course includes the following lessons: Anemia: The Cells, Anemia: The Numbers, Hemolymphatics and Immunology, Hemostasis, Introduction to Cytograms, and Practical Hemostasis- Why Is This Dog Bleeding?
- Respiratory Physiology: This course includes the following lessons: Structure and Function, Ventilation, Diffusion, Blood Flow and Metabolism, Control of Ventilation, Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships, Gas Transport by the Blood, Mechanics of Breathing, Clinical Pathology of the Respiratory System and Pulmonary Radiography.
To access these complimentary resources, please follow the steps below:
- Create an account on Springboard powered by IDEXX and VetBloom by clicking here.
- Follow the prompts on the registration page, then navigate to your email inbox to activate your account.
- Once in SpringBoard, click the content tab at the top of the page. From there, click the SpringBoard folder.
- All folders are available to residents at no cost. At this time, the ACVIM endorses the Endocrine folder, Feline Health Topics & Updates (Provided by ISFM) and Renal and Urinary Physiology.
For a visual reference guide for SpringBoard registration and navigation to ACVIM endorsed content, please click here.