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Member benefit alert!

Early Career Professionals' free MentorVet Opportunity:

As a member benefit of DCVMA, we are excited to offer early career veterinarians the opportunity to participate in the MentorVet Leap program at no charge for the Spring of 2025 with the help of Chewy Health! 

About MentorVet Leap

This five-month virtual mentorship and professional development program aims to promote well-being in the transition to practice by providing a combination of training in professional skills, financial and mental health coaching, and mentorship.

  • MentorVet Leap has 5 self-paced online learning modules in professional skills and monthly 1-hour small peer group Zoom meetings with 5-10 other early-career veterinarians.

  • Get ongoing individual support, if needed, with one of our highly qualified and trained mentors.

  • Get access to mental health and financial coaching.

  • The program begins February 21, 2025, and is completed July 31st, 2025. 

  • MentorVet has been approved for 10 hours of continuing education credits in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. The MentorVet program is also approved in the state of New York.

  • To learn more about MentorVet, visit www.mentorvet.net

  • For frequently asked questions visit the about page at www.mentorvet.net/about 

Scholarship Qualifications

  • Participants must be veterinarians who graduated in the last five years.

  • Participants must be able to dedicate 3-4 hours per month for 5 months

  • Current members of DCVMA

Please follow the link to apply: 

https://www.mentorvet.net/chewyhealth-leapscholarship

and email us with any questions you have!

Thank you, Chewy Health, for sponsoring this opportunity!

Meeting Schedule

We have quarterly meetings open to all members. Please see below for the 2025 meeting dates:

March 13 / 6pm ET

June 12 / 6pm ET

September 11 / 6pm ET

December 11 / 6pm ET
AVMA President speaking at our Dec. 2023 meeting

AVMA President speaking with our members at our hybrid meeting in Dec. 2023

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Why Join the DCVMA?

  • Community

    Join one of the most diverse communities of veterinary professionals!  Our members are practitioners, work for the federal government, within industry, and are from all over the world!

    • CE offerings through the DC Academy

    • Community involvement

    • Stay up to date on relevant legislation affecting you and your team

    • Learn about the work of other vets in the DC area

  • Advocacy

    • As a small, close-knit team, we advocate for local veterinary needs.

    • As an AVMA House of Delegates voting member, we have a voice in the future of our profession.

    • With members engaged in federal government, we stay alert to opportunities & challenges.

Resources for Veterinarians

Washington DC Requirements

Moving to DC for a clinical job? Check out what you need to complete to practice in the District.

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AVMA policies

Whether you're interested in the best management practices, food safety, proper use of antimicrobials, or anything else animal-related the AVMA is your best source of info for all things vet med.

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AAHA Guidelines

Looking for up-to-date guidelines on delivering the best medicine to your patients? AAHA's got you covered.

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DC Continuing Education Requirements

DC veterinarians need 36 credit hours for the renewal cycle — this includes 2 credit hours of LGBTQ courses and 3.6 (4) hours of public health related courses. The remaining hours are allocated for veterinary medicine courses. Please see below for a list of possible LGBTQ and public health courses.

*These courses are NOT endorsed by the DCVMA, just simply intended to be a helpful resource to get you started.

*This list is not comprehensive and there are other CE opportunities available.

You can see a list of approved public health categories for CE credit linked here.

*When registering for the course, some of these courses do not have veterinarian as a listed profession. We have been told by the licensing board for veterinarians to select a different profession, such as nurse/nurse assistant or any other general/relevant option in order to generate a certificate. If you have questions, please contact the veterinary licensing board. 

LGBTQ Courses

Public Health Courses

DC Veterinary Regulations