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CVMA Online Seminars are convenient interactive presentations offering CEUs held in real-time. This learning platform allows you to participate from anywhere with internet access—from your practice, your home, or anywhere you have an internet connection. Attending is as easy as a few mouse clicks. You will only need internet access and either computer audio, a headset, or a telephone.
This webinar is open to veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary hospital staff, and veterinary students only.
With rising costs of veterinary care and pet owners facing diminishing discretionary income, the need to offer veterinary care over a spectrum of financial abilities becomes critical. How can we continue as veterinarians and veterinary technicians to deliver quality care to clients with financial constraints? This talk focuses on some practical ways to navigate those constraints, especially in emergency or urgent care situations, where time is not on your side—or the side of the pet.
Attendees will learn strategies for balancing financial considerations for the client and the veterinary practice. They will also learn how to prioritize medical decisions that both optimize patient care and leave the veterinary team with a sense that they still offered good, timely medical care.
This course qualifies for 1.5 CEUs.
Dr. Julie Smith graduated from UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) and became a board-certified surgeon, working for a practice that later became SAGE Veterinary Centers. Here, Dr. Smith served as managing partner and medical director, then as chief strategy officer, until her retirement in 2022. She previously served on the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Veterinary Economic Strategy Committee and currently serves as the treasurer for the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. In 2020, Dr. Smith founded Sage Compassion for Animals, a non-profit providing funding for pet families facing a medical crisis. In 2024, she was appointed to serve on the UC Davis SVM Dean’s Leadership Council, and in 2025 she received the UC Davis SVM Alumni Achievement Award for her work as a surgeon, educator, managing partner, advocate, and philanthropist.
May 7, 2026
12:30 PM–2:00 PM (PST)
| CVMA Members | Non-Members |
|---|---|
| Veterinarians: $60 RVT/Veterinary Staff: $40 Veterinarian/RVT Students: $25 | Veterinarians: $120 RVT/Veterinary Staff: $80 Veterinarian/RVT Student: $35 |
Registration for this event closes on May 4.
CVMA members receive discounted registration for continuing education. If you are not a member, join now to take advantage of this and many other member benefits.
This course qualifies for interactive learning CE.
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