Education: Frequently Asked Questions

Elevate is the ACVIM’s new online learning platform that will launch on May 22nd, 2024. All online courses that are currently available on ACVIM Online will be available on the ACVIM Elevate Learning Platform. All upcoming courses for spring 2024 and beyond will be developed and available on the Elevate platform. Any content you have purchased and not yet completed will be available to you in Elevate so you can pick up your learning where you left off. 

The Elevate Learning Platform will provide you instant access to purchased content from our easily searchable course catalog. In addition to individual CE certificates by module, you will have access to a collective CE certificate that will populate with the modules within a course you choose to complete.   

Your login experience will be the same and you will not need to create a new account. You will login to the Elevate Learning Platform through the ACVIM website with your ACVIM credentials and will be passed through to your account in the Elevate platform where you will find your courses. 

Your completed modules and transcript of learning will transition to the Elevate Learning Platform. If you are in the middle of a module (for example, you’ve completed the recorded lecture but nothing else in the module), we encourage you to attempt and pass the quiz and complete the survey in order to complete the content and earn credit for that module. If you have begun a recorded lecture and do not finish (for example, you are 30 minutes through a 55 minute recorded lecture), your progress through that recording will not transition. With that said, in Elevate you will have the ability to fast-forward to where you need to start in the recording and pick up your learning from there. 

When you login to ACVIM Online, click “Record of Learning” on the bottom left side of the page. The next page will list your in-progress and completed courses. The progress bar on the right side of the page displays your progress through each module.

You will retain access to ACVIM Online through May 20th and will be able to access the Elevate Learning Platform on May 22nd. 

Your transcript of learning from courses you’ve completed in ACVIM Online will transition and will show as complete in your Elevate account. Additionally, earned CE certificates will transition into the Elevate Learning Platform or users can pull existing records within ACVIM Online by May 20, 2024. 

You will receive an email on May 22nd announcing the launch of the Elevate Learning Platform, which will include instructions to access your account, where you will find your previously purchased content and transcript records.  

When you login to the Elevate platform for the first time, you will be prompted to walk through a brief tour of the site. The ACVIM will continue to develop and provide FAQ documents to support you in this transition. If you have additional questions, please reach out to Learning@ACVIM.org.

The ACVIM will continue to be available to you via email at Learning@ACVIM.org and by phone at 303.231.9933 throughout the transition to ensure you have the resources and support you need. Additionally, the ACVIM will send communications via a variety of channels through and following launch.

If you have any questions, contact ACVIM at Learning@ACVIM.org.

ACE courses are developed for ACVIM Diplomates and candidates, as well as ECEIM, ECVIM-CA and ECVN Diplomates and candidates only. Guests or children are not permitted to attend ACE courses. 

Meeting rooms at the Viticus Center are flexible in size to accommodate large and small groups, and include a state-of-the-art surgery suite for hands-on labs. Easy access to Las Vegas from most airports and reasonable airfares make it an attractive destination for travelers all over the nation, especially during the winter months. Protocols for hands-on labs are reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Control and Use Committee (IACUC) under regulations set forth by the United States Department of Agriculture at the Viticus Center. The ACVIM’s Animal Use Policy is strictly enforced at the facility. 

The AAVSB’s Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) program develops and applies uniform standards for veterinary medicine continuing education. The AAVSB is utilizing Racetrack® to optimize the CE tracking experience for both CE providers and the AAVSB's Member Boards.  This system allows veterinary professionals the chance to record all continuing education (CE) coursework in a single centralized database and easily communicates your CE to your credentialing agencies while also allowing those authorized agencies to retrieve your CE. We do encourage all attendees of any RACE program to create a free RACEtrack  account to track their CE here.