AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP Vice President and Preconference Seminar chair Dr. Callie Willingham to discuss the many opportunities for advanced learning in seminars at the upcoming AABP conference, Sept. 12-14, in Columbus, Ohio (preconference are Sept. 8-11, others are during conference). Seminars are small group meetings led by an expert faculty and are approved for 8 hours per day of additional continuing education credits.  

We discuss how seminars that we have taken have advanced our practice skill set, provided opportunities for new or expanded services for clients, created billable hours, and allowed networking with colleagues and faculty with similar professional interests. This year there are eight seminars offered prior to the conference at the headquarters hotel, three seminars offered off-site with wet lab instructional opportunities, and three seminars during the conference. Each seminar is limited to 30 attendees which offers low attendee-to-faculty ratio for interactive learning.  

Students are welcome to attend the seminars, as well as sign up for the Student Lameness seminar to learn proper hoof trimming and surgical techniques from members of the AABP Lameness Committee.  

Seminars that have an inadequate number of registrations by August 1 are subject to cancellation. We encourage you to register for the conference and a seminar prior to that date. If you are registered for a seminar that cancels, your registration fee can be applied to an alternative seminar or is 100% refundable. Seminars are an AABP member benefit and therefore limited to AABP members who are registered for the conference. If you are taking a seminar that occurs prior to the conference and not attending the conference itself, there is a reduced seminar-only registration fee. 

Find information about the seminars offered this year at this link. When you go to that link, you can click on the seminar title to view the faculty list, seminar fee and a detailed agenda of topics that will be discussed. Register for the AABP conference on this page.