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MerialEDU is a series of courses designed to help empower the veterinary healthcare team by providing quality, RACE approved, continuing education in a variety of topics.
The Fleas from A to Z course is free to all VetMedTeamers. It is provided through the generous support of Merial, one of the forward thinking companies that believe the education of staff members is vital to delivering quality medical care to all patients.
VetMedTeam has selected this topic because we think it should be available at no cost to our members. We hope that you will take advantage of this free course. We think that you will find online education through VetMedTeam.com to be fun and informative.
This course would not be available without the support of the course underwriter, Merial. We encourage all VetMedTeamers to let this company know that their support is appreciated. Courses will be added to the Merial EDU section of our catalog as they become available, so check back from time to time.
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After completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Name the most common flea species found on dogs and cats in North America.
- Explain the flea life cycle, giving characteristics of each stage.
- Explain the pupal window effect and its relationship to flea control.
- Identify the factors that attract fleas to their hosts.
- Describe flea behaviors that encourage host-finding success.
- Explain environmental and ecological factors that influence flea numbers.
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- Chapter One - Flea Biology
- Overview
- Flea Basics
- Common Flea Species
- Flea Life Cycle
- Flea Ecology
- Diagnosing Flea Infestation
- Chapter Two - Carriers of Parasites and Disease
- Overview
- Tapeworms
- Bubonic Plague
- Murine Typhus
- Anemia
- FAD and Miliary Dermatitis
- Chapter Three - Common Methods of Control
- Overview
- Flea Control Products
- Flea Control Programs
- Intergrated Pest Management
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| No additional materials required - all course content is online. |
... The course was an easy way to review flea biology, public health aspects of flea control, and flea control. I loved the fact it could be done on line.
... The information was well presented and very up to date and complete.
... In our location, a forest area in a remote part of NW Venezuela, we have a heavy infestation of fleas in the season. We are a monkey rescue shelter and we are sensitive about the possibility of our monkeys being infected by the flea vector. Your course was practical and gave us tools with which to approach our problem. We already use Frontline.
.... I like that I can go at my own pace also as a receptionist I need to be able to talk about fleas and I learned a large amount of new information from this class.
... I feel that this will help me with clients at the veterinary clinic in explaining how to control the flea population.
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VetMedTeam courses are asynchronous - they do not contain real time components. Students log into the course at times convenient to personal schedules.
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- Students must complete all 3 course examinations with a grade of 80% or better.
- Students are required to complete the course survey
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| This course is appropriate for all members of the veterinary practice team. The average student spends 3 to 5 hours to complete all the mandatory requirements. |
| 5 RACE credits for veterinarians and technicians |
| Chery Kendrick, DVM, MPVM (zoonotics), ASCP,MLT |
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Dr. Chery F. Kendrick is the president and owner of Kendrick Technical Services, LLC, providing regulatory consulting and materials development for the veterinary practice. She earned her DVM at the University of California-Davis and also graduated from the California State University-Sacramento.
Her experience in the veterinary laboratory – clinical setting and research environment – and her knowledge as an epidemiologist, specialty zoonotic diseases and her years of experience as a medical technologist, combined with her years in a mixed animal practice, come through in her understanding of the various realms of veterinary services. She is dedicated to simplifying life for the busy practitioner, and that is reflected throughout her manuals as well as through her various training programs, newsletters and articles.
Dr. Kendrick speaks and teaches at conferences, seminars and veterinary association meetings. Her specialty in zoonotic diseases has made her a sought-after speaker and consultant. Her nationwide on-site regulatory consulting services include the development and setup of OSHA Safety programs and DEA, EPA, FDA and FTC program compliance in the clinic, as well as employee training and update services. Dr. Kendrick writes the only monthly regulatory newsletter specifically for the veterinary practice written by a veterinarian: OSHA Tidings.
Dr. Kendrick joined VetMedTeam as a course writer and instructor in 2007 in order to provide online training for the veterinary community.
She is the past president and co-founder/owner of Medical/Legal Information Services (MLIS) in California and trained judges and lawyers on regulatory issues, clinical laboratory medicine, DNA as evidence, epidemiology and veterinary medicine. She is an active member of American Association of Clinical Laboratory Research Professionals and a CHE partner (Collaborative on Health and the Environment).
Dr. Kendrick remains actively involved in regulatory issues at the federal and state levels, maintaining an active presence as a voice and advocate for the profession. Dr. Kendrick has testified on Capitol Hill before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as well as the California state legislative bodies. She has served as an expert witness for U.S. House and Senate on the following issues:
* Regulatory control in the medical, dental and veterinary industries
* Animal Control: humane facilities, shelter medicine and compassion fatigue
* Livestock housing and farming methods: factory farming, bioterrorism and the epidemiology of zoonotic transfer
* Emerging infectious diseases: including H1N1 (swine flu) and H5N1 (bird flu).
The Kendrick Technical Services team includes a legal staff (which includes former Department of Justice and Trade attorneys and law school professors), an editorial staff (including former assistant managing editor of a major metropolitan newspaper) and a team of administrative professionals that keep Kendrick Technical Services relevant, up-to-date, and focused.
Dr. Kendrick strongly believes that training in regulatory compliance does not need to be hard or boring and encourages each student to find fun in the learning process.
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This course provides open enrollment. Students may enroll at any time and are instantly added to the course and sent the course welcome email. After reading the information provided in the welcome email, students may begin the course.
Upon submission of the final completion requirement the student will automatically be marked as completed and the course completion email will be sent out. The student will have immediate access to the certificate. |
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* Course meets the requirements for indicated hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval; however, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. (AAVSB means American Association of Veterinary State Boards)
++ This course has been submitted (but not yet approved) for the indicated hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval; however, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Contact CE@VetMedTeam.com for further information.
More information regarding RACE may be found at www.aavsb.org. In addition you can obtain the contact information for your state to determine if they accept RACE online credits. Online courses are a great way to help meet continuing education goals!
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