dvm360’s May/June Flex Forecast highlights practical CE priorities
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dvm360’s Flex Forecast: May/June 2026 spotlights four on-demand continuing education programs for veterinary professionals, spanning rehabilitation, dermatology, client communication, and infectious disease. The lineup includes sessions on early osteoarthritis risk and prevention, elimination diet challenges in cats with dermatologic disease, marketing and community engagement for practices, and canine parvovirus case management, including discussion of monoclonal antibody treatment options. The package lands alongside a busy late-spring CE calendar that dvm360 says included major in-person and hybrid events such as Fetch Nashville, AggieVET, ACVIM Forum, and PacVet. (dvm360.com)
Why it matters: For veterinary teams, the offering reflects where CE demand is heading: practical, flexible education that mixes clinical updates with business and communication skills. The clinical topics also track active pressure points in practice. Osteoarthritis is increasingly framed as a disease that can begin earlier than many pet parents expect, especially in at-risk dogs, while parvovirus care is evolving as clinics weigh newer biologic tools such as canine parvovirus monoclonal antibody. The inclusion of a marketing session, backed by PetSmart Veterinary Services, also underscores how client acquisition and retention remain part of the modern care-delivery conversation. (dvm360.com)
What to watch: Expect more CE programming to blend hands-on medicine with workflow, communication, and business topics as practices look for training that supports both patient care and financial resilience. (dvm360.com)
dvm360’s Flex Forecast: May/June 2026 packages four on-demand webinars around some of small animal practice’s most persistent challenges: osteoarthritis, feline dermatology and diet trials, client communication, and canine parvovirus. The sessions are positioned as anytime-access CE, giving veterinarians and technicians a flexible alternative to the crowded spring conference circuit. (dvm360.com)
The timing matters. May and June 2026 were already dense with CE opportunities, according to dvm360’s veterinary conference calendar, which listed events including NAVC SkillShop in Orlando, Fetch Nashville, UC Davis AggieVET, ACVIM Forum in Seattle, and PacVet in Sacramento. Against that backdrop, Flex Forecast appears aimed at clinicians who want narrower, case-relevant education without travel, as well as teams trying to fit CE into an already full clinical schedule. (dvm360.com)
The May/June Flex Forecast lineup is broad but practical. Janice L. Huntingford, DVM, leads a rehabilitation-focused session on preventing osteoarthritis and identifying at-risk patients before disease is clinically obvious. Julia E. Miller, DVM, DACVD, covers feline dermatoses in selective eaters, with emphasis on diet-trial case selection and compliance. Kevin Brongers presents a client communication session on local marketing, Google optimization, storytelling, and community engagement, including how PetSmart Veterinary Services supports hospital growth through its partnership model. Tannetje Crocker, DVM, rounds out the series with a parvovirus program following a case from first phone call through diagnosis and treatment, including newer monoclonal antibody options. (dvm360.com)
That topic mix mirrors several larger trends in companion animal medicine. In osteoarthritis, the message is shifting from late-stage pain management to earlier recognition and risk reduction. Cornell’s canine OA guidance notes that osteoarthritis is not limited to senior dogs and can develop at any age, particularly in animals with obesity or orthopedic risk factors. In parvovirus, treatment conversations have also changed. Elanco said in June 2025 that the USDA expanded approval of its canine parvovirus monoclonal antibody to include passive immunity for exposed puppies, broadening how shelters and veterinarians might use the product in prevention and case-management strategies. (vet.cornell.edu)
Industry framing around the marketing webinar is also notable. PetSmart Veterinary Services describes its model as veterinarian-led hospitals operating inside PetSmart stores, with support for financing, marketing, technology, training, and maintenance. That makes the webinar more than a generic communication talk; it also reflects the ongoing push to connect clinical care with visibility, convenience, and consumer-facing brand strategy. For independent practices and partnership models alike, that’s increasingly part of the competitive landscape. (pvsownership.com)
Why it matters: For veterinary professionals, this Flex Forecast is useful less because it breaks a single piece of hard news and more because it captures where practice priorities are converging. Teams are being asked to diagnose earlier, explain more clearly, use new therapeutics appropriately, and compete more intentionally for client trust. A CE slate that puts osteoarthritis prevention next to feline diet-trial troubleshooting, parvo therapeutics, and marketing strategy suggests that clinical excellence alone isn’t the whole job anymore. (dvm360.com)
It also reinforces the growing role of on-demand education as a workflow tool. Conference travel still matters, but asynchronous CE can be easier to distribute across doctors, technicians, and managers, especially when topics touch multiple parts of the hospital. The parvo session, for example, is framed around the full clinic impact of a case, not just the medicine, which is a useful reminder that training needs increasingly cut across roles. (dvm360.com)
What to watch: Watch for future Flex Forecast installments, and similar CE products from other veterinary media and education groups, to keep leaning into cross-functional topics, especially those that combine medical decision-making with client communication, operational efficiency, and new product adoption. (dvm360.com)