Built for shelter medicine — high case volume, low CE budget, real impact.
For shelter veterinarians, public-health vets, and forensic veterinary specialists. Outbreak-response case-conferencing rooms. Forensic exam workflows for cruelty cases. HQHVSN technique library. Cross-shelter case contribution earning CE credit. A foundation-funded free access tier for verified 501(c)(3) shelter staff.
Apply for Shelter Access TierWhat you get as a shelter or public-health vet
Six capabilities built for the workflows shelter medicine actually runs.
When parvo breaks out, page a specialist in 30 minutes
A red-banner "Active Outbreak — 14 dogs exposed, 3 symptomatic" CTA pages an on-call shelter-medicine specialist into a Live Studio room. Templated outbreak workup form pre-filled from intake records: cohort census, vaccine history audit, environmental layout, isolation capacity. ASV-Guidelines-aligned protocols pre-loaded. Get a real specialist on a real outbreak inside 30 minutes, not three days of email.
Court-admissible cruelty-case workups with chain-of-custody
Cruelty-case medical exams need court-ready documentation: chain-of-custody log, photo grid with ABFO reference ruler, body-condition scoring with reference imagery, radiograph annotation, standardized weight/measurement capture, final report formatted for prosecutor handoff. ASV/IVFSA-aligned templates. The completed exam issues as a W3C verifiable credential proving you authored it, on this date, unaltered.
High-volume spay/neuter video with rubric-scored attempts
Frame-by-frame video of pedicle ligation, scrotal vs prescrotal castrate, feral cat flank approach, pediatric protocols. Upload your own attempt; get rubric-scored on hand position, hemostasis, time-to-pedicle, closure. Benchmark time-per-procedure against Spay/Neuter Veterinary Manual standards.
Contribute your anonymized cases back — earn CE credit
You have 8,000 intakes a year. That's a goldmine of teaching cases for the broader profession. Contribute anonymized intakes back to the case library through the curator pipeline. The platform helps auto-anonymize via the case anonymization helper, you review and approve, and you earn CE credit + sponsoring-institution recognition for your contribution.
A foster texts you at 9 PM about a kitten with bloody stool
You don't need a $200 paid office-hours session — you need quick triage advice. The community-vet network is a queueable "ask the network" thread routed to off-duty shelter vets willing to weigh in. Threaded, archived, searchable. Distinct from the paid tutor marketplace; intended for shelter-medicine peer support.
VMAT, NVRT, county EM activations as first-class credits
Disaster-response activations are credentialed events with documented CE value but rarely tracked in CE systems. urVetEdu tracks VMAT (Veterinary Medical Assistance Team), NVRT (National Veterinary Response Team), county and state emergency-management activations as first-class credit types. Activations issue as W3C verifiable credentials.
The Shelter Medicine Access Tier — free for verified shelters
$1K CE budgets and $200 specialist consults don't mix. We treat shelter medicine as public-health infrastructure, not a consumer product.
Shelter Medicine Access Tier — free
All core shelter-medicine courses, the case library, course-aware Q&A, compliance tracking, and W3C credentials at no cost for vets verified at any 501(c)(3) shelter or municipal animal services agency. Verification via tax-ID or municipal employment letter.
Sponsor-funded office hours pool
Maddie's Fund, ASPCA, PetSmart Charities, and Banfield Foundation sponsor blocks of specialist consult hours. Verified shelter staff draw from the pool. Sponsors get attribution on the booking screen; you get the consult.
Grant-aware CE budget tracking
Plug in your county budget ($1K), ASV travel scholarship ($500), state VMA bursary ($200). Catalog filtering hides courses you can't afford. Highlight free + sponsored content.
Cruelty-case forensic consults — free
Forensic veterinary medicine consults for active cruelty investigations are free, treated as public-health infrastructure. ASV-aligned forensic specialists rotate through the consult pool.
Tech and assistant tier free at shelters too
Shelter LVTs and assistants ride the same access tier. Triage training, infection-control modules, fear-free handling, low-stress restraint — all included at no cost for shelter-tech staff.
Verification via 501(c)(3) tax-ID or municipal employment letter. Re-verification annually.
Frequently asked questions
Real questions from real shelter veterinarians.
How do I get the free access tier?
Submit your shelter's 501(c)(3) tax ID or a municipal employment letter via /contact?subject=urvetedu-shelter-access. Once verified, your account flips to the Shelter Medicine Access tier; all core shelter-medicine content unlocks. Verification typically takes 2-3 business days. Re-verification annually.
Is shelter medicine recognized as a specialty here?
Yes. ABVP Shelter Medicine has been a recognized veterinary specialty since 2014. The pathway tracker supports ABVP Shelter Medicine certification prep as a first-class specialization pathway. ASV (Association of Shelter Veterinarians) Guidelines are integrated as reference content in the case library.
What about forensic veterinary medicine?
Forensic veterinary medicine is treated as a distinct sub-specialty. IVFSA (International Veterinary Forensic Sciences Association) certification prep is supported. Forensic exam templated workflows produce court-admissible documentation. CE credit issued for completed cases.
Can I contribute my shelter's cases to the case library?
Yes — and we want you to. Through the curator pipeline, you ingest anonymized intakes (medical events, exam findings, surgical outcomes) and the platform helps auto-anonymize. You review and approve before publication. You earn CE credit + sponsoring-institution recognition for your contributions.
What about state-board CE for shelter vets?
Shelter medicine CE counts toward your state-board renewal exactly the same as any other RACE-approved CE. Your compliance card tracks shelter-medicine hours alongside ethics, pharmacology, and species-specific CE. Disaster-response activations (VMAT, NVRT) count as CE in most jurisdictions.
How does the outbreak-response feature actually work?
When you flag an active outbreak on your shelter dashboard, a red banner shows on your compliance card with a "Page Specialist" CTA. Clicking it sends an alert to an on-call rotation of board-certified shelter-medicine specialists (currently a small volunteer pool funded by foundation sponsors). The first to respond joins a Live Studio room with you within 30 minutes; the templated outbreak workup form is pre-filled.
Shelter medicine handles the highest case volume and the least money.
The platform should reflect that. Apply for the Shelter Medicine Access tier with your 501(c)(3) verification — most applications are approved within 2-3 business days.
Apply for Shelter Access