Can You Move The Elephant Over Here?
Many people believe Veterinary Technicians are people seen in white jackets helping the local animal doctor at the local veterinary clinic or hospital. The choice for careers within the Vet tech job sector is quite varied. Choices abound and professionals are needed working with extremely large animals usually travel to farms and ranches with a [...]
What’s Needed Beyond 2010 to be a Vet Tech?
Veterinary Technicians have always helped veterinarians run efficient offices by assisting them with medical tasks. To become a Veterinary Technician, students must complete a veterinary technology program. Here is some information about education requirements for becoming Vet Technicians in 2010 and beyond.
Definition of a Vet Tech
A Veterinary Technician, also known as a Vet Technician, [...]
What Happens Once the National Exam is Passed?
Before any of the school work course of study obtained through participating in a formal veterinary technology program can be put into real world practice, graduates form recognized institutions of learning must receive their state license. The benchmark performance evaluation for granting most of the country’s individual state licenses is passing the National Veterinary Technician [...]
Quality Trained Vet Techs Still in Great Demand
Although the overall unemployment rate has continued to rise in recent months, veterinary technicians are still in great demand. But, do not confuse a trained vet tech with a simple animal care technician who usually has only the training provided on the job. Advances in both veterinary medicine technology and technique are the fuel firing [...]
Five Tips for Taking Better Notes as a Vet Tech Student
It is without a doubt that one of the most necessary skills a vet tech student needs to develop is note taking. Notes are not only necessary as useful review material when studying for a test, but if part of a comprehensive learning system can become valuable resources throughout your vet tech career. Learning to [...]
Choosing a Hands-on Vet Tech Learning Experience
Anyone who enjoys working with animals – any kind of animals, large or small, should carefully examine a Veterinary Technician program making sure it has its own on-site animal health clinic. This is an important aspect about receiving your education as a veterinary technician since no other form of learning can replace “doing.” Additionally, always [...]
Vet Techs Owe Existence to the Blue Yonder
Although techniques caring for animals pre-date history, organized veterinary medicine did not include a position of technician until quite recently. A person assisting a DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) normally was a family member – wife, mother and even sister – typically trained by the physician to assist him with many daily chores. As the [...]
Is Becoming a Vet Tech a Good Choice?
Veterinary technicians usually do not command the same type of respect or recognition that either a licensed practical or registered nurse does administering to human populations. However, the type of daily job activity does not differ greatly from what duties are performed by a registered nurse. In fact, in many ways a veterinary technician acts [...]
Hey, Vet Tech…Continue With Your Education
Most vet techs are required by your state governing boards to obtain continuing education units in order to renew a license. Typically this comes down to additional 16 hours of significant college course of work or approved seminar/workshop hours that qualify for CE credits. Therefore, responsible vet techs are always on the lookout for conveniently [...]
A Vet Tech by Any Other Name Is…
There exist throughout the world many careers that people have very little knowledge about that, when discussed, typically elicit reactions like, “I really didn’t know about this.” This may be quite true for people who are looking to pursue a career in veterinary medicine but aren’t quite sure what career types are available other than [...]
So, You are Going to Live with Someone New
Many incoming freshmen at vet tech college campuses are matched with roommates their first year. You have no idea what your new roommate will be like. But, upon meeting this person, you really are not quite sure what to do. However, all the school-supplied literature tells you to give it a “probationary” period before voicing [...]
Surfing Tips for Successful Vet Tech Online Searching
Back in the dark ages when your father or grandfather, even your mother or grandmother, was considering about how to select the correct college to attend, has done a lot of time and energy writing away to different school edition’s offices requesting information packets by return mail. This took a lot of research time hunting [...]
Do Not Visit During the Big Game
If you plan going to a large university or college that offers a veterinary technician program, making a campus visit is a highly recommended part of your selection plan. However, as tempting as it might be to try to squeeze in a visit during a weekend when there is a high profile football game or [...]
Create a Vet Tech School Campus Visit Checklist
Now that you have decided to visit a potential that tech school campus you going to want to make the most of your visit while they are. It is highly recommended that you create a vet tech school campus visit checklist before you arrive on campus that will give you enough time to gain a [...]
Visit a Few Vet Tech Schools
There’s more to a School than a Brochure or Website
Colleges always send out the message to come visit. You High school counselors will tell you the same thing and, in many cases, organize groups of students from one school to go together for a college visit. But, if you have not visited any campuses yet, [...]