_____ The Remy Kennel club is responsible for granting or denying any request for a RKC Sanctioned event with or without cause…
Phone Triage: The Veterinary Assistant and Veterinary Technician are the ones who normally answered the phones during my shift. Immediately after the client explained their chief complaint, they asked for a name and phone number in case the call was disconnected. Then proceeded to ask questions about the chief complaint. They never discounted the clients concerns.…
I met with Jane who works as a hair stylist in a small chain of hairdressers. Jane was dressed smartly and professionally in her company uniform with name badge as is required of all employees. Jane greeted her first customer of the day politely. She checked her customer against the appointment diary and confirmed the service the customer had come for. When Jane confirmed with her customer that the appointment was for a cut and colour she noticed her customers expression. Jane asked her customer if she still wanted a cut and colour reassuring her customer…
As a kennel technician, I was responsible with taking care of animals staying in the clinic ranging to small and large animals. This included bathing and grooming animals, feeding and watering the animals, and giving any necessary medications. At my clinic, the kennel technicians also helped assist the veterinarians and technicians during procedures and exams. These responsibilities included helping restrain animals, give vaccinations, run blood panels, and run fecal examinations. Also when we were shorthanded I was a receptionist. This mostly included answer phone calls, checking in and out clients, and help answer any of the clients’ questions.…
Jan Yorke works at Georgian College in Ontario, Canada. Cindy Adams works for Ontario Veterinary College and University of Guelph. Nick Coady is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. In this article, they examine the effects that equine therapy has on recovery from a traumatic experience. In order to answer this question, they selected six individuals who had previous experience with horses.…
Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 lists the treatments and operations that may be carried out by people who are not veterinary surgeons. It was amended in 1991 to allow veterinary nurses to carry out medical treatment, including minor surgery that does not involve entering a body cavity, so long as the nurse is directed by a vet. It is left to the vet to decide what constitutes treatment or minor surgery and if the nurse is capable of performing the procedure. Common surgical procedures are: Elective (performed on a healthy animal, including spaying and castrating);…
Veterinary technician (Vet Tech) play a vital role in the veterinary clinic. They provide routine care like examinations, vaccinations, nutritional counseling, dental care, and exercise. They also assist the vet with common procedures like spaying and neutering. Just like the veterinarian, they are there in emergency situations like surgery, injures, and x-rays. Vet tech is one of the first people one will see upon entering a veterinary clinic.…
Animal Medical Center cares for injured or ill animals. Christina Lang a veterinarian technician works under the supervision of a licensed Veterinarian during surgical procedures. Veterinarian technicians’ responsibilities include assisting the doctor in surgery, preparing exam rooms, providing after care, trimming nails, removing stitches, grooming and providing clients with pertinent wellness information. Animal Medical Center provides routine wellness check-ups and surgery for wounded or ill patients. Severely…
The Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine defines a veterinary technician as a health care worker who is skilled in technical aspects of veterinary medicine and works as a professional assistant to a veterinarian or to any of various types of researchers and scientists. This definition seems to give a very simplistic view of what a veterinary technician is. The mission of a veterinary technician is to perform the technical tasked that need to be done during animals care there for making it easier for the veterinarian to concentrate on the animals health.…
Being professional is more than just being nice to wait staff, but the wait staff example is a solid allegory for the topic.…
If there is a miscommunication at any step of the process a customer may leave, a pet’s life could be lost as well as the job. While most of the parts of communication at a vet clinic are, self-explanatory some are less obvious and if a technician can prepare himself/herself for most situations then they have a higher chance of staying at their job. After interviewing several vet clinics there were clear patterns of how the clinics are run making it easy to know what would be expected a vet tech in any vet clinic. All of it revolved around communications between the client, coworkers and…
Working in the Veterinary field, it is extremely important to be a good listener and have excellent people skills. You have to be passionate and understand your clients. Some of the key points I will be talking about are how to become a good listener, having good communication skills, and dealing with difficult clients. Having technicians and assistants that can communicate well with clients and help them better understand questions, concerns, and instruction is crucial in having a successful clinic.…
As a freshman in college veterinarian school seems like a daunting and almost impossible task. Many upperclassmen I’ve talked to have told me that to get into veterinary school you must have a 4.0. With all this being said I’ve also met colleagues who had a 4.0 and yet their application was rejected. After searching for the million dollar question of “ What I can do to increase my chances of getting accepted into a veterinarian college” I stumbled across the website avma.org. Avma stands for American Veterinary Medical Association, its mission is to be an advocate for it’s 88,000 veterinarians members and to unite and improve the veterinary profession as a whole. This website was the golden answer to all of my questions, in the article “ Veterinary School Admission 101” it contains a list of steps, tips, and insider tricks that are aimed at giving you the best chance possible of being accepted into Veterinarian School. As a small animal science major and one of the thousands of undergraduates applying to veterinarian school, I want my…
Eight years is a long time to go to school to be an equine veterinarian, but it offers a lifetime of saving horses. True one has to go to a college or university for eight plus years to become an equine veterinarian, but it all pays off in the end. It does not pay in money, but knowing that one saves a horses life, or can make their life better. This is what Charlie Scoggin was trying to say when he said “In my opinion, a salary should not be the sole means for deciding upon a job. You have to look at the big picture.” (Charlie Scoggin Resident veterinarian Rood and Riddle equine hospital). Equine veterinary medicine is not just about making money, but helping horses heal, recover, and live a better life.…
With the economic problems, there are still opportunities in the healthcare industry. Patient satisfaction is a plays a key factor of quality of care (Morris, Jahangir, & Sethi, 2013). Without patients, healthcare facilities would have no use. Patient satisfaction is based on the expectations of the patient’s attitude and care. A patient's expectations of a good service could depend on age, gender, illness, his or her attitude toward the problem and the circumstances (Prakash, n.d.). Patients expect their doctors to live up to the expectations to satisfy them. When I am being hospitalized, my personal expectations are respect, care, communication, courtesy, concern, and professionalism.…