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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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.…
Veterinary Technologist and Technician would be the best career choice for me because it would bring me personal satisfaction, financial stability, and opportunites for help others.…
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 91% of vet techs work in the veterinary services industry at: Private clinics, laboratories, animal hospitals, boarding kennels, animal shelters, rescue leagues, and zoos. Vet techs are also found in non-traditional settings such as livestock facilities, wildlife control services, research laboratories, and in the military. The schedules of vet techs vary across settings. Those in 24-hour facilities often work evenings, weekends and holidays. In private clinics, techs are more likely to have regular business hours, though they will need to come in some evenings and weekends to feed and care for patients.…
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.…
If you’re working in a health/care setting, communicating effectively is important. You have to make sure that the service user understands you so that they feel that they’re included. But as a professional, you cannot avoid that so you have to find a way to overcome it. There are different forms of barriers in communication and we are going to go through it…
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.…