...veterinarians do not just help animals, they sometimes help humans as well? What got me interested in wanting to become a veterinarian is the way they treat and care for all of the animals that come into their facilities. Not only did the treatment and care interest me, but the part that played a big role was the training process that builds up to becoming a veterinarian. One would think that vets only help animals, but they do not. Not only do veterinarians tend to animals health but they sometimes contribute to helping human beings as well. A great amount of vets work with scientists and physicians to research how to treat and prevent the various health problems that humans have occur in their lifetime. For example, veterinarians...
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...VETERINARIAN Veterinarian Job Description: Veterinarians or doctors of veterinary medicine diagnose, and treat diseases and injuries of pets, such as dogs and cats, and farm animals, such as cattle or sheep: The veterinarian examines the animal to determine nature of disease or injury and treats the animal surgically or medically. A veterinarian tests dairy herds, horses, sheep, and other animals for diseases and inoculates animals against rabies, brucellosis, and other disorders. They advise animal owners about sanitary measures, feeding, and general care to promote health of animals. Other aspects of the Veterinarian job description are research, teaching, or production of commercial products. Some Veterinarian's specialize in prevention and control of communicable animal diseases and can be designated Veterinarian, Public Health (medical service). Some Veterinarian's specialize in diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases, using roentgen rays and radioactive substances, and may be designated as a Veterinary Radiologist (medical service). Working Conditions Veterinarians in private or clinical practice often work long hours in a noisy indoor environment. Sometimes they have to deal with emotional or demanding pet owners. When working with animals that are frightened or in pain, veterinarians risk being bitten, kicked, or scratched. Veterinarians in large-animal practice spend time driving between their office and farms or ranches. They work outdoors in all kinds...
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...Veterinarian There aren’t very many veterinarians around that want to work with big animals these days, like horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs. Last year 65.5% of all veterinary positions people choose companion and exclusive, that includes dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and ferrets. Last year only 1.8% choose food animal exclusive. This includes pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas. My family has two different vets that take care of our animals. One is a companion and exclusive vet the other is a companion and food animal exclusive. I thought it was amazing that my vet could work with both big and small animals. The general jobs of a Veterinarian are to Examine animals to diagnose their health problems, treat and dress wounds, perform surgery on animals, test for and vaccinate against diseases, operate medical equipment, such as x-ray machines, advise animal owners about general care, medical conditions, and treatments, prescribe medication, and Euthanize animals. Veterinarians treat the injuries and illnesses of pets and other animals with a variety of medical equipment, including surgical tools and x-ray and ultrasound machines. They provide treatment for animals that is like the services a...
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...Tracking Efforts 1. Database 2. Professional Application Services a. Dental Medicine: ADEA AADSAS is available to all students applying to participating dental schools that participate in the application service. ADEA AADSAS simplifies the application process by providing one standardized form, relieving students of the need to complete multiple applications. Dental schools benefit by receiving uniform information on all applicants. ADEA AADSAS serves only as an information clearinghouse and does not influence the dental schools appraisal or selection of applicants. Each dental school has the right to request supplemental information from applicants. (https://portal.aadsasweb.org/) b. Optometry: OptomCAS allows optometry applicants to use a single web-based application and one set of materials to apply to multiple schools and colleges of optometry. Applicants who apply through OptomCAS submit a completed web-based application comprised of biographical data, colleges and universities attended, academic course history, letters of recommendation, work experience, extracurricular activities, honors, and a personal essay. It is the applicant’s responsibility to read and follow specific instructions for OptomCAS and the schools and colleges of optometry. (http://www.optomcas.org/) c. Osteopathic Medicine: AACOMAS simplifies the process of applying to osteopathic medical school. Complete one application and send it with other information to our centralized...
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...2013 U.S. Veterinary Workforce Study: Modeling Capacity Utilization Final Report For: American Veterinary Medical Association April 16, 2013 Proposal for PhRMA Economic Burden of PD Study Acknowledgement The study team received guidance and subject matter expertise from a Workforce Advisory Group (WAG). While WAG members provided insights and guidance to the study team, the views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of specific WAG members or the institutions that they represent. Workforce Advisory Group Members Link Welborn, DVM, DABVP (Chair). President, Tampa Bay Veterinary Medical Group, Tampa, FL Jane Brunt, DVM. Executive Director, CATalyst Council, Inc., Annapolis, MD. Margaret Coffey, DVM, MBA. Director, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA David Gersholowitz, MBA. Chief Operating Officer, BluePearl Veterinary Partners, New York, NY. Eleanor Green, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP. Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medical & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Jeffrey Klausner, DVM, DACVIM. Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Banfield Pet Hospital, Portland, OR Roger Saltman, DVM, MBA. Group Director, Cattle-Equine Technical Services, Zoetis, Cazenovia, NY Carin Smith, DVM. President, Smith Veterinary Consulting, Inc., Peshastin, WA Scott Spaulding, DVM. President , Badger Veterinary Hospital. Janesville, WI. Michael Thomas, DVM. President, Noah’s Animal Hospitals...
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...diagnose and treat diseases and injuries of animals and treat them surgically or medically. They advise animal owners about sanitary measures, feeding, and general care to promote health of animals. This career requires four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job. Extensive skills, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Veterinarians should have a likeliness for animals and the ability to get along with their owners. Science is incorporated in this career because Veterinarians can contribute to human as well as animal health, a number of veterinarians work with physicians and scientists as they research ways to prevent and treat various human health problems. Technology is also incorporated in this career. Technology helps veterinary doctors because Animals needs the benefit of laser surgery, ultrasounds, and MRIs. Operations that once required weeks of recovery now take just days. The challenges that a veterinarian might encounter in this career is that when working with animals that are frightened or in pain, veterinarians risked being bitten, kicked, or scratched. Vets also face the risk of infections caused by viruses and bacteria in animals, such as swine flu and avian flu. To prevent this risks, It is recommended that veterinarians are vaccinated against rabies just in case, or normally you will have at least one other person, a vet technician...
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...Laura Szopa December 7, 2013 PEST Analysis | Factor | Opportunity | Threat | Political | There are more drugs that are becoming controlled which means they need to be regulated and tracked. Higher standards of care are being created so now veterinary technicians must go through an accredited program in order to take the national exam. | Drugs companies will be able to increase the price for these drugs, such as Tramadol. | The more regulated some drugs are the harder it can get them. The demand will increase and so will the price. | Economic | The cost of living continues to rise. Jobs are being created but for some not fast enough. More technicians are becoming licensed. More owners are turning to health insurance plans for their pets to help off set the costs of annuals exams as well as emergency situations. | TruePet has created a wellness program to spread the cost of vaccines throughout the year which guarantees a certain amount of money to the clinic. This will hopefully mean more animals are staying up to date on vaccines, especially Rabies. | People are less likely to do procedures that are elective. Licensed veterinary technicians will expect to be paid more which will cost the clinic more. | Socio-Cultural | Owner are becoming more concerned with what their pets are eating. Some owners are turning to raw diets. Some owners feel that the veterinarians are just in it for the money. | Many pet food brands are coming up with “natural”...
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...future. This paper will reflect my role as a leader of the University of Missouri-College of Veterinary Medicine. I will create a vision statement, supporting values statement, and a communication plan to deliver to the stakeholders; providing brief summaries of each key along the way. Creating a Compelling Vision A Review of the Organization The University of Missouri-College of Veterinary Medicine is located in Columbia, MO. We are the only College of Veterinary Medicine in Missouri; established in 1844. We offer a DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) program for students interested in pursuing a career in the veterinary field. The program starts with students spending two years in classroom and lab work, then two years of full-time clinical training. The college offers educational services and operates the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The teaching hospital serves several functions for the school. It provides services for small animals, equine and food animal for Columbia resident pet owners and farmers in the surrounding areas. The teaching hospital is also a good resource for our students to receive the hands on experience needed for future job placement. Our Core Values Our core values are teaching, healing, discovery and service. Our mission is “to promote and protect the health and welfare of animals and people” (University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013). One way we have shown our values and mission is...
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...college syllabus COURSE DETAIL Course Name: Orientation to Veterinary Technology Course Number: VET101 Prerequisites: None Credit Value: 1 Faculty Contact: Dr. James Hurrell Delivery Method: Distance Education COURSE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES Study Units: Starting Your Program Introduction to Animal Care METHODS OF INSTRUCTION Study units METHODS OF ASSESSMENT Lesson exams COURSE DESCRIPTION Overview of veterinary medicine and veterinary technology; roles of the various members of the veterinary health care team; professional ethics and legal aspects of veterinary practice; aspects of distance education in veterinary technology and strategies for success. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS LS5493(1501) Grading Criteria Lesson exams (2) 100% You can submit exams online at the school’s website by selecting the “Take an Exam” option. The exams you submit will be graded on the following scale: LESSON GRADE (100%) LETTER EQUIVALENT RATING QUALITY POINT AVERAGE 90–100 A Excellent 4.0 80–89 B Good 3.0 70–79 C Average 2.0 Below 70 F Failing 0.0 An overall lesson average of 70% or higher is required to pass your course. You are given two opportunities to take each exam. Refer to the Academic Policies section of the College Catalog for specific information on exam results. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Please refer to your student handbook regarding Academic Integrity. Since you’re...
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...In the future, a career that animal lovers would wish to be, is a Veterinary Technologists or as commonly said a Vet. A Veterinary Technologist performs tests to figure out if an animal is injured or sick in a laboratory location for use in the healing and diagnosis of diseases in animals. Veterinary Technologists care for and monitor the condition of animals recovering from surgery. Vets can also restrain or keep control of animals during exams or procedures. Vets would like to observe the behavior and the condition of animals and monitor the symptoms that they come across. A Veterinary Technologist is pretty much in Health Science. The Holland Types are Realistic,Social, and Conventional. All the education that is required, are a bachelor’s...
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...Career fields today are hard to choose from. One may want to be a doctor while another will want to be a Veterinary Technician. As a Veterinary Technician one will take a person’s animal into their own hands. The animal could be sick, and the Technician will have to nurse it back to health. Without this profession people would have no way of diagnosing their animals and potentially saving their lives. Even the vaccinations potentially save one’s life. When going into the Veterinary Technician profession, it is important to know about the education, daily work, rewards, drawbacks, and the issues of spaying or neutering an animal. In order to become a Veterinary Technician there is some education required. During the college years of a major...
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...Two years at a university, and two years at a veterinary school. I think that will be hard finding money to pay for it, but some things can help such as an internship which is also required anyways for most positions as veterinarians. Veterinarians are known to make what is considered “good money”. “The median annual wage for veterinarians was $87,590 in May 2014.” (“Vet” BLS) Job Outlook “Employment of veterinarians is projected to grow 9 percent from 2014 to 2024, faster than the average for all occupations.” (“Vet” BLS) The growth rate of employment of veterinarians are very good, so job openings that are available by the time I'm ready to apply for a job will be a good amount. Daily Demands “The goal of a veterinarian is to care for the health of animals and work to improve public health...
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...company that specializes in animal care or the veterinary department. Vet Tech has multiple clinics across Texas and treats a variety of animals such as dogs, cats, birds, and many others. It is important that Vet Tech stays organized with multiple computer programs and software for both sanctity of the customers and their pets, and for maximum efficiency. Below is a list of the programs and software that Vet Tech uses to remain orderly and also discusses why we chose that particular program or software. Items used in Field Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office Medical Software Labeling Software Microsoft...
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... Ever since I was a little girl I had dreams of becoming a veterinarian. I love animals and was 100% sure that what I wanted to do in life was help them. When I was a child I would pretend that I was a veterinarian and I would make my dog Blue be my patient. I would pretend that my room was a doctor's office and my bed was the table a veterinarian had. I would use my toy stethoscope and "listen" to his lungs and heart. I wrote notes on little papers and pretended to order different tests for him. Every time we had to take Blue to the veterinarians I would always ask my parents several questions of what they were doing to him and why. I wanted to know anything and everything about veterinarians that I could. One day I asked them, "Why does Blue need shots?" and my mom replied "so he doesn't get sick or get any infections." When I got a little older I started using the computer to search for information about what veterinarians did. All of this stuff made me excited to become one someday. Once I got into middle school and high school I had to do a few different projects on what I wanted to do when I graduated high school. I was still sure that being a veterinarian was the thing I was going to love doing. But my sophomore year in high school that idea changed. My sister is an EMT and her fiancé is a paramedic, listening to these two tell stories of different things they had done I realized I no longer wanted to be a veterinarian. I knew I wanted to do something in the medical field...
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...The final project for this class is by far the most interesting, challenging, frustrating, enjoyable, final I have ever experienced while attending college. I chose to do my project on Great Danes. Specifically, my Great Dane-Max. A short history of myself-I am originally from New Jersey. I am prior service Navy, and have lived on my own since the age of seventeen, and in Norfolk since 2007. My dog, Max, is my first dog of my own. He has been more than a pet for me, he has become my family. Moreover, no one in my family lives outside of New Jersey and New York, so it has always been just Max and I. In 2011, on the day after St. Patrick's day, Max suffered bloat. Bloat is a condition, where the stomach of the animal is twisted or flipped over. This causes circulation loss and the gases inside the stomach cannot escape. There are few symptoms to look-out for such as enlarged abdomen, heavy breathing, excessive salivating, and a lethargic demeanor. Bloat is a condition where time is working against the animal, and it could be only and hour or two before the animal dies. On the morning of that day in 2011, I went outside for a cigarette. My friend's dogs Bandit and Boozer (Pit-bull mix and Husky) were walking about the yard. Max was laid on his side in the middle of the yard. I knew something was wrong-and I was correct-Max had bloated. Many tears were shed during the process of surgery, and many dollars were spent as well ($3,900). What this proved was that, I consider Max a part...
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