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TECH130-0206: Professional Development and Effective Utilization of Veterinary Technicians
Presented by NAVTA (National Association for Veterinary Technicians in America)
INSTRUCTORS:
Amy Butzier, BS, MEd, CVT & Kim Karolides, BS, CVT
DATES:
February 15 - March 31, 2006
Real Time Sessions: Tuesday evenings February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 21; 9pm - 10:30pm ET (USA)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Are you a Professional? How you look, act, talk and perform at work may play a vital role in how your employer effectively utilizes your skills and talents. For many veterinary technicians who love their job, the daily challenge becomes how to be utilized to the fullest. The purpose this course is to provide you with the necessary tools in order to work with your employer to demonstrate how effective use of your skills will positively affect the bottom line of the practice/clinic.
This course will consist of five (5) ninety minute real time sessions; library materials supplementing the required and recommended text; multiple choice quizzes (after each real time session) designed to enhance course effectiveness and material retention; a cumulative final online; and interactive message board discussions.
This course is designed for all veterinary technicians and veterinary technician students wishing to have a better overall understanding of how they can advance their careers, promote themselves and benefit their practice and themselves by effective utilization.
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
Week #1- Professionalism
In this section we will discuss the elements of success and what constitutes a professional. Learn how to compare costs vs. service in order to make yourself more marketable. Class will participate in confidence building exercises and analysis of personal image.
Week #2- Ethics and the Veterinary Technician
Learn about the three classifications of ethics Societal, Personal and Professional. Students will be able to explain how ethical issues in all three of the classification areas affect their work in practice as well as dictate how veterinary medicine is practiced. Emphasis will be made on the Veterinary Technician's Code of Ethics recognized by NAVTA. Exercises in this section will help teach the veterinary technician how to make responsible ethical decisions within the profession.
Week #3- The Veterinary Health Care Team
Veterinary technicians will be shown the differences between the various employment positions available in veterinary practice. Each person will gain knowledge of responsibilities, duties and skills necessary to perform each. Teamwork and team building exercised will help the student strengthen coworker, peer relationships. Emphasis will be made on veterinary technician specialties and professional development beyond the average technician.
Week #4- Evaluating your practice
In this module we will be using the NAVTA Utilization Workbook. NAVTA gathered the data that you will see in the utilization workbook through a survey of NAVTA members (graduate or credentialed veterinary technicians) living in the United States and working in small or mixed animal practice. The questionnaire was designed to collect information about the distribution of tasks commonly performed in the veterinary hospital. All tasks on the questionnaire were appropriate for veterinary technicians to perform.
Week #5- Effective Utilization
In this final module we will take a look at the results from the evaluation each person performed on their individual practice in the previous week. Now that we have determined how much money the practice is spending and also how much the technician is or is not being utilized we will create and establish a plan. Discussion in this lesson will include comparison of each practice with others within the course. How does each differ? How are they similar? What are the common problems we are facing and how do we address them?
Textbook:
Required: NAVTA Technician Utilization Workbook (may be downloaded free of charge from www.navta.net)
Recommended Text: TRUE PROFESSIONALISM : The Courage to Care About Your People, Your Clients, and Your Career by David H. Maister. This book can be purchased through Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684834669/102-5772570-4196924?v=glance
LIBRARY MATERIALS:
Library materials will be made available prior to the topic week so participants will have plenty of time to prepare for the real time sessions and discussion. Due to the amount of material to be covered, it is highly recommended the student comes to class having reviewed the handouts for that week, reviewed the previous week's homework and study guide, utilized the message boards for the course, and is prepared to interact during the real time session.
MESSAGE BOARD DISCUSSIONS:
Message board discussions regarding the topic presented will begin on the day the course opens and continue for one week following the last real time session. These discussions will be held in the VSPN CE course area.
CE HOURS: 7.5
TUITION:
Registration: $131 ($ 118 early bird special if registered before February 1, 2006).
Students currently enrolled in and taking at least 2 classes or 5 units at an AVMA accredited or CAAHT approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status)
*VT students: You must include the following information in the comments section of the CE enrollment form in order to be eligible for this discount: your program directors name and contact information (email/phone) and school name.
**NAVTA Member discount information: If you are a NAVTA member, you are eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular registration price. You must include your NAVTA membership number when you enroll which will be verified with the NAVTA office (Enter it into the comments box on the payment page of the enrollment form as "NAVTA Membership # XXXX).
** NOTE: Registration will be closed when the maximum number of participants is reached or at 5pm ET the day of the first real time session.
** Minimal computer requirements for participating in VSPN and VPSNCE: http://www.vspn.org/CE/MinReqs.htm
** For More Information on VSPN's upcoming CE Courses, check out http://www.VSPN.org/CE
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