Kelsey Beth Carpenter RVT, or Vet Tech Kelsey as she’s known to her adoring fans, is a registered veterinary technician, singer/songwriter, and all-around creative genius. Her humorous takes on veterinary medicine can be found across the internet, and today she joins the podcast to discuss what she has learned about veterinary medicine from her own… Read More
Vet Tech Life
The Well-Leveraged Technician – How Do Practices Actually Get There?
Ken Yagi, MS, RVT, VTS (ECC), (SAIM) joins Dr. Andy Roark to talk about how practices actually go through the process of increasing their delegation to and utilization of technicians. Cone Of Shame Veterinary Podcast · COS – 198 – The Well – Leveraged Technician – How Do Practices Actually Get There? You can also… Read More
Master’s Degrees, Mid Level Practitioners, and the Future of Veterinary Technicians
Dr. Bonnie Price, Director of Lincoln Memorial University’s Master of Veterinary Clinical Care Program, joins the podcast to discuss LMU’s new master’s program for technicians, its objectives and the pushback against the program. Dr. Price and Dr. Andy Roark also discuss the current state of technician credentialing and what the future looks like for the… Read More
Unaccredited Vet Tech Programs, Irregular Practice Acts & The Path Forward for Technicians
Ken Yagi MS, RVT, VTS joins the podcast to talk about an unaccredited veterinary technician apprenticeship in the state of Washington, the quagmire that is technician certification standardization, the term “Veterinary Nurse” and how practices can change the way they leverage their support staff. Cone Of Shame Veterinary Podcast · COS – 186 – Unaccredited… Read More
The Hard Thing About Appreciation
Showing appreciation should be simple. We’re acknowledging or recognizing someone for something good they did or that we enjoyed. What’s so hard about that? Well, it’s not really the act of showing appreciation that can be a challenge, it’s how we go about it to make sure that person really hears us. Now, you might… Read More
Why I’m Leaving The Vet Clinic
Today was a big day for me. My eighteen months of maternity leave has finally come to an end and I would have been returning to work as a registered veterinary technician at the same small animal hospital I’ve been employed with for over nine years now. But instead, I’ve chosen to take a big… Read More