Veterinary Assisting Program
Veterinary Assistants: Turn your love of animals into an exciting new career
Veterinary Assistants get to turn an affinity for animals into a profession that allows them to work in all aspects of animal care. From surgical nursing to office administration and coordination, the veterinary assistant plays a vital role in animal care. Veterinary assistants also help with examinations and laboratory duties. Our Veterinary Assisting certificate program provides students with the skills needed to work in different veterinary care settings, including animal hospitals, shelters, zoos, research facilities and with mobile veterinary units. The possibilities abound. We offer a well-rounded program that includes intense hands-on training that will help you become a successful, confident veterinary assistant. Consider pursuing the Veterinary Assisting program at Carrington College. Here are some great reasons why you should:
- Our program features a broad veterinary assistant education, including clinical, lab and administrative duties.
- A valuable hands-on externship in an actual veterinary health care setting allows you to face real life situations and challenges that veterinary assistants experience daily.
- The program can be completed in as few as 8 months.
- You will become familiar with the various patient services and the office skills needed to run a successful veterinary practice.
Our Veterinary Assisting program: Here’s a career you can take a bite out of!
We want to see you have the utmost success in your career as a veterinary assistant. Our program prepares students to perform the wide range of tasks that are needed to facilitate a successful veterinary practice. Learn how to perform lab tests, prepare blood and tissue samples, take vital statistics, help with dental care and assist vets with examinations, treatments and other procedures. Our knowledgeable faculty is dedicated to providing students with the skills necessary to perform veterinary assisting tasks at an exceptional level. The broad coursework covers a range of subjects, including animal anatomy and physiology, nursing skills, animal surgical procedures, animal restraint, and basic front office skills. Often times, veterinary assistants are responsible for answering phones, scheduling appointments and utilizing a computer system.
Once students successfully complete the Carrington College Veterinary Assisting program, they will have the skills and the confidence to:
- Obtain patient information and maintain patient medical records.
- Collect laboratory specimens, and assist with diagnostic, medical and surgical procedures.
- Help with radiography and dental prophylaxes.
- Use learned skills to make animals as comfortable as possible during exams and procedures.
- Demonstrate their proficiency in critical thinking and information management .
- Maintain a high level of professionalism when dealing with patients/owners, and other veterinary care staff members.
Veterinary Assistants: Cuddle up to an exciting, new career
A career as a Veterinary Assistant is a fondness for animals and their well-being. If working in the veterinary profession sounds like a dream to you, don’t waste any time. Contact a Carrington College Admission Representative right away. Explore your career options and get started on the track to becoming a successful, thriving veterinary assistant.
The Carrington College Veterinary Assisting program is available at the following campus locations – Mesa, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, Tucson, AZ and Portland, OR. Program availability varies by location, and culminates in a Certificate of Achievement in Veterinary Assisting.
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