{"id":76209,"date":"2024-06-01T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/?p=76209"},"modified":"2024-05-24T19:08:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T23:08:50","slug":"politics-policy-technicians-0624","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/politics-policy-technicians-0624\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Not Doing Enough for Vet Techs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My chief of staff at Animal Policy Group is Samantha \u201cSam\u201d Geiling, a registered veterinary technician who led the initiative to license vet techs in Hawaii and gain the profession a seat on the state\u2019s Veterinary Medical Board. She also helped build the Hawaii Community College technician program and served on its faculty. She co-chairs the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America\u2019s Government Relations Committee, and the organization recently named her the 2023 Veterinary Technician of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>It shouldn\u2019t surprise readers that Animal Policy Group and its founder (your author) plan to wade deeply into the waters of non-DVM veterinary professionals. Sam has a lot to do with that decision, but it also is driven by my perspective that the topic of non-DVM veterinary professionals will dominate the pet health care horizon over the next few years and beyond.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Weighty Matters<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Which issues surrounding the vet tech profession deserve our respect and attention? Here\u2019s a list for starters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compensation.<\/li>\n<li>Licensure in all 50 states.<\/li>\n<li>Accreditation of veterinary technician academic programs.<\/li>\n<li>Some integrated training of technicians and veterinarians.<\/li>\n<li>The availability and willingness of veterinary practices to provide clinical training opportunities for vet tech undergraduates.<\/li>\n<li>Inconsistencies in titles and license privileges nationwide, which creates a patchwork nearly impossible to decipher. Connected to it is how or whether to credit on-the-job training when states adopt technician licensing.<\/li>\n<li>Technicians\u2019 scope of practice in veterinary practice acts and, for that matter, the respect they deserve in the clinic environment.<\/li>\n<li>The unresolved matter of a title. Should it be \u201cveterinary technician\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarynurse.com\/\">\u201cveterinary nurse\u201d<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Only a handful of state boards allow a credentialed veterinary technician to serve as a board member even though they govern the veterinary technician profession.<\/li>\n<li>Inadequate industry support for trade groups like the <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/20-questions-rauscher-0224\/\">National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America<\/a> and its state equivalents.<\/li>\n<li>What could (and should) we learn from human medicine about the governance of nurses? It\u2019s handled by independent state nursing boards (nurses), not state medical boards (doctors).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The Tide Is Turning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>That\u2019s quite a list, but I won\u2019t dive into each issue now. Instead, I\u2019ll leave you with this news flash: We must turn our considered attention to each topic over the next year, the next few years and the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>So, look for me to write about the issues in detail in <em>Today\u2019s Veterinary Business<\/em>. And I\u2019ll speak (often with Sam) about them. I promise not to complain or deride but to explore and evaluate the solutions.<\/p>\n<p>If I haven\u2019t captured your attention, no worries, I\u2019ll keep trying. But ask yourself this: With which professional do you and I spend most of our time in medical offices? Nurses, of course. It\u2019s no different in veterinary clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s use our highly trained minds and experience to figure out the answers that will work for technicians, veterinarians, veterinary schools, pet owners and, not least of all, pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From compensation to governance, multiple issues thwart the advancement of these vital team members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":76212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-june-july-2024","column-politics-and-policy","clinical_topics-government-regulations","clinical_topics-veterinary-nursing"],"acf":{"hide_sidebar":false,"hide_sidebar_ad":false,"hide_all_ads":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We\u2019re Not Doing Enough for Vet Techs | Today&#039;s Veterinary Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Which issues surrounding veterinary technicians deserve our respect and attention? 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