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Veterinary Assistants Colleges

Veterinary assistants are often the first to greet a hurt or sick animal that comes into the veterinarian's office, or to welcome an animal getting an annual exam. Veterinary assistants perform basic procedures such as first aid, restraint and handling, and may even assist the doctor with animal births or major surgeries. Training to become a veterinary assistance is either through a certificate program at a local school or entirely online. Programs take about a year, and students may then enroll in further education for a degree or seek employment as a vet assistant.

  1. California State University East Bay

    • Earn a certificate as a veterinary assistant online through the California State University East Bay. Course work includes veterinary medical technology, ethics and law in the veterinary office, the veterinary assistant as a communicator, veterinary office practices, assisting the veterinarian and grooming basics, preparing for employment, and computers in the veterinary practice. The course lasts about one year and includes textbooks. There are no requirements such as high school education or previous veterinary work experience.

      California State University East Bay
      25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, WA 804
      Hayward, CA 94542
      800-730-2784
      csueastbay.edu

    Pima Medical Institute

    • Pima Medical Institute offers a nine-month veterinary assistant program in New Mexico, California, Colorado, Arizona and Washington. Students also can complete courses online. Classes include pharmacology and principles of anesthesia, aseptic technique, surgical assisting, clinical lab procedures and pathology, comparative veterinary anatomy and physiology, CPR and first aid. There is financial aid available through loans and grants. Pima supports students by offering externships and lifetime job placement help. Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED.

      Pima Medical Institute
      2201 San Pedro NE
      Building 3, Suite 100
      Albuquerque, NM 87110
      800-477-7468
      pmi.edu

    Penn Foster Career School

    • The Penn Foster Career School provides self-paced study for a certificate in vet assisting through nine courses. These include introduction to animal care, handling and restraint, animal skeletal and muscular systems, introduction to veterinary terminology, nutrition, avian and reptile anatomy, veterinary pharmacology and wound care. Coursework is over the Internet and through instructional DVDs. Students also have access to the Penn Foster online library of research, databases, books and web links. Applicants must be at least 18 years or older and have a high school diploma or GED. The school offers military education benefits, financing and payment plans.

      Penn Foster Career School
      925 Oak St.
      Scranton, PA 18515
      800-275-4410
      pennfoster.edu

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