| If you like to work with animals and you are good | | | | most of them. There will be many abbreviations |
| with them, then choosing this profession would | | | | that you will be using once you become a vet |
| suit you well. Being a Veterinary Technician can be | | | | tech, so you need to make sure you know its |
| very rewarding as you will be able to treat | | | | definition. |
| animals and get well paid for it. But before you | | | | 3. Get close to the action. Observe a vet tech in |
| can begin, you will need to have proof that you | | | | action, perform a surgical procedure which is |
| have the necessary skills and expertise that is | | | | better learnt on the field then from text books. |
| required. They way to do this is to sit for your | | | | Basically, you will need to know how to perform |
| Veterinary Certification exam. | | | | lab tests, surgical operations, animal care and |
| Many times students feel that the question will be | | | | other daily operations. |
| easy or they will pass with flying colors and many | | | | 4. Get your hands on the resources that you can |
| a time, they guessed wrong. Just because some | | | | and read all about it. Before taking the test, The |
| of the classes seems easy does not mean the | | | | Association of Veterinary Technician Educators |
| exam will be easy too. The best way to pass this | | | | have a list of resources that you should review |
| exam and obtain your certification is by preparing | | | | which also includes clinical textbooks, and |
| for the exam. As the saying goes "When you fail | | | | comprehensive reviews of what should have |
| to prepare, you prepare to fail". I have complied | | | | been learnt in a vet tech degree program. |
| some tips and suggestions to help you along. | | | | 5. Create a schedule to study and stick to it. Set |
| 1. Find the past years questions and practice | | | | enough time aside so that you will have adequate |
| answering them. Get familiar with answering these | | | | time to study and be thorough, you cannot |
| questions as though you were in an exam, then | | | | possibly try and cram everything in one night |
| later, grade your self by using your textbook as | | | | before the exam. It is a definite recipe of failure. |
| reference. When you get an answer wrong, find | | | | Adhere to the timings that you have decided by |
| out the right answer and jot it down. Writing | | | | dividing the hours in a day with the number of |
| things down strengthens your memory, even | | | | topics you will have to go through. |
| though you don't realize it. | | | | Since you have put in a lot of effort and time in |
| 2. Know all the abbreviations that are relevant to | | | | this course, it would only be logical to try as best |
| your field of study. Granted, that knowing all of | | | | you can during the exam. Only by putting in some |
| them might be too much, but try and memorize | | | | hard work can you hope to pass this exam. |