National Vet Tech Week is a week-long event that focuses on training animal rescue, veterinary, and animal education professionals and their students. The goal is to provide new vets with the skills they need to become successful in their field, while also raising awareness about the importance of veterinary care.
I’m looking forward to the event, and to the training that I’ll get for my animals. The event is organized by the National Association of Pet Health Plans (NAPHP), a nonprofit organization formed by volunteers to support veterinary care for pets. The events are free and open to the public with the aim of increasing public awareness of the importance of veterinary care.
NAPHP has been around for over 50 years, and the organization’s mission is to help pet owners in need. The organization currently has more than 400 chapters across the country. NAPHP chapters are free and open to the public and feature interactive training sessions for veterinarians. The organization provides information on veterinary care and gives pet owners an opportunity to attend the training sessions.
The most recent national vet tech week is October 26-28, 2012. It was held in Jacksonville, Florida. I was able to attend this week, and I wanted to share it with you. I wish I was there to see the awesome video about vet tech week, but I was just too busy.
For the most part, National Vet Tech Week runs in October, and there are a few exceptions to this rule. The National Center for Veterinary Assisted Suicide runs for a year in October, and some other organizations only run for a few days in October. National Vet Tech Week runs a few months after the annual vet tech conference, which is the one that I attended. I would love to attend another national vet tech week, but I’m just not in the state for it.
I had a dog in college and then had to move away for a year or so, so I know the feeling. In the past I’ve managed to attend one of the annual vet tech conferences, but I just can’t get myself in the mood. Plus, the whole “don’t work on the weekends because you can’t get to vet tech week” thing is always sooo tempting.
Thats what I really want to do, but I have a feeling that I will be too busy with my own work to attend either one of these two events. I mean, youve got to be working in the vet tech industry to even want to come to either one. But I am actually planning on taking a few days off after the conference ends so that I can go to the pet expo in Portland and the vet tech conference in Washington.
I have to admit that I’m not really on the cutting edge when it comes to tech. I’m not exactly a tech pro. My interest is in the field of pet tech, which is where I work part time and help support a lot of our vets. But I’m always looking for new things to learn. I attended the vet tech conference once and was a bit overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of attendees.
I have found that the only way to really feel like you are part of something is to join in. So I’ve been looking for the perfect excuse to take a few days off work. I have no idea how long I can go without getting a cold one, so I still don’t know what I’m going to do with myself.
In the past couple of months you might have found me at the beach, at a tech conference, or in the pool. I also like to read, so I read a lot. I recently found myself in the middle of a book reading marathon and ended up with a stack of books that I read while on vacation. Not only did I enjoy the time off, but I managed to write some of my favorite books of all time while on vacation. Because I read.
