Veterinary Technician (VETC): Assignments

Group presentation on an assigned topic. In addition to finding articles, you will use information from reliable websites, electronic journals, and books (see tabs with these headings)

Topics: 

Diversity in Veterinary Medicine

How Veterinary Medicine differs in other Countries/Cultures

Care of a Animal Species

Compassion Fatigue

Careers

Tips for finding information and articles on these topics

Cultures: use different cultures as your search term and connect it with animals

Care of species: search care and the name of the species

Diversity: search diversity and veterinary

Careers: search job title 

Compassion fatigue: search compassion fatigue and veterinary or animals

A 3-4 page article with citations and reference page.  You need 3 sources, and you cannot use a newspaper. You will use articles from magazines and journals, books, and reliable websites.

Topics:

Grief and loss of a pet

Caring for a puppy or kitten

The human-animal bond

Client education topics: educating the pet owner

Children and animals