Total Quarter Credits: 108
† This course satisfies General Education requirements
Courses are delivered in an online format, except “**” indicates course is fully on-ground.
Length of Program: Twenty (20) months, consisting of eight (8) ten-week quarters.
The Veterinary Technician program is offered in a Hybrid instructional delivery format, with didactic instruction and simulated labs occurring 100% online. Online instruction is primarily asynchronous, with assignments and homework accessible 24 hours a day/seven days per week through the Learning Management System (LMS). Students will need to reserve approximately 25-30 hours per week for online educational activities and study. Students will need to identify and secure a clinical externship site where their clinical skills will be performed under guidance from a mentor. Student identified and chosen clinical sites and mentors must be approved by the Veterinary Technician program staff at YTI Career institute.
In terms 1-4, students will work through didactic course material, with guidance from the instructors, 100% online. During the fifth term of the program, students will complete a clinical externship experience at a veterinary hospital of their choosing. Under the supervision of their mentor, students will perform the various level one skills required for graduation. Terms 6-7 are again performed online. Students complete a second clinical externship experience at their chose externship site in Term 8, to perform, under the supervision of their mentor, the level two skills needed for graduation. Students will average 30 hours per week at their clinical sites. Students must purchase a stethoscope and scrubs which meet their clinical site’s requirements prior to beginning their clinical externships.
Veterinary technicians and professionals are considered to be a small subset of the population that is at an increased risk of being exposed to rabies. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, veterinary technicians are labeled to be in risk category 3 and it is recommended that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) vaccinations be given in a series prior to coming into contact with the rabies virus. YTI Career Institute highly recommends that all students get vaccinated for rabies prior to their first clinical experience.
Maximum class section size for this program is fifty (50) students for on-line lecture and ten (10) students at any externship site.
90 to 100 (3.5-4.0) - Excellent; 80 to 89 (2.75-3.45) – Good; 70 to 79 (2.0-2.7) - Satisfactory; Below 70 (0) - Failure.
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