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b'Happy belated Veterinary Assistant Appreciation Week! February 14-18, 2022 was celebrated by the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York City - and we missed it! This week we take time to not only appreciate our beloved veterinary assistants, but also discuss some of the challenges and opportunities we see in the future of this essential role in veterinary medicine.\\n\\nHosts Dr. Ernie Ward and Beckie Mossor, RVT share their love and respect for these often unsung heroes of veterinary medicine. The pair discuss some of the prior (unnecessary) drama between celebrating National Veterinary Technician Week and other recognitions for veterinary team members. Dr. Ward emphasizes that, \\u201cCelebrating one group doesn\\u2019t take anything away from another.\\u201d\\n\\nBeckie posits on whether or not vet assistants are over- or underutilized in clinics and why \\u201cVeterinary State Boards need to get ahead of this issue because private entities already are there.\\u201d Both hosts offer setting boundaries and credentialing for veterinary assistants.\\n\\nBeckie stresses the National Veterinary Technician Association\\u2019s Approved Veterinary Assistant Program (link in notes) and offers her opinions on some of the rapidly developing private programs. \\n\\nViewfinders, this is another important topic that transcends an \\u201cappreciation week.\\u201d Share your thoughts and opinions with us!\\n\\nViewfinders, if you\\u2019d like to see Beckie and Ernie \\u201clive\\u201d on the internet to take your questions, drop us a line at VeterinaryViewfinder@gmail.com!\\n\\nThe Approved Veterinary Assistant program created by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America: https://www.navta.net/veterinary-assistants-program/'