Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields
Veterinary Administrative Services
Prepares you to provide administrative support services in a veterinary office or animal care facility. Covers business office operations, customer service, principles of veterinary health care operations, record-keeping, veterinary terminology, and professional standards and ethics.
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Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 5 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Veterinary Administrative Services, General
- Prepares you to provide administrative support services in a veterinary office or animal care facility. Covers business office operations, customer service, principles of veterinary health care operations, record-keeping, veterinary terminology, and professional standards and ethics.
- Veterinary Office Management/Administration
- Prepares you to manage the specialized business functions of a veterinary office. Covers business office operations, business and financial record-keeping, personnel supervision, veterinary care policy administration, conference planning, scheduling and coordination, public relations, and applicable law and regulations.
- Veterinary Reception/Receptionist
- Prepares individuals, under the supervision of office managers, veterinary technicians, or veterinarians, to provide customer service, visitor reception, and patient intake and discharge services. Covers veterinary office and animal care facility procedures, veterinary terminology, interpersonal skills, record-keeping, customer service, telephone skills, data entry, interpersonal communications skills, and applicable policies and regulations.
- Veterinary Administrative/Executive Assistant and Veterinary Secretary
- Prepares you to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing veterinarians, veterinary health care facilities and services administrators, and other veterinary professionals. Covers business and veterinary communications, veterinary terminology, principles of veterinary health care operations, public relations and interpersonal communications, software applications, record-keeping and filing systems, scheduling and meeting planning, applicable policy and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.
- Veterinary Administrative Services, Other
- Veterinary administrative services not listed above.
Also called Veterinary Office Administration
Also called Veterinary Receptionist
Also called Veterinary Secretary
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