Academy of Veterinary
Surgical Technicians
MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of the Academy of Veterinary Surgical Technicians (AVST) is to increase the competence of those who perform specialty duties in the field of veterinary surgery. The academy will strive to ensure that the veterinary surgical technician possess superior knowledge and skill in the care and management of surgical cases, surgical instruments, and the surgical suite. AVST will offer candidates advanced continuing education opportunities and will establish educational and professional experience prerequisites to earn recognition as a VTS (Surgery).
***The academy will not confer/bestow to any candidate, or member of AVST any form of credit, degree, or diploma.
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Academy of Veterinary Surgical Technicians Organizing Committee (L to R): Susan Holland, Tanya Niles, Danielle Browning, Heidi Reuss-Lamky, Kim Schmidt, and Teri Raffel.
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This page was last updated: May 14, 2012
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2013 AVST APPLICATION
The Academy of Veterinary Surgical Technician’s Organizing Committee wishes to express much gratitude to John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, for their recent generous donation of the following high-quality Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) publications:
- Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control, edited by Linda Caveney and Barbara Jones, with Kimberly Ellis. 2012.
- BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Surgical Principles – A Foundation Manual,edited by Stephen Baines, Vicky Lipscomb, and Tim Hutchinson. 2012.
Please visit the Wiley website at www.wiley.com for other exceptional veterinary titles!
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