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Caffeinators, buckle your seatbelts for this one.  We saw in a NAVTA newsletter a few months back a blurb about the formation of the Malaysian Association of Veterinary Nurses and Assistants, or MAVN…

Caffeinators, you know we love talking about veterinary technician education. We've looked at it from many different angles, and today there's another one. Jenn DeForge is a CVT in Massachusetts and …

Welcome back to another Vet Tech Taproom.  We wrap up our Mental Health Month series and discuss the tragic events at Shively Animal Hospital in Kentucky.  Grab yourself a beverage and listen in!

Welcome back to #mentalhealthawarenessmonth Caffeinators! We're back for our second episode looking at bullying in veterinary medicine. You may remember way back to 2020 when we had Emily Ione-Kinney…

Welcome to #mentalhealthawarenessmonth, Caffeinators. If you've been following along for any amount of time, you know this is a special month for us. We dedicate all of our May episodes each year to …

Caffeinators, let's get weird. Let's talk money. We all want it. We all need it. What do we do with it? We can all attest to the fact that this is low-earning profession. That makes many of us work a…

Caffeinators, if your morning cup of coffee doesn't open your eyes, this episode surely will! Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT, recently came by the Vet Tech Cafe and knocked our socks off. We covered so much g…

Caffeinators, it's not often we have a guest that is not a credentialed veterinary technician. But when those opportunities present themselves, we make sure it's a discussion we think you'll benefit …

Caffeinators, hello from Arizona! Well, we're actually back home now, but we recorded this during our "business trip" to Arizona this past week. We recap some of the fun stuff we did, some of the rea…

Caffeinators, have we got a discussion for you! You may remember when we interviewed Dr. Andy Roark, his suggestion for a future guest was Melissa Entrekin, and she was gracious enough to join us at …

Caffeinators, did you hear who won NAVTA's 2022 Veterinary Technician of the Year Award? If not, look no further! It's Rochellie Cortés-Martínez, MBA, LVTg from Puerto Rico and she recently came by t…

In this latest episode of the Vet Tech Taproom, we discuss the prospect of retirement.  How many of us have even thought about retiring?  How do we stay relevant and useful in this field as we get ol…

Caffeinators, as you well know, we love to talk to credentialed technicians that are out there blazing their own path. For this episode, we had the pleasure of talking with Brian Goleman, RVT, owner …

Welcome to the Taproom Caffeinators!  This episode we discuss the personal affect that CPR has on us as technicians, the recent news from the AVMA regarding the mid level practitioners and the Vet An…

Happy New Year, Caffeinators! We hope you had a great holiday season and a safe New Year! We are starting off 2023 with an awesome episode. We've said before some of our favorite episodes are those t…

Caffeinators, you love her memes. You love her podcasts. You love her books. You love that she calls you a unicorn. You love Amy Newfield, and so do we! This woman has a direct line to our funny bone…

Caffeinators, you've heard of telemedicine. Have you heard of telementorship? Recently, Becky Giacomini, CVT, VTS(ECC) came by the Vet Tech Cafe to talk about her consulting firm she started called V…