Our Partnership Model 

Penn Foster works with vet practices and animal hospitals of all sizes to achieve their workforce development and team training goals. With scalable, online skills training and a dedicated faculty of veterinary professionals, your team members will be well supported throughout their educational journey.

As a partner to Penn Foster, your practice can also receive access to a variety of services to ensure your employee training program is a success. These partner benefits include:

Veterinary Technician

Associate Degree

In this AVMA-CVTEA accredited Veterinary Technician Associate Degree program, learners will gain the skills they need as a Vet Tech in your practice and prepare to sit for the Veterinary Technician National Exam (VTNE). Our engaging course content is enriched with interactive elements such as animations, simulations, and webinars, empowering learners to effectively apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios. 

In this program, your team members will learn critical skills including: 

• Animal healthcare, animal anatomy and physiology, veterinary practice management, veterinary pharmacology, and more
• How to care for large and small animals, small and large animal medicine, animal nutrition, laboratory animal medicine, and more.
• How to be a part of a working veterinary team and apply knowledge and skills in a mixed-animal practice.

Veterinary Practice Management

Undergraduate Certificate

Designed with job readiness in mind, the Veterinary Practice Management Undergraduate Certificate program covers foundational and advanced topics in leadership, business, and human resources to prepare workers to become effective managers in small and large veterinary practices. Through flexible, online training, your workers will develop the necessary management and business skills to be effective practice managers for your veterinary clinic.

In this program:

• Learners can earn credits to fulfill the education requirements needed to sit for the Certified Veterinary Practice Manager (CVPM) exam, offered by the Veterinary Hospital Managers Association (VHMA)
• Learners will cover important topics including Principles of Management, Basic Accounting, Human Resources Management, and more
  

Veterinary Technology

Bachelor's Degree

Grow your practice and upskill your veterinary technicians with Penn Foster's Veterinary Technology Bachelor's Degree. Through this online completion degree, you can offer a clear career path for valued veterinary technicians while improving retention and patient quality of care. Learners will cover in-depth courses in advanced veterinary nursing and veterinary technology specialties, providing further value to your practice. This program is: 

• Fully AVMA-CVTEA accredited online completion program
• Geared toward employees who've completed an AVMA-approved associate degree; the completion degree in veterinary technology prepares workers to take the next steps in their veterinary career
• Enhanced with wraparound learner support and access to expert instructors and coaches, ensuring your employees successfully progress

Veterinary Assistant 

Career Diploma

Penn Foster’s online Veterinary Assistant Career Diploma is modeled around NAVTA standards, ensuring that your employees are prepared to effectively take on the role of a veterinary assistant in your practice. Through courses covering handling and restraint, animal nursing, and a required hands-on externship, your learners will build the foundational knowledge necessary to be an asset to your veterinary practice or hospital. 

• One of only three online programs approved by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians of America (NAVTA). 
• Prepares learners to become effective veterinary assistants and to sit for the Approved Veterinary Assistant examination offered through NAVTA. 
• Learners apply what they learn to real-world situations in a required 160-hour externship. 
  

Veterinary Team Telehealth

Certificate

Penn Foster’s online Veterinary Team Telehealth training program equips veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants with the skills needed to provide telehealth services. This cutting-edge training will allow your practice to effectively offer additional, more flexible services for your clients and increase the volume of patients they will be able to help.

• RACE-approved program offers up to 81 hours of CE credit (in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval).
• Interactive course content is designed to help employees retain and apply their new knowledge to real-world situations.
• Includes wraparound learner support and access to instructors and coaches, ensuring your workers successfully progress through the training and excel on-the-job.