About Vet Tech Institute of Indiana
Our Program
- Accelerated 18-month degree: The associate degree program can be completed in just 18 months, which is faster than many other programs.
- Hands-on learning: The program focuses on a skills-based approach with over 1,700 hours of in-person learning.
- On-site animal care: Students gain practical experience with on-site kennels and work with a variety of animals, including dogs, cats, exotics, and farm animals, in the first few weeks of the program.
- Comprehensive skills training: The curriculum includes training in surgery, anesthesia, radiography, dental cleaning, and diagnostic testing, preparing students for a wide range of tasks.
- AVMA accreditation: The program is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education and graduates are eligible to take the national exam.
Our Facility
What will you see in our Vet Tech program facilities?
Our AWESOME facilities are designed to promote hands-on learning of the skills you will need. You really have to visit us and see it to understand it.
Areas in our vet tech program facilities include:
- On-site kennels, housing a variety of animals including dogs and cats (and often rabbits, mice, and the occasional lizard!)
- An on-site surgical suite with a surgical preparation area.
- A radiography area with safety and imaging equipment.
- Diagnostic medical equipment found in veterinary facilities.
- Animal friendly classrooms equipped for hands-on learning.
Our on-site animals are usually vaccinated, evaluated for health issues, microchipped and spayed/neutered as we prepare them to be adopted out to their forever homes.
Vet Tech Institute also partners with large animal facilities so our students can gain experience and confidence working with large animals, like horses and cows.
Skills
What Does A Vet Tech Do?
Veterinary Technicians, or vet techs, are veterinary
nurses and much more. They can support a veterinarian like a medical team supports a human doctor. As a vet tech, these are some of the things you are trained to do:
- Give vaccines and injections
- Assess sick patients
- Run diagnostic laboratory tests
- Apply bandages and splints
- Assist in surgery
- Administer anesthesia
- Take x-rays and ultrasounds
- Clean teeth
- Dispense prescriptions
- Chart medical information
- Educate families
Candra Meng~ Admissions Representative
Me
Husband and dog
Husband and dog
I have been a member of the VTI family
since 2008, serving as an Admissions Representative. I have a passion for helping students prepare for school and fulfill their
dreams of working with animals.
Husband and dog
Husband and dog
Husband and dog
I'm married and have been with this wonderful man since 2010. I adopted my dog Mazie Jane when she came in to the Vet Tech Institute for treatment from Tales and Trails.
My children
Husband and dog
My children
So proud of both of my children. Kyle is 30 and Kayla is 24. They are very smart and compassionate.
Robin Edwards~ Admissions Representative
Me
My better half
My better half
I have been a member of the VTI family
since 2015, serving as an Admissions Representative. I have a passion for helping students prepare for school and fulfill their
dreams of working with animals.
My better half
My better half
My better half
Rob is my person. We have been together for over 20 years and its just not long enough. He is definitely my better half and my one sure sure thing here on earth.
Our dogs
My better half
Our dogs
Our pack consists of two Saint Bernard's, Brix and Bodee and a very stubborn Great Pyrenees named Banks who I adopted when she came through our program here!