Breaking down the barriers to veterinary nursing as a sustainable career

Sponsored by VEG

This episode of The Vet Blast Podcast welcomes David Bessler, VMD, and Ken Yagi, MS, RVT, VTS (ECC), (SAIM), from Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG). The pair shed light on the innovative approach VEG has taken to improve veterinary emergency medicine. Bessler, a seasoned emergency veterinarian, discusses his journey in realizing that emergency care needed a holistic transformation. Yagi, Chief Veterinary Nursing Officer at VEG, brings his decades of experience in veterinary nursing to the discussion, emphasizing the importance of reimagining the veterinary nursing profession.

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Ken Yagi, MS, RVT, VTS (ECC), (SAIM): "Having an organized training process with a competency framework... somebody scheduled purely to train is a huge investment that companies actually need to make."