Join the blendVET Achiever Program: Vet Tech Challenge!

Are you ready to take the 10-week Learning Challenge?

Wanted 30 applicants for our Spring 2025 cohort! Join a movement of veterinary technicians rising to the challenge to earn DEIB Certified Achiever status, enhance your skills, and make an impact in your profession—all for free thanks to our sponsor, Zoetis! Hurry and enroll now!

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What's the blendVET Achiever Program?

This cohort of the blendVET Achiever Program is a 10-week challenge specifically for veterinary technicians who are ready to push boundaries, embrace growth, and champion Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in veterinary medicine.

This isn’t just another course—it’s a life-changing DEIB learning commitment designed to test your dedication, inspire your learning, and reward your achievement within the profession.

Are you up for the blendVET Achiever Program: Vet Tech Challenge?

Engage in 3 live facilitated learning sessions to deepen your understanding of DEIB through interactive sessions
Enroll in 8 self-paced modules and earn 8 hours of RACE-approved on-demand CE.
Participate in weekly application activities, challenges, and reflective exercises.
Submit a 500-word essay concluding the program demonstrating your DEIB knowledge base.

Why Take the Challenge?

Commit to Growth

Advance the veterinary profession and future-proof your career with the DEIB skills you need to succeed.

Invest in Cultural Competency

Learn strategies to develop a DEIB culture and critical communication skills to excel in diverse teams and client interactions for better patient outcomes.

Make an Impact

Empower your team, inspire change, and drive success in your practice and within your community.

Exclusive Community Access

Network with veterinary professionals who share your passion for making a difference.

Digital Achiever Badge

Celebrate your accomplishment by showcasing your achievement online with blendVET’s DEIB Certified Achiever badge.

Earn 8 hrs of RACE-Approved CE

to advance your profession.

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What are the 8 Program Modules?

Breaking Down Barriers & Building Common Ground: The Culture of Communication

Learn what it means to be a true ally, the fundamentals of communication through communication scenarios, and how to implement practical DEIB principles within the veterinary setting.

Building Cultural Humility and Communication Skills with the LatinX Community 

Understand the barriers to adequate veterinary care in the LatinX community and how veterinary professionals can improve veterinary care for LatinX communities.

The Bottom Line is Color Blind: The Case for Diversity in Veterinary Leadership 

Learn the status of under-represented minority leadership within other top professions in the US and the importance of diverse leadership and representation within vet med.

Defining the “E” in DEI: Equity Essentials

Learn the basic concepts relevant to systems of power, including DEI; focusing on those concepts related to equity.

Inclusivity for All: Fair & Impartial Equality for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing 

Gain insight into the lived experiences of an individual who is deaf/hard-of-hearing and provide ways to create an inclusive environment for this community in practice and outreach.

The Missing Link: Wellness & Oppression

Learn how to critically analyze how discrimination, trauma, and oppression impact the well-being of veterinary professionals belonging to equity-seeking groups and how to identify ways those directly affected by discrimination can promote their well-being.

Allyship in the Veterinary Workforce: Understanding the LGBTQIA Experience 

Learn a general overview of the status of LGBTQ+ individuals in the U.S., how to explain some discriminatory practices involving LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace, and how to provide practical ways to improve allyship.

Active Allyship: The Celebration of Differences & Allyship

Learn the essential elements of allyship including self-education, leveraging privilege and power, reaffirming that allyship centers on the oppressed, and the power of committing fully.

Will you rise to the challenge?

Space is limited to 30 participants, so don’t wait—join now and transform your career!

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