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About Us
Advancing And Promoting Veterinary Professional Associates, Bridging the
Gap for Animal Health.
- The Coalition for the Veterinary Professional Associates (CVPA) announces the advancement of the Veterinary Professional Associate (VPA) position. The driving force for this new VPA role is "Access to Care." This will be an accredited and licensed new role that will directly address the call related to the existing national veterinary provider shortage in support of rural and companion animal needs (farmers, pet owners, shelters, and other stakeholders) with access to care.
- The CVPA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit association with over 34 expert veterinary professionals representing a wide variety of stakeholders in their respective fields nationwide. The active CVPA committees include Standards, Certification, and Accreditation; Governance and Legislative; Veterinary Industry Liaison; and Marketing, Communications, and Public Relations. With solid support from universities, rural settings, shelters, and companion animal environments, this coalition has come together to lobby for and support the creation of these new veterinary professional providers.
- A credentialed veterinary technician can further progress their career with a master's degree in veterinary clinical care and graduate to a veterinary professional associate with the pending national examination and accreditation processes being developed in the United States.
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- The VPA will support veterinarians by providing veterinary medical care across specialties and additional defined clinical settings. The VPA will be trained to work in locations such as companion animal hospitals, urgent care, shelter medicine, large animal practice, ambulatory and food animal care along with other animal healthcare domains.
- WHO WE ARE
- The Coalition for the Veterinary Professional Associates (CVPA) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization born from the need to expand the roles of veterinary professionals to better serve our animal companions and all stakeholders. With solid support from universities, rural settings, shelters, and companion animal environments, this group has come together to lobby for and support the creation of these new Veterinary Professional Associates.
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