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JAVMA supplement celebrates National Veterinary Technician Week

"Just as nursing research has transformed human medicine, scholarship led by veterinary technicians can transform veterinary practice."

It’s a historic first for JAVMA: a special supplement dedicated entirely to articles inspired and written by credentialed veterinary technicians (CrVTs) or CrVT-led teams. Read more from JAVMA about why they decided to create this special issue.

Are you interested in writing for publication? Find more opportunities and resources from JAVTA, the Journal of the Association of Vet Tech Educators. 

Full text access to the JAVMA October 2025 special supplement:

Editorial 

• Elevating the voice of credentialed veterinary technicians in scientific discourse
  Harold Davis, Erik Fausak, and Adesola Odunayo

Articles 

• Observation of surgical site disinfection with chlorhexidine reveals a failure to meet minimum contact time requirements in almost 30% of cases
  Chris S. Burrows and Eduardo Uquillas
• Operator experience and easily identifiable veins predict first-time intravenous catheterization success rates in dogs in an emergency room
  Leaundra Singleton, Lucy Sumners, Britny Chunn, Amyia Jupiter, Prathima Garudadri, Chika Okafor, and Adesola Odunayo
• Understanding veterinary technician burnout, part 1: burnout profiles reveal high workload and lack of support are among major workplace contributors to burnout
  Angela J. Chapman, Vanessa I. Rohlf, and Pauleen C. Bennett
• Understanding veterinary technician burnout, part 2: addressing veterinary technician burnout requires tailored organizational well-being initiatives
  Angela J. Chapman, Vanessa I. Rohlf, Ariella Y. Moser, and Pauleen C. Bennett
• A scoping review measuring occupational exposure for personnel conducting whole-body scans in small animal veterinary practice and human medical practice using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography
  Lisa Carstens, Erik Fausak, and Mathieu Spriet
• The heroes within: utilizing the gut microbiome, microbiome therapeutics, and fecal microbiota transplant in managing companion animal health and disease
  Becky Smith
• Characteristics of effective clinical educators in veterinary medicine: a narrative review and the case for research in distributed education models
  Asha Yeoman
• From clicks to clinics: how credentialed veterinary technicians are changing veterinary medicine on social media
  Tasha McNerney, Stephen Niño Cital, and Darci Palmer
• Underuse of hands-free radiology in small animal veterinary medicine increases radiation exposure risks for the veterinary professional
  Tammy Y. McCarty
• Veterinary technicians play a vital role in the use of high-flow nasal oxygen therapy
  Susanne DeCook
• Are there benefits to using a team-based approach to developing balanced anesthesia drug protocols in veterinary practice? Part 1
  Stephen Niño Cital, Darci Palmer, and Tasha McNerney
• Are there benefits to using a team-based approach to developing balanced anesthesia drug protocols in veterinary practice? Part 2
  Darci Palmer, Stephen Niño Cital, and Tasha McNerney
• Enhancing post–cardiac arrest care for dogs and cats: a veterinary technician’s guide to the RECOVER Initiative
  Colleen Johnson