AT THE VETERINARY FRONT DESK: CLIENT SATISFACTION
| VHMA Approved for CVPM's |
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This course is applicable for 5 CE credits toward the continuing education requirement for the Certified Veterinary Practice Manager program offered by the Veterinary Hospital Managers Association (VHMA).
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| Course Focus, Content, and Learning Objectives |
At The Veterinary Front Desk: Client Satisfaction is designed to help all veterinary team members understand how client satisfaction can enhance job satisfaction, prevent burnout, and help promote better communication with both clients and fellow team members.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- discuss the basics of providing high quality client service
- explain why cooperation between team members and clients can lead to team satisfaction as well as client satisfaction
- develop problem solving skills
- outline the importance of client feedback and explain how it plays an essential role in client satisfaction
- convey how the appropriate attitude over the phone can affect client relations
- give examples of good listening skills and explain why they are critical components of positive communication
Completion requirements:
Instructor Graded Interactive Critical Thinking and Case Study Assignments: Designed to help the participant apply the newly learned skills and knowledge via implementation focused and patient based scenarios
Examination Must be submitted with a score of 80% or better, multiple attempts
Course Survey
A certificate of completion is provided.
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| How Does the Enrollment Process Work? |
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This course is designed to be as schedule friendly as possible as we understand it can be hard to fit interactive CE into an already busy life. Open enrollment allows students to enroll in this course at any time.
Once the course payment transaction has been submitted, we will receive a notification of enrollment. In addition, the student will be sent a couple of "heads up" emails. The payment receipt will be sent to the email address
designated
in the payment page of the shopping cart, by the person who paid.
There is a post-payment manual process we must complete in order to add the new student to the course.
Completing enrollments as quickly as
possible is a priority but it can take a full 24 hours, especially on weekends and holidays. Once fully enrolled. the student will be sent a course welcome email containing important information, including how to access and log into the course.
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| Activity Requirements |
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Students are not expected to be online in the course at any specific times as there are no real time lectures.
In order to remain active in the course, a student must post assignments on a regular basis. Module or final exams, reading or viewing training materials, or just logging into the course, does not meet this requirement. Assignments are course activities that require submission to the instructor for review, grading (pass/fail) and feedback. As long as the participant continues to make regular progress, course access time is not set to a specific deadline.
If 30 days elapses without submitted assignment activity, the student will be removed from the course and graded out as incomplete, as the lack of activity will indicate the student wishes to drop the course.
But What If Something Comes Up?:
There are times that students will have situations that interfere with their ability to work the course on a regular basis. In that case an email to VetMedTeam, as soon as such a situation arises, will allow us to work with the student to adjust the time frame. It all comes down to communication.
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| Technology Requirements |
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Reading content within the course is provided via PDF therefore the ability to download files and open PDFs is required.
It is recommended that participants utilize a program such as MS Word to create, and save, their assignment submission to their computer. Then the information can be pasted into the assignment submission area.
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| Participant Feedback |
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When asked what aspects of the course liked best some responses were:
...I liked the assignments and the case study. it asked you question and then gave really good feed back to help you improve.
...I liked The seven practical steps to client problem solving!!
...the course booklet provided some new ideas/perspectives I had not considered and will be a useful reference.
...All of it was great. It was almost a refresher class for me.
...The burnout section was beneficial to me as we deal with a lot of issues being taken personally.
...I liked that I could take the course at my time, and do the assignments when it was convenient for my schedule.
...stress relieving methods for professional burnout were very useful.
...strategies to take things professionally and not personally.
...This had great real world applications
...the fact that it covers multiple topics for the front staff and the discussions on burnout were most beneficial to me.
...Understanding frustration in the work place
...It really made you think about situations at work
...the critical thinking exercises allowed me to apply lessons to past experiences
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| Course Instructor |
 Erin Macdonald, CVT, BAS, CVPM, CVBL
Erin Macdonald was the Hospital Administrator and managed a busy five doctor practice in St. Petersburg, FL for twenty one years. in 2020, she built, opened, and grew a brand new practice in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. She recently left both practices to pursue veterinary consulting. She has worked in the veterinary field since 1999, her first position as a receptionist.
In 2006, she received an Associate in Arts Degree in General Studies and an Associate's in Science Degree in Veterinary Technology from St. Petersburg College. That year, she became a Certified Veterinary Technician. After receiving a Certificate in Hospital Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Technology Management, she achieved the designation of Certified Veterinary Practice Manager in 2009. In 2022, she completed and passed the exam to become a Certified Veterinary Business Leader. She is level two and Elite Fear Free Certified.
Erin is a member of both the Florida Veterinary Technician Association and the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America. Erin lives in Palm Harbor, Florida with her fiance and their three sons, Kingston, Isaac, and Jordan. They also share their home with their dog, Gemma and cat, Roxanne.
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| Pricing |
Price: $69.00 USD
Practices may enroll individual team members. To learn how to assign a specific team member to a course, please visit the Assigning Students page.
Please use this link to view the Withdrawal Policy for this course.
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