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Veterinary Healthcare Documentation Program


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Description

The VCA Veterinary Healthcare Documentation program was designed to offer a curriculum specifically for veterinary healthcare documentation and terminology.  Courses include an introduction to healthcare documentation, the importance of the medical record, and terminology – everything from professional descriptors to each body system.

The course will cover the below topics: 

  • Veterinary Healthcare Documentation 
  • Professional Descriptors in Veterinary Medicine
  • The Law and the Medical Record
  • The Law and the Medical Record - Case Study
  • Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes
  • Imaging Terminology
  • Laboratory Terminology
  • Pharmacology Terminology
  • Body Systems - Medical Terminology

Note: RHDSs, CHDSs, CHDPs, CHDP-As, CHDP-Ss may earn a total of 10 CECs in the following categories upon successful completion of this course. 

4 Clinical Medicine (CM)
2 Medicolegal (ML)
2 Technology & Tools (TT)
4 Professional Development (PD)