As both human and veterinary medicine continue to advance, client expectations also increase. Clients have grown used to being able to bring their pets to veterinary specialists. Now, veterinary technicians are also starting to organize specialties so they can serve patients even better.

Veterinary technicians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine are at the forefront of these advances. Four Wisconsin veterinary technicians are on the executive board of the newly formed Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians (AIMVT), which encompasses cardiology, large and small animal medicine, neurology, and oncology