{"id":5554,"date":"2019-07-26T12:47:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T16:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:24:38","slug":"brittany-laflen-passes-vts-neurology-exam-and-becomes-pvms-16th-veterinary-technician-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/brittany-laflen-passes-vts-neurology-exam-and-becomes-pvms-16th-veterinary-technician-specialist.php","title":{"rendered":"Brittany Laflen Passes VTS Neurology Exam and becomes PVM\u2019s 16th Veterinary Technician Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0934_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0934_sm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0934_sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0934_sm-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0934_sm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0934_sm-353x235.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Brittany Laflen, RVT, small animal surgery\/neurology technician in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital<\/a> for passing the Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) neurology exam.&nbsp; With her success, Brittany becomes the newest addition to the College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s team of certified veterinary technician specialists, which now numbers 16! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brittany\u2019s achievement also raises the number of Veterinary Technician Specialty areas represented in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital to 10, and she is the College\u2019s only VTS in neurology. Brittany\u2019s accomplishment is no small feat.&nbsp; She is now one of only 25 neurology Veterinary Technician Specialists in the world.&nbsp; Having such a large number of Veterinary Technician Specialists in the hospital contributes to its standing as a front runner in animal health care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The certification highlights the level of skill and effort\nrequired to achieve the VTS designation. The entire process of applying, getting\napproved, studying, and sitting for the VTS exam takes just under two years.\nBrittany has worked since 2017 to earn this credential, which shows that she is\nan expert in her field.&nbsp; Congratulations\nBrittany!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Brittany Laflen, RVT, small animal surgery\/neurology technician in the Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital for passing the Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) neurology exam.  With her success, Brittany becomes the newest addition to the College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s team of certified specialists, which now numbers 16! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,31,29,27],"tags":[1061,26,56,300,135,51,1062,1243],"class_list":["post-5554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-hospitals","category-our-people","category-services","tag-brittany-laflen","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage","tag-neurology","tag-staff","tag-vth","tag-vts-certification","tag-vts-neurology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5554"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29558,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions\/29558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}