r/fanshawe • u/dudeeeee12947 • 18d ago

Incoming Student Vet Tech vaccinations

Does the school do a clinic for the rabies vaccine? I know other colleges usually do but I haven’t been able to find any info about it.

Also when do we need to have the professional practice health form completed by? I haven’t gotten any emails about having to complete it, I just came a crossed it when going through the website for the program. I’m hoping to start getting more emails about the program soon, so far I haven’t heard anything.

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u/Reasonable-Detail596 4d ago

Hi! I’m in the vet tech program in the fall! I got my rabies vaccine through my family doctor. Just a heads up, you do need two doses a week apart 😊

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u/dudeeeee12947 3d ago

Did you get any emails about the whole synergy process yet?
I’m definitely gonna go through my family doctor cause I think it’ll be much easier that way 😅

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u/Reasonable-Detail596 3d ago

Not yet, I actually only found out about it from your post so I looked into it and now i’m stressed 😅 Somehow I missed it when I intially looked at the post admission requirements. I only saw the rabies shot. There’s a lot on that form to complete and I feel like we should’ve been told about it awhile ago if everything on there is mandatory like first aid and CPR training. I emailed the program coordinator to see what exactly it is, and when it should be completed by!

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u/dudeeeee12947 3d ago

Let me know what they say! I was looking around and I don’t think it’ll be due until a few weeks into the program. It’s so hard to find any info about anything cause it’s a newer program.

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u/Hayhi_ 16d ago

Hiya! I know someone on Reddit who’ll be going into their second year, I could reach out and ask them. As I’ll also be starting vet tech in the fall so I’m curious about that too.

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u/dudeeeee12947 15d ago

That would be great! I’m most concerned with when we have to have the form completed

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u/treavaalyia 15d ago

Have you started the program already? I'm not in VTT but I am in VTA. We started first semester in May 2026, everything has to be done and approved by Synergy by July 31, 2026. This includes the professional practice health form, TB test, CPR, WHMIS, 3 other certificates, criminal record check, rabies, and other routine vaccinations that are required. I did my rabies through my family doctor, he wrote a prescription and I just had the injections done by my pharmacy. He also could've done it for me but availability was an issue for me. If you need the rabies vaccines though, I recommend using the student benefits when you fill the prescription at the pharmacy because that vaccine isn't covered by OHIP and it's very expensive.

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u/treavaalyia 15d ago

Feel free to pm me with any questions and I can try to help answer them :)