After completing secondary education at Franc Miklošič Grammar School in Ljutomer, Betka Perc continued her studies at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ljubljana.
During the final years of her studies, she volunteered at the Surgery and Anaesthesiology Departments of the Small Animal Clinic at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ljubljana. While studying, she also gained valuable clinical experience abroad. In 2021, she spent the summer at the Paphiakos & CCP Animal Welfare Clinic in Cyprus, where she participated in the care of abandoned animals and the catch–spay–release program. In 2022, she completed a clinical traineeship at the Small animal clinic in Sattledt, one of the largest small animal clinics in Austria.
In 2023, she obtained the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and, in the same year, joined the Surgery unit of the Small Animal Clinic. Her clinical work focuses primarily on soft tissue surgery and endoscopy. She contributes to the clinic’s educational activities as a teaching assistant in small animal surgery. In addition to her regular clinical and teaching duties, she participates in the surgical on-call service, contributing to emergency patient care outside regular working hours. She also provides coverage for the afternoon outpatient clinic.
Since 2024, she has been enrolled in the PhD programme Biomedicine under the mentorship of Associate Professor Vladimira Erjavec. Her research is focused on the systemic inflammatory and immune status of brachycephalic dogs and assessing the impact of surgical correction of the Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS).
She regularly attends professional continuing education courses in Slovenia and abroad to further develop her clinical expertise. She has additionally expanded her endoscopic skills by completing the Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Course led by Dr. Vassiliki Stathopoulou (Ljubljana, 2025), and in September 2025 she completed a clinical training at the Docvet Clinic in Milan.