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What do diet, exercise and health have to do with veterinarians' finances? Quite a lot, it turns out.

Ive been told veterinarians dont care about personal finance or retirement planning. If this is true, doctors, consider this a wake-up call.

Results of the 2018 Firstline Career Paths survey show 77% of credentialed technicians are paid hourly. Check out the rest of the data to see how each role in veterinary practice is paid and how much they make.

The creator of this salary-plus-production doctor compensation system answers a readers detailed question about a particular patient involving client education, blood work, medications, technician-only visits and more.

A dvm360 reader wonders if there are experts who understand the plight of veterinarians with student loans.

What do you do when you love your job, but it doesnt pay enough to repay the debt you accrued in veterinary school?

This technician has dealt with financial ups and downs in the last year, including a move and a pet being diagnosed with cancer.

'Keep It Simple, Stupid' is the easiest way to manage finances as a veterinary professional. The acronym holds true whether you find a financial professional or do it yourself. Below are five ways you can manage your finances better as doctor, a manager or a team member.

Veterinary issues in the limelight elicit varying perspectives to help continue the conversation.

If your team members meet certain thresholds, price breaks may need to be reflected in their W-2s.

Youre not "in it for the money" in veterinary medicine, but neither can you ignore it. This year, make a New Year's resolution (or two or three) to better manage your personal accounts, your career and your practice finances this year.

Before you judge your colleagues, take a long, hard look at our survey data on the educational debt they carry and why it might be limiting their choices ... and, overall, bumming them out.

In an effort to pay off her student loan by the end of the year, this technician and her husband watch spending carefully and still find moments of splurge.

Like other Americans, veterinary professionals are being saddled with the ballooning cost of education. But when these newly-minted veterinarians and veterinary team members land their first jobs, the pay simply doesn't add up and can damage more than their financial well-being. Join as we explore the realities of student debt as well as various professional and personal options that could help restrain the stresses and limitations it brings. Our ultimate goal: to curb debt's control over your life so it doesn't curb your enthusiasm for this amazing profession.

Get an hour of CE credit as you explore learn the first steps to curbing debts control over your life so it doesnt curb your enthusiasm for this amazing profession.

If a new graduate wants to to spread her wings in a structured learning environment, the cost of delayed earning may be too highunless she plans to transform into a specialist.

It keeps you awake at night. It overshadows every life decision. It may even make you question your career choice. But you can be free of the soul-sucking burden of your veterinary student debtas long as you have the right information and the right plan.

This associate started the week by finishing up a veterinary continuing education conference and then digging into a more normal work week, with a bonus of spending a little time with her extended family.

Take a look at the numbers, and you see the student debt crisis is bigger than veterinary medicine. But the debt-to-income ratio makes our professions student loans particularly tough.

If your financial planning as a veterinary professional is still putting cash into envelopes at the start of the monthor the online or Excel version of thatyou should know theres a better way.

Read the real reactions your colleagues in the veterinary world feel regarding their student debt.

This week, this vet muses about the steep cost of therapeutic diets for her four catsand thats with the professional discount.

Ask around and do some research, says Dr. Karen Felsted to one brand-new relief veterinarian on the scene.

OK, theres no spell for veterinary technicians or vet tech students to cast and make student debt disappear. Believe me, Ive tried. However, the tips and tricks Ive found along the way are pretty magical indeed.

When it comes to repaying veterinary school debt, are money-saving apps like Digit worth the download, or will the fine print cost more in the long run?

A little common senseand some support from your veterinary colleagueswill keep you from being crushed by the mountain.

Feeling like you made a mistake becoming a veterinarian? Youre not aloneand youll get over it.

Just 41 percent would recommend the profession to a friend or family member; financial stress is a serious concern.

Are you a high-flying veterinarian by day and a reluctant veterinary practice manager by night? I dont want to take the wind out of your cape, but your neglected alter ego may need a boost.

If you can answer affirmatively to all 10 questions, you just might be perfect. If not, we have some reading suggestions that can help you make some valuable tweaks to your life and your veterinary clinic.