Career Development

A veterinary practice management consultant diagnoses your business problems, explains whats wrong and develops a business treatment plan to fix it. Coaching comes after, when you need the accountability, feedback and ongoing conversations to make sure you follow through like a compliant veterinary client.

When a pet owner can't afford the highest standard of veterinary dental care, what choices do we have left?

You dont need us to tell you about the importance of communication with veterinary clients. But a recent survey proves a gap in pet owners understanding of animal pain and surgery.

She started a popular walk-in event at her veterinary hospital, but this 2019 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year finalist saw the toll it was taking.

A UK study found that in the veterinary profession, women are overlooked for promotions and often seen as incompetent by overtly sexist clients.

A proactive pet owner who receives competent and successful veterinary care for a behavior issue has her claim denied. Whos correct?

In a session focused on small, practical changes veterinary technicians can make in their thinking and habits to prevent compassion fatigue or burnout, Fetch dvm360 conference speaker Kristina Guldbrand, ACC, BS, CVT, CSP, offered more than a dozen suggestions. Here are our three favorites.

A potential foster dog showed aggression toward my veterinary team members, so this 2019 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year finalist had to help the team see this was the best path forward.

The good, the bad and the awesome lessons one veterinarian learned as a new practice owner.

When it became apparent that her growing practice needed more team leads, this dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year finalist set out to create a hiring process that would fit the already strong culture and demonstrate fairness and transparency.

The veterinary community should look closer at the legal, financial, and human and animal health effects of interstate and international animal transportation.

Our columnist argued that pet insurance should have paid for an ultrasound diagnostic for an asymptomatic dog on a grain-free diet at risk for dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Readers disagree about whats called for when.

I would have never dreamed of a daytime sleep habit, but doctors orders made me a believer.

One manager needs to know whats required in her veterinary practice safety plan, especially with her regions biggest risk of natural disaster.

If you made a mistake with a pet owner, work to make it right. But if an online review crops up thats really a veterinary clients willful misunderstanding or issues, you cant always control that. Move on, veterinary professionals. Move on.

Im worried that todays corporate consolidators arent an answer for solo practices who cant find associates to buy them.

I hope this year's finalists for dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager do the Year find the extra push and encouragement I felt to keep doing the good work and to recognize that even small things they do every day impact their team members in the most monumental ways possible.

Initial findings from a survey reveal that mental wellbeing may affect veterinary professionals on a global level, according to the World Small Animal Veterinary Associations new Professional Wellbeing Group.

It serves an important purpose, but there are other things you can do to help your veterinary colleague who's considering suicide. Here are some ways to help.

Practice owners, you dont need to be best friends with your veterinary associate, or share the same hobbies, or practice the exact same style of medicine. You just have to treat others as you want to be treated by being fair, honest and appreciative.

Not enough sleep, not enough exercise, not enough time. Is your job in veterinary practice to blameand can you fix it?

Do millennial veterinary associates have the same needs as any other associate you've hired in the past? Well, yes and no says Dr. Eva Evans.

At Fetch dvm360 in Kansas City, these 10 practice managers were announced as finalists in the dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year competition. Know anybody?

Look for the disconnect between your veterinary colleagues words and their nonverbal communication to find out when its time to ask for more information.

When it comes to ending a pets life, many people wonder, How do vets do it? I consider ending an animals suffering to be one of the greatest responsibilities entrusted to the veterinary profession and one of the gifts many veterinarians take for granted.

Are you covered by state law and your malpractice insurance when it comes to asking for or giving veterinary telemedicine advice?

When it comes to defusing potential arguments, this veterinary practice owner trusts the words of self-made millionaire and motivational speaker Jim Rohn: Focus on the solution, not on the problem.

As part of short-term disability coverage, cost was unsustainable at the price, reports veterinary insurance expert.