Career Development

Or at least acknowledge them, because they're not going away. Veterinarians chime in on co-existing with pet merchants.

Dr. Dave Nicol says it forces you to grow.

If this state law goes through, malpractice insurance for anyone caring for animals, including veterinary hospitals, could increase. Heres how it could happen as well as a look at a compromise that might hold off the drastic change.

Veterinary recruiting is as intensely competitive as its ever been. Step up your game or get left in the dust.

An ownership change causes growing pains.

Providing excellent customer service for pet owners who have a disability demands flexibility, sensitivity, resourceful thinking and kindness from your entire veterinary team.

You need a fresh perspective. You need to breathe the air somewhere else. Break out of your veterinary practice world into a new city or a new country and get a new state of mind.

Are you a lifelong learner? This summer, you can go back to school and become a vet biz wiz, mostly from the comfort of your own home.

You work a lot of hours helping patients in need and probably have felt more than a little stress in the past week. Thats the life of a veterinary professional. But you need to take time to take care of you, too.

Have you had bad experiences trying to get your veterinary practice owner or manager or team lead to try something new? Youre not alone. See if any of these tips about organizing your pitch help in your next move to improve things at your veterinary hospital.

Earning my business masters degree taught me many things. Becoming a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager brought me opportunities beyond even that. Here are my thoughts on each.

Can you get a veterinary practice management consultants advice without bringing in the consultant? Aspire Vets Randy Hall is giving it a go. Plus, a few other products that caught our eye at VMX and WVC this year.

Losing a pet is hard on owners and veterinarians alike, but knowing how grief works may help navigate the loss.

Well-being research explores personality traits in veterinary medicine; results revealed at WVC.

Raise your hand if youve ever felt personally victimized by another woman in your clinic. Days in veterinary practice can sometimes feel like a scene out of Mean Girls. How do we change that?

My journey from practicing veterinarian to long-time animal health company executive was a long one. But a big, fun leap for me in the past year was heading to a female-focused, working-parent-friendly new chain of clinics.

Burnout and compassion fatigue are nothing new and it can be hard to keep going. Here are some other veterinary professionals struggling to find their spark and some words of encouragement.

A vaguely worded handbook may result in a tangle of litigation. Heres what you need to know before presenting one to your team members.

Forget fees. If you want to make the most of a new equipment purchase, like new digital radiography, you want your veterinary practices team on board and using it to its full potential. Here are my three steps to think about to get there.

Featured speaker for upcoming Fetch dvm360 Baltimore, Alane Cahalane, shares advice on taking chances, chasing joy and learning from others.

Ever noticed that people tend to be a lot more honest about their life choices when asked to tell the truth in a game? This phenomenon is exactly what Drs. Caitlin DeWilde and Kimberly-Ann Therrien and I experienced when we used a popular party game to teach life lessons in Women's Veterinary Leadership Development Initiative sessions at Fetch dvm360.

If you like telling friends, family and colleagues what to do—and as a smart, solution-driven veterinary professional, you just might—it’s time to ask whether it’s what people you care about actually want or need in conversations with you.

Veterinary architects and experienced practice owners make up the dvm360 Hospital Design Competition panel of judges every year. This time, we decided to share three future-facing and sound insights that judges shared with us while they explored this years entries.

But if youre going to rule the world, you might still need to break some harmful habits to be an effective leader in veterinary practice.

Know what youre feeling, pause before reacting, and help yourself and your team. Betsy Charles, DVM, MA, executive director of the Veterinary Leadership Initiative, worked with Fetch dvm360 in San Diego attendees to think about how.

In her session on self-awareness at Fetch dvm360 in San Diego, Betsy Charles, DVM, MA, suggests a book wed never heard of. Heres why she thinks its an important read for self-awareness and your understanding of veterinary clients motivations and thinking in the exam room and once they leave.

Youve changed things this year in your veterinary practice? Human beings are resistant to change, and your veterinary team members are human beings. Here are some basic steps to face this.

Instead of forming a knee-jerk opinion, start asking questions. You'll get a clearer picture of how things got the way they are.