Career Development

The basics of practice protocols to ensure your equine veterinary practice's prepurchase exams are above board, legally wise and profitable.

Frequent hand washing to protect yourself, your team and your patients also means painful hands with dry, cracked skin. Don't just live with it ... lotion up.

The era of one-size-fits-all neutering advice has come to an end. Its time to move from recommendations to conversations.

This highly educated veterinary technician wants practice managers to know it's time to finally use her and her colleagues so veterinarians work more efficiently.

Hard as it is to hear, you may be imposing your own glass ceiling. Check out these tips to break through.

Im a veterinarian, an entrepreneur and a 30-year computer geek. That didnt save my data. (But I did negotiate the criminals price down!)

The golden rule of new commitments and other sage work/life balance wisdom from Brian Conrad, a flawed but frank veterinary professional.

Dr. Mike Paul usually avoids drinking the water when traveling. Usually.

A respite from digital noise can be unexpectedly rejuvenating.

This busy feline practitioner keeps her life in balance on the back of a tandem bike.

When youre overwhelmed by life in veterinary medicine plus personal challenges on the side, its easy to believe youre stuck. But you always have choices, says Dr. Karen Bradley.

An MBA/CVPM weighs in on what it takes to manage a clinic.

Young veterinary grads will be smarter and more career-flexible if they look to mixed practice for their first job.

Tips for introverted veterinary professionals to survive in an extraverted profession.

You reap what you sow in harvest and orchards ... and in veterinary practice. The same goes for the thoughts you think and the stories you tell yourself about your strong feelings.

One of the weirdest communication tools around turned us into a paperlessor at least less-paperveterinary practice. Here's how to do your homework and get a worried team over the hump. The rubber chicken helps.

Make your day in veterinary practice and life easier. Get your urgent work reminders, big life projects and personal #goals out of your head and into a reminder and task management system.

Veterinary IT and digital marketing consultant Eric Garcia is on a mission to spread the word about the benefits of digital sabbaticals, why veterinarians need them and tips to make them smooth and safe.

Veterinary professionals, take these elementary steps to protect your mental health. Plus, a printable flowchart on the differences between burnout and compassion fatigue.

Being respected vs. being liked in the clinic

Veterinary anesthesiologist says we have an obligation to use every available tool to comfort patients and clients.

Think practice owners are "all about the money?" Listen to Denise Tumblin's take.

How do you build a client base from zero? Can you mix business with friendship? Are there benefits to starting small? Trent Eddy, DVM, of Ironhorse Veterinary Care in Leawood, Kansas, a 1-year-old startup, shares advice for fellow and future entrepreneurs.

Furry fun and future forecasts fly in our latest wide-reaching look at major issues in veterinary medicine. (With an educational grant provided by Boehringer Ingelheim)

Youve got personality, and regardless of where you lie on the introvert-extrovert spectrum, you can be you and a brilliant veterinarian at the same time.

Many questions in a veterinary practice hiring interview that seem harmless on the surface can be discriminatory. Applicants, make sure your interview was on the level. Managers, make sure you review what you'll ask against this list of discriminatory subjects.

If youre a general veterinary practitioner, these strategies can help you get more comfortable with a topic you may dread.

"Veterinarians are not most income-productive in administrative positions," warns Mark Opperman, CVPM.