Wellbeing & Lifestyle

An associate's anxiety was crippling our team. The team members were frustrated and complaining. Something needed to change at this dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year contestant's veterinary hospital. So they made a plan ...

Compassion fatigue is a real and dangerous threat to the health of veterinary professionals and their patients, but Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Veterinary Technician Becky Murray has mapped out a guide for healthy coping.

Our two-doctor veterinary show turned into a solo act when a DVM went out on a well-deserved maternity leave. Here are seven pieces of advice for other managers and teams living through a veterinarian's extended leave.

Last year's national pet adoption event resulted in nearly 20,000 pet adoptions. Organizers hope to top that number this year.

"One does not simply walk" fearlessly through life. Dr. Hilal Dogan knew that FOR SURE in the case of her early fear of surgery.

(En)lighten your veterinary teams load with this tip from Annette Engler, a 2016 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year contestant.

When it comes to having it all as a veterinarian, there are a few things you need to give up too.

Veterinarians Karen Bradley and Sarah Wooten map out their roads less traveled with directions on how to prepare and encouragement to get started and keep going.

Join me and imagine, if you will, a fantasy practice that doesn't follow the rulesa practice that everyone owns, the pay is great and slacking isn't tolerated.

You know her as oncologist Dr. Sue Cancer Vet, the force behind the See Something, Do Something early cancer detection campaign. This could also be the tagline for her life adventures thus far.

Whether its suicidal thoughts or drug addiction haunting our colleagues, are we doing enough to protect them from themselves ... and offering them the resources to get the help they need?

Use this handout to familiarize your team with the warnings signs that signal burnout.

A list of the worst veterinary career advice Ive ever received (and promptly discarded)

’Boomerang’ kids typically raise a host of financial and family issues. That’s why open communication and setting some basic ground rules are important.

Founder Nicole McArthur hopes Facebook group will help struggling veterinarians know theyre not alone.

Cultivating friendships as well as outside interests makes for a rich life.

Dr. Marty Becker helped this dvm360 reader get the best of his friendsand brought light to an issue he can relate to all too well.

Think private practice is the only way to use a veterinary degree? Dont be so black and white! Todays veterinarian faces a rainbow of choices when it comes to using a veterinary degreeincluding new ways of meeting pet owners needs in private practice.

Veterinarian finds demand high for mobile house call services.

Our recent survey uncovered your most pressing problemshigh peaks you struggle to summit. Here are the top problems, with some suggested advice to help.

Youre a good person. Your team members are good people. Clients ready to pick a fight dont have to bring down your whole veterinary practices mood. Get some perspective, laugh about it, and get through it.

When today sucks, here's what your veterinary colleagues do to deal.

You can make time for life and family and hobbies and healthy priorities and healthy boundaries as a practice owner. Let your team help.

Find out how a veterinary career in the government may be just for you. (And you don't have to run for anything!)

Veterinary medicine is my business. And business is good.

There are five US accredited colleges of veterinary medicine in Canada, and 14 US accredited colleges located internationally, some of which are less expensive alternatives to studying veterinary medicine in the US.

Zoonoses, or zoonotic illnesses, are diseases that can be passed from pets to individuals.

Turn a rough day in veterinary practice into a game of knowing winks between coworkers and find a more little energy to smile with your clients (even the challenging ones) a little more.

Drs. Greenskin and Codger lock horns over salary vs. production-based compensation and the stickier elements of an employment contract.

It's tough to sort through the voices in your earnot to mention the ones in your head. Here's a guide.