Diversity and Inclusion
Wondering what your rights are when it comes to expanding your family? Pregnant workers and working parents are legally entitled to certain workplace protections. Let’s review the applicable federal laws, what they say, and how they affect current and future parents in the workplace.
Culture and People
Vet med has been mostly female since 2009 but research suggests inherent bias, unequal resources, and the “motherhood penalty” contribute to why females still trail males in income and status.
Practice Management
Need help writing great bios for your amazing team or posting a job description? Artificial intelligence can give you the drafts to start with—then you refine and add that human touch.
Culture and Wellbeing
Guilt felt by working parents is a type of unhelpful “persecutory guilt,” writes Emily Singler, VMD, that can be avoided and healed through releasing unrealistic expectations and shifting responsibilities and priorities.
Practice Management
AAHA’s white paper “Stay, Please” has interactive ways to explore the nuances of who’s planning to leave veterinary practices and why. Associate DVMs and credentialed techs have the same top 6 retention and attrition factors. Can you guess what they are?
Culture and People
Veterinary practices can support employees who are parents by implementing nongendered policies to balance time off and other parenting considerations for fathers and nonbirthing parents.
Culture and People
Approximately 1 in 5 people have a neurodivergent condition. This diversity brings unique strengths and opportunities for self-care and allyship in how we work with teammates and clients who have bipolar disorder, autism, ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other forms of neurodiversity.
Whether it’s a 5-star raving review or a 1-star rant, online reviews need professional, concise replies to maintain your practice’s good reputation. AI tools like ChatGPT can help you build templates, craft replies in sensitive situations, and come up with new ways to say thanks for the positive reviews too.
“Balancing” work and life can feel impossible for working parents. Emily Singer, VMD, writes that instead of trying to balance work with life, flexibility and self-care are better goals.
Practice Management
Do you know what keeps your happy employees happy and what’s driving the unhappy ones away? AAHA’s white paper “Stay, Please,” includes interactive graphics that break down the reasons people stay in vet med (retention) and why they leave (attrition).
