Inventory
When managing inventory, we want to navigate the balance between two main goals. We want to have what we need in stock for our patients, while keeping the financial performance of our practice in mind. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned pro at managing inventory, here are five strategies to make inventory easier and help you get back to your patients faster.
In honor of World Wildlife Conservation Day (Dec. 4), Co-founder Kayla Fratt of K9 Conservationists shares how conservation detection dogs sniff out the scat of everything from Alaskan wolves to Guatemalan ocelots to help further research of their ecosystems and reveal who’s eating whom in the wild.
Practice Management
AAHA’s Veterinary Management Institute (VMI) is a five-month virtual executive leadership program that brings finance, culture, and other relevant topics to life with superstar speakers and a supportive cohort of peers.
Thanksgiving food scraps are nothing for pets to be thankful for. Let clients and loved ones know the reasons why not to share the feast with dogs and cats.
Clinical
When a patient appears with an unspecified reaction, it’s crucial to gather as much data as possible from the pet owner, the physical exam, and the lab to recognize a serious or even deadly reaction and respond accordingly.
Intimidated by exotics? The “Exotic Vet Consultant” Kristen Turner, DVM, talks with columnist Emily Singler, VMD, about how to handle small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds, when they show up in general practice.
The class of 2026 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine will be the first to complete a revamped fully integrated curriculum that aims to teach veterinarians how to better communicate, collaborate, and solve problems.
The Center for Veterinary Social Work at the University of Tennessee is “a space for all professionals with an interest in human and animal welfare to come together to collaborate.” As the field of veterinary social work gains popularity, how it’s taught and practiced is growing up too.
As the clinical skills instructor for the Veterinary Technician program at Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Virginia, Noah Meyers, LVT, uses mock scenarios and simulations to bring anesthesia education to life for his students.
Clinical
Veterinary residencies are moving out of the teaching hospital as aspiring specialists seek residencies at private and corporate practices, or even find mentors to help design veterinary residencies remotely.
