Culture and Wellbeing
AAHA president-elect Mark Thompson, DVM, CCRP, challenges you to ask yourself: “Are you thriving?” And if you own a practice, are you empowering your employees to thrive? The Community asks for some effective ways to communicate with staff.
From the keynote address to happy hour trivia and livestreamed storytelling events, AAHA Con 2023 was steeped in stories powered by science and data.
Practice owner Jenn Galvin lets us in on when she considers firing clients and tips for how to cut those ties gracefully.
Searching for a community who really gets you? Veterinary Hope Foundation offers online support groups customized to your type of practice and job role, where you can lean on others just like you—without the judgment or the stigma.
The same Stress First Aid tools that help with your team and your own wellbeing are helpful when approaching clients as well. Health and wellbeing coach Melyssa Allen, MA, NBC-HWC, DACLM, guides us through the process.
These four credentialed veterinary technicians are at the top of their game—and one of them is AAHA’s 2023 Veterinary Technician of the Year!
Get to know the vet med professionals selected by the Latinx Veterinary Medical Association (LVMA) and NEWStat as Latinx influencers to watch.
From a career that started with big hair in the ‘80s and is now heading toward retirement, Vickie Byard, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), has seen enormous changes in vet med for techs, for dentistry, and for patient care. And it all happened because her practice leadership gave her the chance.
PainTrace is a noninvasive device that measures acute and chronic pain using skin-based electrical activity as an indicator. And it could help us know, once and for all, where animals’ pain is located and how much pain they’re in.
Allergic Skin Disease
Using a credentialed technician in the role they were designed for increases the number of cases the team can see, and it can increase overall revenue. In this article, we will cover some of the many ways that trained technicians can contribute to dermatology appointments.
