News briefs from across the industry and beyond. This month’s articles include: CDC Warns of Emerging Threat of Cat-Transmitted Sporotrichosis; UC Davis Study of Symblepharon in Kittens Breaks New Ground; New Research Shows Environmental Impact of Small Animal Parasiticides; and more.
Culture and Wellbeing
AAHA director Cheryl Smith, CVPM, weighs in on the challenges of recruitment and the need to encourage technicians’ professional development. AAHA Community asks how to re-assign caseloads after a veterinarian leaves the practice.
Approaching the “money talk” in a proactive, transparent, and intentional way can make all the difference in how clients feel about their visit to your clinic. When you reshape the dialogue, you can make cost conversations easier for yourself and your clients—and most importantly—help pets get the care they need.
Looking to sell your veterinary practice? Learn to calculate your Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) to determine the operating cash flow of your practice.
Practice owner Jenn Galvin shares how she shows her team appreciation—from Employee Bingo to love language quizzes, and maybe some impromptu karaoke.
We can’t always control what people say about our practices online. Everyone loves reading positive feedback, but negative reviews can be tough to deal with. It’s important to know how to handle negative feedback professionally—but how?
What do two pain-management and anesthesia experts talk about when they get together? It all starts with checklists. Tasha McNerney interviews Stephen Cital about how the field has changed from the old-fashioned belief that “animals don’t feel pain” to where we are today.
PrideVMC will host a parents panel on June 1 for LGBTQ+ Families Day. What started 18 years ago as a blogging event to support parents of LGTBTQ+ community members has now become a widely celebrated holiday for those in the community and their allies.
Philanthropist Gerald B. Shreiber donated $30 million to open the first veterinary school in New Jersey, set to open in 2025. He hopes in-state tuition and expanded degree options—including for veterinary assistants and technicians—will keep more vet med professionals in the state.
Rethinking what many veterinarians are taught, palliative care is an intentional way to improve life—whether the patient recovers or not. Kate Boatright, VMD, talks with Lynn Hendrix, DVM, CHPV, of The Palliative Vet.
