Vet Teams IRL: Ann Thelusma
In the Vet Teams IRL series, we meet Ann Thelusma, a veterinary assistant and pre-vet student who works in the surgery department at Philadelphia Animal Specialty and Emergency.
In the Vet Teams IRL series, we meet Ann Thelusma, a veterinary assistant and pre-vet student who works in the surgery department at Philadelphia Animal Specialty and Emergency.
Prep your practice for Pet Dental Health Month by launching a dental program that begins in February and continues for the entire year.
How options are presented affects pet owners’ decisions, according to research by Nationwide, which finds that building relationships and presenting options with empathy get the best outcomes along the spectrum of care.
Embracing the stories as of our patients and clients—as well as our own—is at the heart of narrative medicine, a long-practiced but only more recently studied skill that emphasizes empathy, reflection, and self-compassion.
End-of-Life Care
A conversation with Lynn Hendrix, DVM, CHPV, on rethinking palliative and hospice care
A proposal by the California Veterinary Medical Association to allow RVTs to establish veterinary-client-patient relationships was recently approved to enter the regulatory process.
Client Communication
Veterinary practices tend to focus their educational and promotional efforts on puppy, kitten, and middle-life adult pet wellness, but often fall short when communicating with and marketing to owners of senior pets. Let’s fix that!
Dental Resources
Can a patient be “too old” for dentals?
Clinical
Executive Summary of the 2023 AAHA Senior Care Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
Client Communication
Entrepreneur magazine’s Woman of Influence talks telehealth, access, representation and more