Culture and Wellbeing
Many veterinary professionals aren’t enthusiastic about anything that smacks of New Age “woo,” from the theoretical healing power of crystals to the more established power of meditation to calm.
Culture and Wellbeing
Carrie Jurney, DVM, DACVIM, was boarded in neurology in 2009, but found her true calling when she took over the presidency of Not One More Vet in February of 2020—right at the start of the pandemic.
“The huge difference between the health profiles of bulldogs and the health profiles of [other breeds] blew my mind,” said Dan O’Neill, PhD, MS, lead author of a new study on the breeding-related health problems of English bulldogs.
Culture and Wellbeing
A professor once told John Rossi something he’s never forgotten: “As a veterinary professional, you’re not going to make a killing. But it’s a good, honest profession. If you embrace it, you’ll always do well.” Rossi took those words to heart.
Culture and Wellbeing
Veterinary medicine is chock-full of goal-oriented people who are accustomed to doing well in school, meeting challenges head-on, and problem-solving their way through emotional and difficult days. I’m like that too, which means when I find something that doesn’t come naturally to me, I tend to do everything I can to avoid it. This has been my relationship with any mindfulness or meditation practice I’ve ever tried.
Nephrology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the kidney, while urology deals with conditions related to the urinary tract. Together, they’re one step closer to being an official specialty in veterinary medicine.
PetSmart kicked off the trend of offering veterinary services in retail stores back in 1994. Now they’re revolutionizing the market again with an independent business ownership model that allows veterinarians to open their own AAHA-accredited practice inside a PetSmart location.
Culture and Wellbeing
“It looked like the sky was falling,” says Charles Hurty, DVM. He was talking about the skies over Newport, Oregon in September 2020, when out-of-control wildfires ravished the surrounding old growth forests and rained ash and grit over much of the Pacific Northwest. But he could have been talking about COVID-19.
Practice Management
Dr. Stacee Santi, veterinarian and founder of Vet2Pet, says part of the reason we’re so tired is that we find ourselves “having to go on a bunch of first dates all the time.” She thinks the right tech, used the right way, can get us closer to our ideal client – and our ideal day in practice.
Practice Management
Covid has been an era-defining event, like past plagues, wars and natural disasters. And like other such events, it follows a predictive pattern, notes Kristina Roberts, Global Consumer Leader at Ernst & Young (EY), a global accounting firm.
