Tech Talk: A look at euthanasia

Tech Talk: A look at euthanasia

October 5, 2023

By Jamie Rauscher, LVT

To have to make that decision for someone else brings with it the fear of making the wrong decision and stopping too early, but also the fear of going too far and causing unnecessary suffering. While we can give our opinion or input to a client, the decision is their own to make. All any of us can do is to use the tools available to us to try to understand what our companion is experiencing and trust our hearts to know the right time.
How many new veterinary schools do we need?

How many new veterinary schools do we need?

September 21, 2023

By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA

Do we really have a shortage of veterinarians? The answer is multifactorial and complex, but it certainly feels like a shortage to most of us. Yet, I can’t help but interpret the fundamental trends that fuel this feeling as stemming from fewer veterinary hours worked and decreased productivity overall—not from a lack of bodies.
The correlation of veterinary compensation and mental health

The correlation of veterinary compensation and mental health

August 17, 2023

By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA

A recent article led to a long, lively discussion on how veterinarians should be paid, revealing a broad, interesting and informed range of opinions but somehow largely sidestepping the more fascinating issue: how modes of compensation may affect our profession’s mental health.
Tech Talk: Is your clinic a toxic work environment?

Tech Talk: Is your clinic a toxic work environment?

August 11, 2023

By Jamie Rauscher, LVT

There are also those who are determined to bring others down with them, contributing to a toxic workplace. Additionally, they always point out what is going wrong and openly sharing their unhappiness with everything in general in the clinic. Are negative team members really “team members?” Is the management at your hospital being held hostage by people with bad attitudes? Do some employees get away with bad behavior? Let’s discuss why this happens and what you can do to address it.
Unleashing the truth: challenging veterinary industry norms and embracing new opportunities

Unleashing the truth: challenging veterinary industry norms and embracing new opportunities

July 6, 2023

By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA

It is high time I wrote a post on what you are doing all wrong and how we can all do better. However, before you come at me for my unspeakable hubris, please understand I speak from a place of love for animals on the planet of unflinching self-recrimination. In other words, if I tell you you’re doing something misguided and stupid, it’s because I figured it out after screwing it up first—and continually do.
Tech Talk: Interviewing tips for technicians

Tech Talk: Interviewing tips for technicians

June 30, 2023

By Jamie Rauscher, LVT

NAVTA president, Jamie Raucsher, LVT, on job hunting and interviewing tips and guidelines you may not have learned as part of your veterinary education.
How ChatGPT technology will change your life

How ChatGPT technology will change your life

May 18, 2023

By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA

ChatGPT has been available since November, but it’s just now starting to hit its stride outside the nerdiest of circles. Now that it has been proclaimed a game-changer among mainstream users such as physicians, accountants, and attorneys, there’s no reason veterinarians should not be using it, too.
12 good ways to combat bad online reviews; or worse – a targeted attack

12 good ways to combat bad online reviews; or worse – a targeted attack

April 28, 2023

By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA

Ongoing legal action hasn’t yet stopped her. Though we have successfully barred her from the premises, she has pledged to wage war online—indefinitely. It would be piteous were it not so damaging. I keep trying to put it into perspective (this is a sick person, etc.) and offer emotional support to my associate, who is bearing the brunt of it, but it is a hard thing to have to handle amid all the other stresses of life in the veterinary trenches; and handle them we must!
Is it time for the U.S. to go Dutch?

Is it time for the U.S. to go Dutch?

March 16, 2023

By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA

As veterinary professionals, we’re on the front lines of this debate. We know exactly how certain physical traits translate physiology to pathology. Of course, it is not just the brachycephalics. We see the influence of breed-related genetic disease multiple times every single day, often many times per patient. We see it so often that, like frogs in a pot, we have become mostly inured to it.
'Radical transparency' in vet med: embracing a new era of closeness with clients

'Radical transparency' in vet med: embracing a new era of closeness with clients

February 15, 2023

By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA

Instead of becoming correspondingly friendly, open, candid, and clear, we have erected barriers to these. Artfully constructed, tech-centric walls may well suit the science, but I would argue they ill-become most modern client-patient relationships.
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