Why every vet needs a psychotherapistAugust 12, 2022Psychotherapy, also referred to as talk therapy, is among the most underrated, and, sadly, underutilized healthcare services on offer. Not only is it widely denigrated as a service intended for exclusive use by the feeble-brained, socially maladjusted, or mentally disturbed, it can be surprisingly tough to access through traditional healthcare channels.
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New tricks for an old dog's vet ownerAugust 4, 2022When you’re a sensitive veterinarian who is especially enamored over her extremely geriatric pet, you risk seeing every patient through the private lens of your impending loss. Older patients appear more endearing, end-of-life conversations become more emotionally relevant, and the stakes at work seem higher overall.
Colleague confessions and the lies we tellJuly 1, 2022The lies we, as veterinarians, tell in our professional lives are in no way unique to us or to our own practice.
Pricing and profits in the current economyMay 26, 2022In veterinary medicine the math should be simple: If your inventory costs, overhead expenses, and payroll demands are climbing due to inflation, gas prices, and an über-competitive staffing environment, it goes without saying your prices will have to climb if you don’t want to see your profitability suffer.
What happens when medical titans clash?April 19, 2022As a veterinarian who shares a neighborhood with a major medical hospital complex, Patty Khuly, VMD, has had plenty of experience with MD clients.
Coping with shockingly bad client behaviorMarch 28, 2022Everything has changed. Whether we are still curbside or taking clients in one at a time, most of us are still laboring under the pandemified conditions we have been forced to adopt.
Adoptions are simply a hazard of the jobFebruary 18, 2022Instead of investing our time taking care of ourselves in ways we know we should, our natural inclination often leads us to lean even harder into our work—even when we are not being paid for it, even when it dearly costs us.
Vet med's New Year's resolutions for 2022February 8, 2022All in all, 2021 wasn’t so terrible, was it? It was no cakewalk, but it certainly did not rise to 2020 standards of deplorability.
What's your work-fashion personality?December 29, 2021For some, professional attire is still highly personal. Styles in a clinic may range from traditional to more individual.
Streamlining your workflow in six stepsNovember 17, 2021If you work in retail veterinary medicine of any type, you are no doubt familiar with feeling overwhelmed by chaos.
