
Aaron Shaw, OTR/L, CHT, CSCS, and Jennifer Edwards, DVM, ACC, ELI-MP, examine why veterinary work can take such a physical toll and what professionals can do to build strength, reduce injury risk, and stay in the profession longer.
dvm360, Veterinary Economics, Veterinary Medicine and Firstline magazines recently surveyed the veterinarians and team members who read these publications to take the temperature of job satisfaction in the veterinary profession. More than 900 veterinarians responded, a group made up of owners and associates, men and women. We broke out some of these segments to show where they differed-and where they didn't-and also compared the results to a nearly identical survey from 2005 in which about 500 veterinarians participated.
Peruse the full results of the survey below and on the pages that follow, and