Career Development

Follow-through after meetings is a frustrating issue in many practices.

Can a tourist-supported practice succeed?

We should strive to bring intensity and focus to all cases.

Give this form to clients with overweight dogs to help them understand the ins and outs of weight loss.

Eighth most popular dog breed is America's top recommendation for the presidential candidate.

Test yourself to see whether your career flame is in danger of being snuffed out.

Each reason calls for a different response from you.

One animal shelter's unorganized, inadequate care proves frustrating.

If your client and internal compliance is just average-or worse-jump to the head of the class with these tips.

This veterinary practice survived a devastating blaze that killed 16 patients and destroyed the building.

Just because you've graduated doesn't mean you can't go back to school.

"Here are the keys; see ya!" doesn't cut it as a transition plan.

Are the popular shoes safe for your employees to wear to work?

Can your veterinary practice withstand the elements?

Denise Tumblin, Marianne Mallonee, and Monica Dixon Perry take audience questions.

Why this? Why now? It's the most common complaint of managers in veterinary medicine.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law that regulates minimum wage, overtime pay, hourly wage vs. salary, the employment of minors and many other employment-related issues.

The syndrome of toxic work overtakes you when what's happening at work causes protracted bouts of distress, culminating in emotional suffering or physical symptoms and heightened by the perceived inability to stop the pain and move on to find or create a reward situation.

The current state of the workforce is that there is a shortage of skilled workers and in the veterinary industry we are experiencing this shortage with a great intensity.

The large animal veterinary practitioner is faced with a number of unique legal considerations in the daily discharge of his or her professional duties.

The companion animal veterinary practitioner is faced with a number of unique legal considerations in the daily discharge of his or her professional duties.

Ready to run more tests on your patients? Veterinary Economics Editorial Advisory Board member Dr. Fred Metzger, DABVP, owner of Metzger Animal Hospital in State College, Pa., has four tips to put your in-house lab or reference lab to work for you:

This map shows how many pets per small animal practitioner live in each state.

Veterinarians' salaries continue to rank near the low end of those within the health-care field, but DVMs job security and job-growth prospects are among the best, according to the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Here are the top 10 toughest parts of your job, in order, with advice for solving them from our Editorial Advisory Board.

More clients are complaining about their veterinary care because they expect more of you.

Owners and associates aren't on the same wavelength when it comes to team education. What's causing the divide?

It's hard to initiate task-sharing. But once you do, you'll never go back.

Technicians help you care for patients, but they could do more-if you'd let them.

Maintaining balance in your life can be challenging with today's frenetic pace, but it's a goal well worth pursuing. Here's a way to do it.