Education

In this special issue devoted to the 2014 Leadership Challenge, we take a hard look at the ailing veterinary profession in terms of its poor financial health?and offer a game plan for turning it all around. Download issue 32 today for videos, tips, tools and solutions.

sample budget with VPI budget numbers

Download and display this client handout to better educate your clients.

Hoffsis to start in July; school to open in August.

Handout: Why is my pet scratching?

How buying a veterinary practice can be a path out of student debt.

Nutrition questionnaire

A feature on the AVMA's full legislative agenda for 2014; how to break bad news to clients; 3 smart design tips for boarding and grooming; ideas on how to factor yourself into your life balance equation; plus videos, photos, quizzes and more.

Average applicant applies to more than four veterinary schools.

Biomedical sciences program designed for working professionals.

A special feature on canine orbital disease; 3 bad spending habits to break before the New Year; success stories from rural, mixed animal practices; 18 do's and don'ts of hospital design; and one veterinary technician's surprising Australian vacation turned adventure; plus, videos, photos, interactive graphics, and more.

Is your life balance out of whack? Use this quiz to find out.

Use this quiz to help determine whether a cat is marking or eliminating.

Veterinary students could win $2,500; $5,000 goes to national winner.

10 clues to getting hired; take a look at how to do the modified Morgan pocket technique; learn four critical CPR points for pets; plus video, photos, quizzes and more.

Veterinarians, physicians focus on species-spanning approach to medicine.

Client handout: Tips for weight loss in cats

Scholarships aim to reward diversity and diverse career paths.

Schools urged to recruit more students interested in public service from the outset.

Program considered 'essential' to students hoping to own a veterinary practice.

How to stop client complaints about finances before they start; a look at how cat owners really feel about veterinary visits; a case study on managing a 9-month-old kitten with FIP; plus video, photos, quizzes and more.

Veterinary, human medical researchers identify FIV peptide that kills HIV.

The program promotes veterinary research in equine disease.

According to one researcher, veterinarians' understanding of issues affecting global health is unmatched-which requires their involvement on the world stage.

Use this form to choose CE opportunities.

The University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory began accepting test samples mere months after the PEDV outbreak began.

Use this informational client handout to help pet owners identify common signs of osteoarthritis in their senior cat.

Use this sample coach/player form to create specific shared goals.

In the next few issues of dvm360, we're taking a close look at how veterinary medicine benefits people, not just animals. In this first installment, we meet a 'translational' (cross-species) researcher who's in the process of revolutionizing orthopedic medicine-for people and pets.

But the total number of new veterinary graduates could jump 18 percent by 2017.