The truth about hiring
Fifty percent of team members say their practice hires a few times a year, according to the 2008 Firstline Professional Growth Study.
Fifty percent of team members say their practice hires a few times a year, according to the 2008 Firstline Professional Growth Study. Another 45 percent say their practice hires less than once a year.
And when it's time to hire, Sheila Grosdidier, BS, RVT, a Firstline Editorial Advisory Board member and a partner with VMC Inc. in Evergreen, Colo., says it's often better to overhire. "I rarely see a clinic where the ratio of team members to doctors is too high," Grosdidier says. "And what we find is if we can see 15 percent or more extra appointments because we've got an extra team member working with the doctor, that's fabulous."
Proposed midlevel role poses unacceptable risks
October 30th 2024Proposals that would create a new midlevel practitioner (MLP) role raise serious concerns about the future of quality care for veterinary patients. Sometimes referred to as a veterinary professional associate (VPA), their duties would overlap those of a veterinarian and veterinary technician.
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