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Personal/Professional Development
Understanding Aggression
Dr. Platt muses on this issue's CE feature on canine aggression, Dr. Torres shares more on Purina's new clinical nutrition handbook, and more.Personal/Professional Development
Ancient Treatments for a Prehistoric Disease
Dr. Platt harps on the importance of furthering the field of OA therapies while Dr. Banovic shares an interesting new study on off-label use of oclacitinib as a potential treatment for CLE.Personal/Professional Development
Taking the Pain Away
Local anesthetics, a canine cancer registry, HHS in diabetes, and independent practice owners in the face of consolidation.Practice Management
How Are We Doing?
The use of CROMs to make our—and our patients' and clients'—lives easier, a new dentistry study, and how to become published with TVP!Personal/Professional Development
Gaining Insight in 2023
See what TVP's Editorial Advisory Board is up to and reading.Personal/Professional Development
Working Alongside Dr. Google
"It’s imperative that we not only understand and accept the reality of our clients’ and colleagues’ information-seeking preferences but also use this knowledge to prepare and better serve animals."Technology
Trusting the Eye of the Beholder
Telemedicine has the potential to pay a crucial role in the future of veterinary practice—with some caveats of course.Ethics/Welfare
Robots to the Rescue of Animals
Animal testing in the human medical field has come at the high price of many lives. Could AI be the next step in product testing?Ethics/Welfare
Is Banning Breeds the Answer?
Anti-brachycephaly laws are beginning to crop up in other countries. However, health issue are not limited to brachycephalic breeds. What do veterinarians, the best advocates for pets, need to do to have their voices heard and included in these legislative decisions?Personal Wellbeing
The Secret of Job Satisfaction
There is a 15:1 ratio of negative to positive work-related literature. Every vet now knows the terms "stress," "depression," and "compassion fatigue." But where's the literature on the best parts of the job that make it all worth it?Personal/Professional Development
It’s Time for a Change
With mass discontent and exits from the veterinary profession on the rise, what does it take to keep employees engaged and happy or to recruit new members?
Practice Management
Focusing on the 3 Rs: Recruit, Retain, and Return
Many would say the veterinary profession is not in a great place.
Personal/Professional Development
Who Cares?
Empathy is something the veterinary profession needs to place more emphasis on, in schooling and continuing education.
Personal/Professional Development
Animal Sentience: An Inconvenient Truth?
Veterinarians may accept sentience as a truth but that does not have to mean it is used against us.
Personal Wellbeing
Running on Empty
There are a few ways to ensure you and your coworkers are getting enough sleep.
Personal/Professional Development
Ensuring Safe Arrivals
Advocating for national, legislative-backed oversight on canine importations could save countless domestic animal lives by ensuring proper vaccination and health status.
Personal/Professional Development
What Will Make You Happy?
Treating the animal in front of us may be our job, but it is the client who we often answer to.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Changing Face of Veterinary Medicine
Diversity in the veterinary profession starts as low as marketing the available opportunities to high school students and as high as hiring diverse candidates to positions of power and decision-making.
Ethics/Welfare
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Veterinarians have an ethical obligation to their patients and companion animals as a whole. Should we follow international suit and support breed bans or keep pushing for scientifically driven positive breeding programs?Ethics/Welfare
In Good Faith
It is veterinarians' sole purpose to ensure the wellbeing of pets, but what if you suspect intentional abuse? Do you feel protected in reporting suspected animal abuse?Practice Management
Staying Centered in a Crisis
Humanitarian crises also affect the veterinary profession—but is it always in a negative way? These times of uncertainty can help the profession learn new ways of growing, adapting, and thriving.Personal Wellbeing
Stamp Out Burnout
As we grow older in life and in this profession, we may feel it is acceptable or inevitable to feel mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausted.
Ethics/Welfare
What Constitutes Animal Cruelty?
Isn’t it time for the veterinary profession to acknowledge that animal cruelty encompasses much more than physical abuse alone?Ethics/Welfare
A Voice For the Suffering
Animal abuse is more than just a professional concern for veterinarians; it is a crime.Practice Management
Enough Is Enough
In this electronic age, it’s all too easy to be targeted by this type of attack, but it’s not as easy to know what to do to protect against, prevent, and fight back against a cyberbully.
Preventive Medicine
A Crisis of Historic Proportions?
Fearful pet owners are declining to get their pets vaccinated—it’s a worrisome trend that could lead to devastating consequences. It’s up to us to educate our clients.Personal/Professional Development
The Emotional Topic of Veterinary Student Selection
The selection of students for veterinary school is currently challenging but must evolve as the profession has evolved.
Personal/Professional Development
Time’s Up? Not Yet
Female veterinarians are still lagging behind their male peers in terms of pay, and men still outnumber women in more senior roles, despite a female majority across the profession as a whole.Personal/Professional Development
Is This the Golden Age of Veterinary Medicine?
Veterinarians make meaningful contributions to enrich the lives of animals and fellow human beings, despite all the challenges and concerns that we address in our daily lives and the state of the world around us.
Personal Wellbeing
The Opioid Crisis: A Veterinarian’s Action Plan
“We, as clinicians, are uniquely positioned to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic.
Practice Management
Information Overload
Daily use of the internet has become a way of life for many people, and with the advancement of technology and Internet of Things (IoT)1, our clients are increasingly equipped with health information before attending appointments.
Ethics/Welfare
Searching for Ethical Guidance
Veterinary ethics teaching and application in practice have changed considerably recently.
Personal Wellbeing
The Challenges of “Youth”
In our profession, there are certainly many challenges that we often face on our own.
Practice Management
The Age of the Veterinary Nurse Has Arrived! Part 2: Taking Charge
Last issue I discussed the topic of veterinary nurse initiative (VNI) and the proposed unification of credentialed titles, which hopefully will reduce confusion and improve the visibility of nurses.
Practice Management
The Age of the Veterinary Nurse Has Arrived! Part I: What’s in a Name?
If anything prevents continued advancement of this professional body, it may be the confusion over why there are so many different titles.
Preventive Medicine
Global Problems, Personal Fulfillment
Searching for personal and professional fulfillment? Get involved in global initiatives to ensure a rabies-free world.
Technology
The Foundation for a Cure?
The discovery in animals of molecular profiles and biomarkers associated with distinct clinical presentations will provide new insights into veterinary diseases.
Paying for Moments of Certainty?
One of the reasons that stifles the growth of pet health insurance in the U.S. is a fear among veterinarians that widespread use will result in a managed-care system. Are we really on that path?
Practice Management
The Doctor Will See You Now
Can the appropriate application of telemedicine in veterinary medicine enhance animal care and welfare?
Personal Wellbeing
Grief: The Secret Among Us?
Thankfully, the veterinary profession is recognizing and accepting that we need assistance in dealing with the mental health stresses that we all too often endure.
Public Health
One Health—How Does It Help Veterinary Medicine?
We must keep in mind several important issues that need to be front and center of any discussion surrounding use of a pet in a medical trial for the benefit of veterinary and human medicine.
Personal Wellbeing
Life Without Hope
Nearly 20% of the veterinary profession—3 times the U.S. national average—has considered suicide since leaving veterinary school.