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Why staff retention deserves your attention in the New Year
AAHA surveyed nearly 15,000 veterinary professionals and learned that 30% plan to leave their current job within the coming year. What might make them want to stay? It starts with the right goals.
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How Do We Keep Good People in Clinical Practice?
New insights from an AAHA survey into why people in vet med leave, and what could make them want to stay.
Recent articles
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March 20, 2024
Working parent guilt—Where it comes from and how to send it packing
Guilt felt by working parents is a type of unhelpful “persecutory guilt,” writes Emily Singler, VMD, that can be avoided and healed through releasing unrealistic expectations and shifting responsibilities and priorities. -
March 18, 2024
The secret sauce: Strengths of the neurodivergent workforce and communication tips to optimize them
Approximately one in five people have a neurodivergent condition. This diversity brings unique strengths and opportunities for self-care and allyship in how we work with teammates and clients who have bipolar disorder, autism, ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other forms of neurodiversity. -
March 15, 2024
Managing online reviews using AI
Whether it’s a 5-star raving review or a 1-star rant, online reviews need professional, concise replies to maintain your practice’s good reputation. AI tools like ChatGPT can help you build templates, craft replies in sensitive situations, and come up with new ways to say thanks for the positive reviews too. -
March 13, 2024
Give working parents what they need to thrive in veterinary medicine
Veterinary practices can support employees who are parents by implementing nongendered policies to balance time off and other parenting considerations for fathers and nonbirthing parents. -
March 11, 2024
Interactive graphics: Retention and attrition in vet med
Do you know what keeps your happy employees happy and what’s driving the unhappy ones away? AAHA’s white paper “Stay, Please,” includes interactive graphics that break down the reasons people stay in vet med (retention) and why they leave (attrition). -
March 11, 2024
Lifting boxes: An alternative to work-life balance
“Balancing” work and life can feel impossible for working parents. Emily Singer, VMD, writes that instead of trying to balance work with life, flexibility and self-care are better goals. -
March 8, 2024
How to use AI to create a veterinary content calendar
A content calendar makes your veterinary practice’s marketing strategy flow like clockwork—but who has the time to put it together? AI tools can fast track the process and help generate ideas for social media posts. -
March 7, 2024
Reducing turnover: Which approach is right for you?
How you increase employee retention might be practice-wide or it might focus on specific job roles where you see the highest turnover. AAHA’s “Stay, Please” white paper has the data to inform your next move, regardless of which strategy you choose. -
March 6, 2024
ELIAS Animal Health gets USDA approval for new cancer immunotherapy
Using an individualized whole cancer cell vaccine and targeted T-cell lymphocytes, ELIAS Cancer Immunotherapy (ECI) can potentially create a “sustained immune effect” in dogs with osteosarcoma. -
HANDOUT: Pregnancy workplace hazards
Print this handout to understand some of the risks and precautions to take when you or a team member are pregnant while working at a veterinary clinic.