Interesting & unusual
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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 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 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 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. -
March 5, 2024
HANDOUT: Vet med workplace hazards that can affect pregnancy
Working in a veterinary practice while pregnant poses some unique risks, including the dangers of radiation, anesthesia, infectious disease, chemicals, potential injuries, and stress. Luckily, there are safety precautions to reduce the risk. -
February 29, 2024
VIDEO: Meet the small animal veterinarians helping wildlife around the world
You don’t have to be a wildlife vet to help animals in places like the Galapagos Islands, Kenya, or Sumatra—small animal veterinary professionals are needed to serve the dogs, cats, and people who live near the wild too. -
February 20, 2024
WATCH: blendVET's DEIB focus inspires the next generation of veterinarians in underserved communities
Niccole Bruno, DVM, founded blendVET to provide hands-on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) training for veterinary practices—and now blendVET’s “pathway events” at K–12 schools are showing students in underserved communities that they also have a place in vet med. -
February 10, 2024
Funny, controversial, and flat-out weird Super Bowl ads about pets—and what we can learn from (some) of them
Super Bowl commercials often feature cute animals—and that can be a conversation starter for veterinary teams to debunk myths while remind ing clients that their veterinarian is their best resource for accurate information about the health and wellbeing of their pets. -
February 6, 2024
Great minds think alike? Think again!
Temple Grandin, PhD, MS, shares how neurodiverse minds think differently from others—and why that’s a good thing for your team, your patients, and your practice. -
January 26, 2024
5 Ways to share One Health concepts in veterinary clinical practice
Veterinary professionals are well-suited to be experts in a variety of One Health concepts. Here are some resources and ideas for how to increase awareness among your clients about the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health.