Interesting & unusual
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April 26, 2024
How opera singing led me to vet med
Her dad was a veterinary dermatologist, and Julia Miller, DVM, DACVD, tried to fall from the tree by pursuing a career in opera singing, but vet med—and dermatology—ultimately called her home. -
April 26, 2024
How movie animation led me to vet med
Before she became AAHA’s director of learning, Andrea Spediacci, DVM, had a budding career as a production assistant at DreamWorks Animation Studios. -
April 26, 2024
How fossil hunting led me to vet med
It's been a long and winding road to vet med for Ewan D.S. Wolff, PhD, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), (they/them)—and it all began with a childhood love of dinosaurs. -
April 17, 2024
Webinar takeaways: Starting your cultural competence journey
Takeaways from the recent AAHA webinar on cultural competence include embracing humility and curiosity about our own cultural biases to better understand teammates and clients—and ultimately, better care for patients. -
April 6, 2024
Pets and the April 8 total solar eclipse
In anticipation of Monday’s total solar eclipse, the big news for clients is that the eclipse likely won’t be any news at all to their pets. -
April 2, 2024
New hope for farting Frenchies and burping bulldogs
How the BREATHE Clinic at the University of Missouri is helping pets—and their people—breathe easier, one case at a time. -
March 25, 2024
Vet med career personas from the AAHA retention study
AAHA’s white paper “Stay, Please” has interactive ways to explore the nuances of who’s planning to leave veterinary practices and why. Associate DVMs and credentialed techs have the same top 6 retention and attrition factors. Can you guess what they are? -
March 22, 2024
The state of women in vet med—according to the data
Vet med has been mostly female since 2009 but research suggests inherent bias, unequal resources, and the “motherhood penalty” contribute to why females still trail males in income and status. -
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
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).