The class of 2026 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine will be the first to complete a revamped fully integrated curriculum that aims to teach veterinarians how to better communicate, collaborate, and solve problems.
The Center for Veterinary Social Work at the University of Tennessee is “a space for all professionals with an interest in human and animal welfare to come together to collaborate.” As the field of veterinary social work gains popularity, how it’s taught and practiced is growing up too.
As the clinical skills instructor for the Veterinary Technician program at Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Virginia, Noah Meyers, LVT, uses mock scenarios and simulations to bring anesthesia education to life for his students.
Clinical
Veterinary residencies are moving out of the teaching hospital as aspiring specialists seek residencies at private and corporate practices, or even find mentors to help design veterinary residencies remotely.
In honor of Practice Managers Appreciation Week, practice owner Jenn Galvin sends a dispatch from the struggle (it’s real) and digs deep to find gratitude for what keeps her in love with the job, even when it’s hard.
Allergic Skin Disease
Abstracts from the latest issue of the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association.
Culture and Wellbeing
Veterinary teamwork improves patient care, client support, and job satisfaction and growth. When each team member works to their strengths and everyone, including clients, values each role, disease management cases and clinical days themselves flow better.
Clinical
This Central Line podcast episode with Elizabeth Maxwell, DVM, MS, DACVS- SA, CVPP, and Candice Manganaro, DVM, explores collaboration among general practitioners, specialists, and emergency veterinary care teams.
How comfortable is your team treating common bird emergencies? Sydney Pockard, DVM, talks to columnist Emily Singler, VMD, and offers tips for veterinarians in general practice.
Client Communication
There are many things that affect a person’s ability to retain information, and if we know what they are, we can set ourselves up for success.
