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Tag: Clients

  • Creating a transition ritual

    Creating a transition ritual

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    A while ago, I did a Q&A session at the RVC in London and one of the most popular questions was: “How do you reset in between emergencies and consults?” As an emergency vet this is critical, but when I think about it, this is critical for the success as a vet in general. In…

  • Euthanasia: lets talk about it

    Euthanasia: lets talk about it

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    I think your first PTS as a new graduate is a significant moment across the board; there’s nothing that truly prepares you for it, as it’s very unlikely you’ll have seen many during work experience placements. Personally, I hadn’t seen a single one with the owner present. Your university might try to prepare you by…

  • The world is yours

    The world is yours

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    There’s a constant pressure in the industry to do something else. Whether that pressure comes from us wanting to branch out and experience different practices, different countries, different disciplines, or whether its pressure from society for you to change it up a bit. It’s almost like you can’t possibly be happy in the same job,…

  • The why of veterinary science

    The why of veterinary science

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    In one of the last decade’s most influential books on motivation, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, author Daniel Pink argues that the traditional motivators of the previous century – reward and punishment – mostly fail to deliver when it comes to keeping people engaged, fulfilled and happy in their careers. According to…

  • Direct result of education: help guide the research

    Direct result of education: help guide the research

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    You know the conversations with clients that start with them announcing “I did some research”, which is code for “I Googled it and you’re not doing it right”? How can we change this? The truth is, we can’t. The internet has all the information in the world in your pocket. Let’s face it, we’ve done…

  • This long December

    This long December

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    Dan Amos

    With 13 years as a blogger for Vet Times under my belt, you may think that writing comes easily, but this December it has felt very difficult to come up with a festive post. Previous articles have considered the chocolate etiquette of clinic life and the frozen turkey “gift” given to our team on Christmas…

  • Tips for your first month as a new graduate vet

    Tips for your first month as a new graduate vet

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    Your first real day as a vet, stepping through the doors of your practice for the first time, feels like it’s never going to come. But when it does, it’s exciting, its terrifying, it’s surreal and it’s overwhelming – all in one. Your university has likely done all it can to prepare you for these…

  • Listen to your physical health

    Listen to your physical health

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    I passed out in theatre… In my 20 years of being in practice, of scrubbing into a variety of operations, of holding “this instrument” while I get hit in the face by an arterial bleed, I’ve never fainted. Which begs the question: why today? In the most bloodless of orthopaedic procedures, one I’ve assisted in…

  • My name is…

    My name is…

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    My name is Carly and I’m a veterinary nurse… while I’m at work. I’m mummy at home. I’m that sweaty woman with dog while I’m running. I’m the one with the resting bitch face when I’m out with friends… I carry multiple titles, all of which have a certain reputation to uphold, and it can…

  • In it for the money

    In it for the money

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    “All you vets care about is the money…” Ouch! Just reading that line makes your blood boil, doesn’t it? If you’ve been in clinical practice for any length of time, it’s likely you would have heard this accusation, or a version of it. Hit a nerve These kinds of comments tend to hit a particularly…