Where do I go from here?

National Report — Where are the jobs in veterinary medicine?

Zeroing in on your goals

Work better with goal planning.

Year in review: How did you measure up?

Every year, practice owners review their employees, telling them what they did well and how they could improve. But have you ever taken time to give yourself a year-end review? Whether you're the boss, an associate, or a support staff member, you can benefit from evaluating your year, says Jinny Ditzler, author of Your Best Year Yet! A Proven Method for Making the Next Twelve Months the Most Successful Ever (Warner Books, 2000).

Hand off tasks with confidence, trust staff abilities, experts say

Social skills, management abilities help ease way; lean on experienced technicians for support; abandon do-it-yourself attitudes in the workplace

Students in animal sciences lack exposure, study shows

Gainesville, Fla.-A survey of students enrolled in animal agriculture at the University of Florida (UF) reveals that 86 percent had minimal or no experience working with large domestic farm animals.

Students create business certification program

Faced with doubtful administrators, University of Pennsylvania students raise $70,000 to kick off management program

Every day presents new PR opportunities

Why does the public have such a divergent view of veterinary and human medicine?

Much of the perception can be traced to television shows that depict, kindly, but not very savvy veterinarians, the leadership of organized veterinary medicine not being more proactive, and much of it is certainly due to the natural consequence of the differing values placed on animal versus human life.

Oral health education opportunity for DVMs

Bridgewater, N.J.-Second to cost, a lack of knowledge is a chief reason for poor canine oral health, a Pharmacia Animal Health survey shows.

The survey of 200 pet owners showed they treat their dog as a family member or consider it to be a family member and have taken the animal to the veterinarian in the last year for routine care.

Murphy's Law can apply when looking for a job

Opportunites abound when hunting for your first practice; expect unexpected