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This week, Thom is joined by Carla Finzel, qualified vet nurse and Alison Lambert, founder of OnSwitch. In this episode, they discuss: 💭 What is a District Veterinary Nurse? 👩‍⚕️ The Role of the District Veterinary Nurse and much more!

The second of our brand new series based on Veterinary Startups – for those who are considering or have already built their new practice, this is for you! This time we'll be focusing on how to set up your new practice, and discussions will surround payroll, operations, hiring and pricing your services.  

We're kickstarting a brand new series based on Veterinary Startups – for those who are considering or have already built their new practice, this is for you! We'll be speaking to Practice Directors who have recently established their footing and want to share their experiences, with all the highs and lows of starting your own business.

You might have heard of Co-ownership in veterinary practices – some have described it as being akin to getting married (pass me the toothpaste, will you?). You might even be considering switching to a Co-ownership partnership, but need to hear more from practices that have successfully implemented this. We're collaborating with Pennard Vets, one of very few practices to be owned by an employee ownership trust, meaning their employees are shareholders and take a share of profits. Matt Flann and Caroline Collins will be joining us to share their experience of a Co-ownership clinic.

Shawn Wilkie, CEO of Talkatoo, will provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to effectively find and purchase the right Practice Management Software for your veterinary business.

Olly King, founder of The Meraki Initiative, joins us for a webinar on vision, mission and values - because culture matters.

Uncovering purpose, character strengths, and high-quality Connections to boost veterinary team wellbeing and culture

Certified ethical hacker and Veterinary IT Expert Jack Peploe will highlight how to effectively practice sustainability within your veterinary practice. As one of the most trusted professionals, veterinarians have a social obligation to be perceived as seeking to operate sustainably.

Be aware of the implications of being a leader in the veterinary profession

In the face of the current retention crisis in our industry, veterinary leaders seek new ways of taking care of their teams, promoting wellbeing and creating a culture in which veterinary professionals can not only survive, but also thrive.

A successful approach to strategic positioning has you optimizing along two of these dimensions, and selecting the remainder as your direction of compromise.

We're updating PetsApp every week, so there's always a reason to get in touch to find out what's new. In this week's edition, we've got free 2-way SMS, message templates and team hand-offs, plus some extra goodies.

Veterinary telemedicine goes beyond the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease from afar. Veterinary teams have varying perspectives of the impact it could have on their day to day and how it could ultimately end up benefiting patients.

Self-care must be a priority for veterinary professionals. In this lecture, we’ll discuss how to recognize signs of burnout in ourselves and our team. We will also discuss how to recover from burnout and prevention strategies, including the essential tools of boundaries and resiliency.

When you're looking at setting up your clinic, break it down and keep it as simple as possible. Here are the six P's that you need to think about when starting your own clinic.

Setting up a new veterinary practice is an exciting challenge for the entrepreneurs taking that leap. Here's the opinions from some industry experts to get you started.

It can be easy to think about how we can advocate for our patients in end of life situations or cases where financial constraints affect the treatment plan, but advocacy goes beyond these situations.

In this live session, Dr Thom Jenkins will explore tools and frameworks to address why the average veterinary team experience does not live up to the delightful customer experiences they are expected to deliver.

Today, we are excited to announce our $4.4M seed round of funding to accelerate our mission of empowering veterinary teams! 💪 🐕

Would you rather discuss an employee’s performance and behavior at work or be the one assigned to restrain the hissing, spitting fractious cat? Many veterinary employers may prefer the feral cat—we’ve got protective equipment and drugs that can help manage that. When it comes to giving employee feedback, we don’t have the same protection. It can be awkward, uncomfortable, and emotional. But feedback is essential to maintain an engaged, productive team.

There's a hiring crunch across the United States and beyond - it's all anyone in veterinary seems to be talking about right now. Practice managers and clinic directors are struggling to source - and in some cases, even retain - veterinary talent leaving teams overstretched, overworked and headed for catastrophe. Dr Andrew Moffat wants to explore how effective mentoring in the veterinary profession can be one cog in the machine to combat this growing problem, and how we can build a more sustainable future for young veterinarians for the benefit of our workforce and our patients.

The veterinary nursing team is always critical to smooth clinic operations, but their experience, knowledge, and support can be an especially large asset to early career veterinarians. Kate Boatright takes us through some of the many ways your nursing team can help to mentor young veterinarians!

Are you a student with an idea for a piece of work that demonstrates the future of veterinary medicine?

In this webinar, Seth (through online radiology rounds) will be demonstrating simple and easy tips you can implement to make this flow work for you and your patients - introducing some concepts involving artificial intelligence.

Cyber security has become a bit of a buzzword in 2021. The high profile cyber attacks on businesses like The Colonial Pipeline, CNA, Kasyea & JBS have raised a lot of concerns amongst larger organizations. Veterinary medicine has yet to make moves to protect their huge amounts of data - and 228 veterinary hospitals are hit by an attack per week!

This webinar removes the "fluff" on osteoarthritis management, and replaces it with science - giving the attendee the confidence to tackle these game changing conversations within the clinic.

It’s become increasingly clear that the most important stakeholder to serve is your veterinary team. A lot of strategic initiatives are greeted with skepticism by practice teams - what new reason has been invented for us to miss lunch or not to get out on time? To overcome this skepticism, we should better communicate the “what’s in it for me” to veterinary team members - a question they have every right to ask and still don’t ask often enough.

If you're a practice manager looking to help locums acclimatise to your veterinary practice and provide you with the best service possible, then this guide - written by All Scrubbed Up's Laura Sullivan - is for you.

Skin disease can be severely debilitating and can affect the quality of life of both the pet and the owner. However, what an owner perceives as an emergency is not always the same as a true emergency. This presentation will discuss how to triage dermatology cases to differentiate between those that are concerning for the owner but where virtual help and advice can be beneficial versus the true dermatological emergencies that need urgent attention.

With the veterinary recruitment shortage reaching an all time high, new mother Kate Cavanagh explains how flexible working could be the key to longer term staff retention.