Personal Wellness
How to Reduce Burnout
The pandemic has made work and daily life even more stressful. You can mitigate the tension if you set expectations for clients, fine-tune staff schedules and practice self-care.
Human Resources
You Can Help
Recognizing signs of mental distress in team members is the first step in getting them the assistance they might urgently need.
Personal Wellness
Career Challenges
Student debt, the practice environment and well-being are among the top issues facing veterinarians and veterinary technicians, an NAVC-commissioned study discovers.
From the Editor
It’s a Work in Progress
Veterinarian well-being, especially among younger practitioners, remains lower than that of the general U.S. population.
Personal Wellness
The Forgotten Team Member
Outnumbered and full of responsibility, practice managers aren’t immune to the personal struggles afflicting doctors and staff. Solutions are within reach.
Personal Wellness
Minimize maxing out
If you’ve reached your mental limitations as a veterinary professional, get centered, exercise self-compassion and remember to do something fun every day.
Personal Wellness
Douse the flames of early burnout
Recognizing signs of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion in veterinary medicine is the first step in returning to your natural flow state.
Human Resources
Save a life
A “four eyes” approach to drug security and a well-publicized employee assistance program are two crucial steps your practice can take today to help prevent suicide in veterinary medicine.