Last week I asked a group of about 30 medical directors to do a thought experiment with me. I asked them to imagine that their hospital was going to hire someone and that they get to request one characteristic or attribute for the new hire to have. I broke them up into small groups and… Read More
What Viral Videos Can Teach About Boosting Morale
Sarah Parsons joins Dr. Andy Roark on the Cone of Shame Veterinary Podcast to discuss the power of positivity and humor in boosting morale within veterinary clinics. She emphasizes the importance of creating content that veterinarians and staff can relate to, avoiding client bashing, and fostering a culture where the daily stresses of vet medicine… Read More
Burnout: The Problem with Fitness Influencers
Let me start by saying that this post is about veterinary medicine… I promise. One of the things I find most interesting about the internet is how it always skews to the extremes. Take fitness for example. The core tenets of exercise are pretty boring and haven’t changed much in the last 50 years. Sure… Read More
Are We Really Busy Enough to Hire?
Eric Garcia joins us to discuss staffing and technology efficiency versus the need for hiring in veterinary practices. In this week’s episode of the Cone of Shame Podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and Eric Garcia explore whether practices are truly understaffed or if the perceived need to hire more personnel is a response to inefficiency. The… Read More
Cost of Care, Access to Care, and Payment Options
Dr. Emily Tincher joins us to discuss the rising costs of veterinary care and how they impact pet families. Dr. Andy Roark and Dr. Tincher dive into her co-authored book chapter on cost, access to care, and payment options, highlighting key factors driving price increases, such as staffing costs, practice economics, and the cost of… Read More
Perfectionism: How I Got it Wrong
There’s a saying in veterinary medicine about how half of what we know is wrong… we just don’t know which half. It’s impossible, after all, to continually learn things without disproving or (more commonly) significantly expanding on things we once thought were complete truths. I was reminded of this fact recently as I reflected on… Read More