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Are Annual Exams Really Necessary?

April 25, 2013 by Andy Roark DVM MS

  Last year, in a much-discussed New York Times article titled “Let’s (Not) Get Physicals,” a physician reporter named Elisabeth Rosenthal argued that annual physical examinations for human patients are pointless. She cited a Canadian government task force recommendation to abandon annual physical examinations because they are “nonspecific,” “inefficient” and “potentially harmful” (in that they may lead… Read More

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Care, Life With Clients

Veterinarian Confession: “I Don’t Brush My Dog’s Teeth”

January 7, 2013 by Andy Roark DVM MS

Mrs. Griffith sighed as she gently separated her youngest daughter and oldest Labrador Retriever. She stepped between them and over a discarded pacifier to look me directly in the eye. “Really?” she asked. “Do you brush your dog’s teeth every day?” It was a moment of truth. She didn’t ask me what I recommend. She asked… Read More

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Care, Life With Clients

Survival Guide to Appointment Pile-Ups

May 16, 2012 by Andy Roark DVM MS

Originally published: Exceptional Veterinary Team, May 16, 2012   It was 11:15 am and my waiting room contained my 10:20 appointment (who had just shown up), my 11:20 wellness examination, an emergency “squinting dog,” and a woman desperate to talk with me about whether I thought her sister’s dog might have Cushing’s disease. If you’ve… Read More

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So I’m a Doctor… Now What?

April 1, 2010 by Andy Roark DVM MS

Nineteen months ago, I started my first job as a veterinarian. It’s a position where I split time between a large general practice, an emergency hospital and a one doctor start-up practice. This is the time I’d thought I’d unleash all of the great ideas I had in veterinary school about how things should be… Read More

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Care, Perspective

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