Telemedicine has been the greatest COVID silver lining for me. (I mean, other than shaving my head and rediscovering the bidet during the great TP shortage.) Telemedicine has been the greatest professional silver lining, at least. I had been considering dipping my toes into telemedicine for more than two years before the COVID crisis hit…. Read More
Life With Clients
Hips Don’t Lie – The Incidental OA (HDYTT)
This week on the Cone… Dr. Andy Roark talks to the one-and-only Dr. David Dycus. Andy was taking radiographs looking for a possible foreign body in a young dog when… he found terrible hips as an incidental finding. What do we do? What should he tell the owners? What are their options? FIND OUT THIS… Read More
Unspoken Truths About COVID-19
This week on the Cone… Dr. Andy Roark and Dr. Anita Link discuss her article on the challenges and unspoken truths about dealing with the COVID pandemic. Article: anitalinkthoughtfood.com/2020/04/15/v…oken-truths/ We are supported by PSI Vet!The PSIvet Healthcare Initiative hopes to introduce new ways to ensure all Veterinary Professionals get the healthcare coverage they need. Learn more… Read More
Becoming a Manager During a Pandemic
In February of this year, I was chosen to become the new managing DVM of the hospital where I currently work. I was to take over the role April 1st, 2020. At the time I had been out of school for almost 8 years. I was excited. I had so many ideas. I wanted to… Read More
In Defense of the Hard Way: The Most Important Time to Love Your Neighbors Is When You Can’t See Them
If you had dinner with a group of veterinarians in any given year B.C. (Before COVID-19), you probably heard variations on these stories: The one about the client who wanted his pet treated but didn’t want to pay for anything The one about the client who wanted medication without an exam The one about the… Read More
COVID-19 and Your Pet
It has been a life-changing week in Northern Minnesota. Less than a month ago, COVID-19 was known only as “The Corona Virus” and thought to be a disease of foreign countries on the other side of the world. We were warned but didn’t really believe that it would make its way to the United States…. Read More