September 7th, 2010: The first day of the rest of my life. My third year as a veterinary student at UC Davis started off with the routine rush of excitement for another year, the sadness of completing my last summer vacation … Continue reading
PetWare™, Banfield’s e-health record system, was recently upgraded to include a better way to objectively measure overweight/obesity in Pets! The new functionality in PetWare will allow our veterinarians to measure body condition of each Pet on a 1 to 5 … Continue reading
In my blog last month, when we compared compassion fatigue to burnout, we learned that there are conditions that result from different sources of stress: Burnout results from stresses that arise from the clinician’s interaction with the work environment…while compassion … Continue reading
When I was about 5 years old I gained the understanding that pets needed doctors just like people. It was at about that point that I decided I wanted to be a veterinarian and everything I did, from school to … Continue reading