Kick Ass Vets: Recent Episodes
Dr. Ann Herbst
KICK ASS VETS provides tangible and practical tools to help EMPOWER everyone in the veterinary industry to take CONTROL of their careers!
CPR training is so important for all clinics, and more important for the mental health of all veterinary staff!
Manupulative people use various tactics to try to get their way, often at the expense of veterinary staff
Managing upset clients, those that are sacred, stressed or feel guilty, is a hard part of our job. Having strategies to manage these clients helps smooth out these interactions, and improves patient care!
Bullies come in all shapes and forms, so recognize and deal with these clients effectively!
Difficult clients are a huge strain on the mental health of veterinary staff, and sometimes we just need to protect ourselves.
Clinics that treat pet owners as customers and not clients are those that aren't respecting their staff, and aren't respecting the professional integrity of the veterinary degree.
New grads can be a gold mine, if you just foster their growth! Learn how through this podcast!
Every vet, every clinic, will get complaints. How you handle them changes everything for the client, and your staff!
Millenials are the majority of the workforce. Here we discuss how millennials can be amazing and how to hire them, and how to keep them employed!
A discussion on why people don't take advantage of opportunities or pursue change that could improve their lives, and ways to change this about yourself!
Superhero Syndrome runs rampant in veterinary medicine. Identifying and combatting this syndrome can drastically improve your professional and personal life!
So many vets go from job to job, and look at job ads at nauseam, and they are all the same, and lead to bad job after bad job. These approaches hope to avoid the string of bad clinics.
When to quit and when to stay in a job can be a hard decision. This podcasts tackles the question 'Should I Quit?'
A complete discussion of why firing toxic clients is good for business, which clients should be fired, and how to go about firing these clients!
Dr. Brooke discusses her career jumping into emergency medicine, her books on emergency work, imposter syndrome, and working on comission.
Dr. Sarah discusses the vet industry, the problems she feels are most relevant and her website sarahthevet.com
Medical Biases exist and affect our patients negatively. By learning about biases and putting processes in place in our practices and our minds, we can improve patient care.
Perspective from a brand new veterinarian! A discussion of picking the right job, interviewing, and the emotional rollercoaster the process takes you on!
A journey through multiple career paths including a previous research career, internships, general practice and finally a pathology residency. A sample platter of the profession all on one plate!
A story of two years in practice, and the journey through an emergency internship ending up in a general practice setting that Dr. Yu Wern LOVES!
Dr. Sean sharing his journey through the army, veterinary medicine, and on to human medicine, and answering the question, how gross are humans?
Thinking of non-clinical practice? Why not research- get insight into what the job entails!
Dr. Jessica shares her story about how she fell out of love with clinical practice, but how that hasn't destroyed her passion to improve the profession!
Picking the right clinic is important. Avoid terrible clinics by noticing these red flags!
We will all make mistakes at some point, but how do you discuss your mistakes with owners? Here are tips for both mental health, and not getting sued!
Even as a locum you want to be the best possible employee you can be! Here we discuss ways to KICK ASS as a locum.
Have you asked for a raise and were denied for reasons that weren't related to your work? Combat 'smoke screen' responses and push through to your raise!
If you have become a mentor, willingly or not, these tips will help you be the best mentor you can for your mentee, and yourself.
Locums are attacked for various reasons, so let's discuss it! Should we love locums, leave them, or join them?
New Grad or Experienced, we all need support in various aspects of our careers, and our lives!
Want to get the most out of your mentorship relationship? Be the best Mentee you can be with these tips!
Addressing medical mistakes with your colleagues and clinical team is important for both mental health and preventing future mistakes.
Bosses complain that new grads don't know 'real world' medicine. KICK ASS VETS discusses how we should be striving for Evidence Based Medicine!
Every job has ups and downs, locuming is no exception. Check out these pros and cons to see if locuming is worth it for you.
Performance reviews are important for ALL employees, and being prepared for your review is equally important!
Picking your first vet job is important to how you feel about the career and how you are formed as a vet. Pick the right clinic with these tips!