Model Employment Agreements
The VIN Foundation produced this model contract template to help ease the sometimes complicated contract negotiations scenario. The model contract is an illustrated example of a fair and balanced veterinary contract, which you can alter as necessary. To help get you started, VIN Attorney Raphael Moore presented a rounds that walks through and explains in simple terms the model contract and contracts in general. You can read or listen to the rounds. Those who have used it say it helped them work through the details without creating feelings of adversity between employer and employee. You'll find the Model Employment Contract in the Legal Specialty Center (under contracts). You can also find a link to the VIN Foundation Library in the Practice Management and Misc. sections of the Main library.
Title Vs. Descriptive Title
Message board discussions have two lives: the first when they are interactive discussions between colleagues on the message boards, the second when they come up as a search result helping you and other VINners who can benefit from the prior discussion -- for years to come. Before becoming searchable in the VIN Database, the tireless VIN indexing team scours each posting to ensure the search results you get make sense and to help you zero in on the content you want. When appropriate, the team creates a Descriptive Title that more clearly illustrates the key point of the discussion. Both the poster's Original Title and the Descriptive Title are shown in the discussion details. Words found in either title are treated as highly relevant search terms when using the VIN Search. See this example and further explanation.
MyVIN is your Personal Assistant!
Your MyVIN allows you to customize your VIN experience: - Customize what information you make available to your colleagues vs other VINners
- Keep your contact information updated
- Create your message board signature
- Renew your VIN membership
- Change your password
- Search for and contact VIN colleagues
- and much more.
Think of your MyVIN as your own personal assistant for all things VIN. Need Help?
Have questions about your membership? Can't find that reference you need for a tough case? Help is a click, email or phone call away! (Hint: you can find this page anytime by clicking HELP on the main VIN Navigation Bar, and then clicking on "Member Support Team" in the left hand side column.)
NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss;
News reported for YOU...
Evolving:
* Microchip dilemma: What to do when client isn’t registered owner? Be a VIN newshound:
VIN News Service (VNS) is here to give YOU a voice and report news that is important to YOU. Got an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering? Post it on the boards or email News@vin.com.
The VIN News Service (without access to the community discussions) is available to the general public. Share news.vin.com with nonVINners. Follow VNS on Twitter! Send a Twitter request to receive VNS Tweets.
New and Revised Articles to Share
With Your Clients! Veterinary Partner Texas Farm Radio ANIMALicious - LIKE ANIMALicious on Facebook!
Understanding and evaluating veterinary clinical research
Clinical research is either retrospective in observational studies, looking at historical medical records as the source of data, or prospective in both experimental and observational studies, where the study is designed before any patients are included. Prospective, experimental studies provide the more reliable results, although they form a minority of published reports. Randomized, controlled trials are the most reliable format, and attempts should be made to use this design more often in veterinary medicine.
Clinical signs, therapy and zoonotic risk of pet guinea pigs with dermatophytosis
In approximately one quarter of the cases humans showed clinical signs of dermatophytosis, in half the households, only children were affected. Skin lesions were seen most often on the face, the neck and the arms. Pet guinea pigs carrying dermatophytes must be considered a serious zoonotic risk for their owners, especially for children. A major risk factor for dermatophytosis seems to be a recent acquisition of a new guinea pig.
Disseminated pleomorphic myofibrosarcoma in a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
The pathological and diagnostic features of a widely disseminated pleomorphic high-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma are described in a 23-year-old male brown bear (Ursus arctos horribilis). Firm, solid, white to tan neoplastic nodules, often with cavitated or soft grey-red necrotic centres, were observed throughout most internal organs, subcutaneous tissues and skeletal muscles on gross examination.
Clients Expect Me To Provide Free Treatment Of Post-Operative Complications Following Spay/Neuter At Low Cost Clinic
Just because they show up in your office with a dehisced incision, and you take them into an exam room, that does not make you responsible or liable for fixing the situation for free. Provide them with three options ...
Cat's Stomatitis Resolved Once Hyperthyroidism Was Treated With I-131
A cat with full mouth extractions for stomatitis didn't fully heal until it received I-131 treatment for hyperthyroidism.
Managing The New Generation Of Employees; Effects Of Video Games On Brain Development
You are managing a person, not an age group or a catch phrase. Focus on the individual in front of you.
Thoughts On Using Ursodeoxycholic Acid (Ursodiol) In Cases Of Cholecystitis Biliary Obstruction In Cats Or Dogs
The "new thinking" I think you're referring to pertains to its use in dogs with gallbladder mucoceles that are not ruptured or causing concurrent obstruction.
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, November 27, 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, November 28, 2:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join your VIN colleagues for a chat!
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Join a panel discussion on Fluid Therapy for the Oncotically-Challenged.
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Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions Need help remembering when Rounds sessions are happening? Check out the list of ways to be reminded about VIN Rounds sessions.
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Download VINCasts
Too busy to read past Rounds sessions? Download VINCasts to your MP3 player and listen on the go. Rounds available as VINCasts are marked with an @.
Got Staff?
The Veterinary Support Personnel Network (VSPN) was created specifically for your technicians, practice managers and other staff members to have access to their own message boards, chats, and CE. We are also actively working on a VSPN-plus that will enable you, valued nonDVM staff, and all VINners at your hospital, to collaborate more effectively using VIN and VSPN tools. Have your staff go to www.vspn.org to register! It's free!
Don't Rewrite! Recover! (with Message Board Drafts)
Time is money! Saving your drafts when posting on the message boards will help you avoid wasting time rewriting lost posts and the best part is... you don't even have to remember to save it yourself! The message boards will automatically save posts every 60 seconds, so even if you get called away to an emergency in the middle of posting... no worries! You can come back later and pick up right where you left off. To find your draft if you were posting a new discussion:
1. Click the Post New button.
2. Click the Open Drafts button.
3. Click to highlight the draft you want from the list on the left side.
4. Click the Select Draft button.
5. Continue composing your post as you normally would, and Post Message. If you were replying to an existing discussion:
1. Navigate to the specific discussion thread.
2. Click the 'Reply' button
3. Click the Open Drafts button
(make sure the Replies tab is selected)
4. Click to highlight the draft you want from the list on the left side.
5. Click the Select Draft button.
6. Continue composing your post as you normally would, and Post Message.
 Book Review of the Week
Veterinary Medical Guide to Dog and Cat Breeds
Catch up on previous Book Reviews
Website of the Week
Veterinary Anatomy
eVetSites Tip of the Week
Scam Alert - DNS Services
What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Fun 155 - Opened 10/27
Pathology Brain-Teaser 106 - Opened 11/5
Zoonosis Brain-Teaser 128 - Opened 10/23
VIN Show-Me-How Video:
Reply Vs. Reply to All
Associate - Updated and New
Horner's syndrome in dogs and cats
Explore the rest of Associate!
Upcoming Conferences
Looking to attend or contribute a paper to a veterinary conference? Check out the On the Road with VIN folder or the Press Releases folder to see what conferences are coming up and to visit their websites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: ACVP/ASVCP, CVC and NAVC.
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register, and find more upcoming CE.
Principles of Medicine
January 3 - February 10, 2013 Module 2 of 6 in the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review Series, this course builds on the foundation created in the Pathologic Basis of Disease course, providing an overview of concepts in clinical reasoning and practice. Focus will be on clinical decision making and the diagnostic process including assessment of laboratory data, problem-based medicine and an introduction to evidenced-based medicine. Systems A: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
February 7 - April 14, 2013 This course provides an overview of the dermatology, cardiology, and respiratory systems. The course builds upon the foundations of pathophysiology and medicine provided in the MULT207-1012: Pathologic Basis of Disease and the MULT208-0113: Principles of Medicine courses, using concepts and disease examples specific to the various body systems. Systems B: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
April 11 - June 23, 2013 This course provides an overview of the neurology, musculoskeletal disease and orthopedics, gastroenterology, dentistry and behavior. The course builds upon the foundations of pathophysiology and medicine provided in the MULT207-1012: Pathologic Basis of Disease and the MULT208-0113: Principles of Medicine courses, using concepts and disease examples specific to the various body systems. To get the most from your CE course, plan to attend a practice session before your course begins. Practice sessions are scheduled for the same day and time each week for your convenience: - Tuesday afternoons 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
- Wednesday evenings 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET
- Thursday evenings 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET
Check the World Clock Time Zone Converter to confirm the time for your area. For more information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists, or practice managers, visit the VSPN Course Catalog. VSPN offers courses tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VSPN members. Follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN / VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower. Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what's on the schedule.
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