Listen "COS 93 Are We Bad People??"
Episode Synopsis
Dr. Sarah Boston and I talk about the things that are frustrating and making us laugh in veterinary medicine today. From paying staff to public pleas on Facebook to patient rights and responsibilities, we cover a ton of ground and ultimately end up still wondering…. “Are we bad people?”
LINKS:
Live Workshop: The Secret Sauce to Optimizing Workflow w/ Senani Ratnayake:
https://unchartedvet.com/product/the-secret-sauce-to-optimizing-workflow/
Live Workshop: 12 Steps to Critical Conversations w/ Dr. Andy Roark: https://unchartedvet.com/upcoming-events/
Charming the Angry Client On-Demand Staff Training: https://drandyroark.com/on-demand-staff-training/
What’s on my Scrubs?! Card Game: https://drandyroark.com/training-tools/
Dr. Andy Roark Swag: drandyroark.com/shop
All Links: linktr.ee/DrAndyRoark
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Dr Sarah Boston is a veterinary surgical oncologist who is an ACVS board certified small animal surgeon and an ACVS Founding Fellow of both Surgical Oncology and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. She practices with VCA Canada in the Toronto area. Up until recently, she has spent most of her career in academia as a tenured faculty member at both the University of Guelph and the University of Florida. She has published over 80 scientific papers and textbook chapters, some of them good. Dr Boston is also a best-selling author of the book, Lucky Dog: How Being a Veterinarian Saved my Life and one of the creators of The Cageliner, a satirical online newspaper for veterinary professionals. She has recently started doing stand up comedy because she believes that we all need to laugh more. This Fall, she will be starting as a full-time student in Comedy Writing and Performance at Humber College and will still be working part-time as a surgical oncologist. (That should work, right?)
LINKS:
Live Workshop: The Secret Sauce to Optimizing Workflow w/ Senani Ratnayake:
https://unchartedvet.com/product/the-secret-sauce-to-optimizing-workflow/
Live Workshop: 12 Steps to Critical Conversations w/ Dr. Andy Roark: https://unchartedvet.com/upcoming-events/
Charming the Angry Client On-Demand Staff Training: https://drandyroark.com/on-demand-staff-training/
What’s on my Scrubs?! Card Game: https://drandyroark.com/training-tools/
Dr. Andy Roark Swag: drandyroark.com/shop
All Links: linktr.ee/DrAndyRoark
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Dr Sarah Boston is a veterinary surgical oncologist who is an ACVS board certified small animal surgeon and an ACVS Founding Fellow of both Surgical Oncology and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. She practices with VCA Canada in the Toronto area. Up until recently, she has spent most of her career in academia as a tenured faculty member at both the University of Guelph and the University of Florida. She has published over 80 scientific papers and textbook chapters, some of them good. Dr Boston is also a best-selling author of the book, Lucky Dog: How Being a Veterinarian Saved my Life and one of the creators of The Cageliner, a satirical online newspaper for veterinary professionals. She has recently started doing stand up comedy because she believes that we all need to laugh more. This Fall, she will be starting as a full-time student in Comedy Writing and Performance at Humber College and will still be working part-time as a surgical oncologist. (That should work, right?)
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