Adrienne Wagner provides a celebration of women in veterinary medicine through a collection of thoughts and advice from female DVMs. The professionals were asked how they would answer this question: What one message do you have for the women of veterinary medicine?
Loving animals isn’t enough to be a good veterinarian. You have to also love the people and the business. –Dani McVety, DVM
Source: DVM360, March 8, 2019. Link.
Once and for all, drop the notion that just because you suffered means that younger women have to suffer. Stop being petty and jealous—that is beneath us. That holds us back and slows progress. Celebrate each other’s victories, be a safe place to share failures, and straighten each other’s crowns without saying a thing. –Dr. Sarah Wooten
INSIGHTS: Great advice for sure regardless of gender. I wonder . . .
How would 45- to 60-year-old male practice owners who hired and mentored female DVMs answer the same question?