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TVMA Annual Conference

Practice Management


Friday, March 5 • 7pm – 10pm

Entering the Golden Age of Veterinary Practice
Speaker: Dennis McCurnin, DVM, DACVS (LSU)
How can we make our veterinary practices thrive in the current economy? This session will give you a better understanding of the changing veterinary profession and provide ways to learn from the expanding corporate practices that may help the private practice be more successful.

SATURDAY, March 6, 2010 • 8am – 12pm

8am-10am - Keep Your Practice Growing in Difficult Times: Common Sense Management
Speaker: Dennis McCurnin, DVM, DACVS (LSU)
This session will help you avoid losing the ten common sense building blocks found in a successful practice and keep you focused on the important areas within your practice.

10:30am-12pm - How to Hire a Great Associate in Today’s World
Speaker: Dennis McCurnin, DVM, DACVS (LSU)
Learn how to attract new and recent graduates to your practice plus better match the current generations values against your own. Terminating poor performing employees can be unpleasant. This session will also cover how to better handle this difficult situation.

Dr. McCurnin is sponsored by:


SUNDAY, March 7, 2010 • 8am – 12:30pm

How to S.O.A.P. Your Practice Value
Speaker: David King, DVM, (Simmons and Associates)
Learn to think about identifying problems in your practice like you identify problems in patients, using the SOAP format. Once identified, you can diagnose and treat the problem. In doing so, you will have a healtheir more profitable practice with increased value.

Critical Steps to Increasing Your Practice Value
Planning an exit from practice takes time and effort. Careful consideration should be taken when making decisions that could affect the future value of your hospital. Having knowledge and knowing the steps to take to get to your exit can add tremendous value to your hospital at the time of sale.

Buying or Selling a Practice - Myths, Train Wrecks and FAQs
Learn to think about identifying problems in your practice like you identify problems in patients, using the SOAP format. Once identified, you can diagnose and treat the problem. In doing so, you will have a healtheir more profitable practice with increased value.