Colin Capner BSc, BVetMed, CertVA, CertLAS, MRCVS, explores this concept in the veterinary sphere.

It's a skill more need to muster – including Dave Beeston, as he explains in his latest ECC Endeavours.

Brin McNeill BVMS, MRCVS, of Castle Veterinary Centre in Nottingham, offers some thoughts on EMS for students amid the pandemic with help from her daughter Cara, a third-year student at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine.

Vet Simon Lyddon is preparing to row across the Atlantic to raise money and aid his well-being.

Roger Evans discusses an area causing him concern in his latest Vet Times column.

To mark International Women’s Day, Charlotte Dawson reflects on how her leadership training for women is changing her approach to managing her team. She explores gender inequalities and the issues women face as they climb the career ladder.

Mary Fraser BVMS, PhD, CertVD, MAcadMEd, CBiol, FRSB, FHEA, FRSPH, FRCVS, discusses how important the art of conversation between vet and client is when deciding what direction to take for an animal and, using results from an online questionnaire, enlightens readers in owner opinions of making decisions in a clinical setting.

In his first article for Vet Times for 2021, Dave Beeston reflects on the importance of holiday time and remembering to pace yourself, before presenting another interesting case of the month.

RCVS Knowledge, the charity advancing the quality of veterinary care, describes a quality improvement case example concerning an overdose of premedication in a canine patient.

David Harwood BVetMed, FRCVS summarises the Goat Veterinary Society autumn meeting, which was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Internal medicine specialists at Davies Veterinary Specialists perform emergency treatment on Bella the Labrador retriever after she swallowed open safety pin.

Angie Lloyd-Jones DCR, DMU, concludes this two-part series by discussing the benefits of having a specialist in this field within the practice team, as well as the need for competency as part of undergraduate training and her dream of seeing more people in the role within veterinary workforces.

In the first of a two-part article, sonographer Angie Lloyd-Jones DCR, DMU, explains how she got into this field and the adaptations she faced when making the move from human to veterinary medicine.

Chanticleer casts a weather eye over more topics in his final 2020 column.