The Vet Vault: Fall In Love With Veterinary Science

By Dr. Hubert Hiemstra

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Vet life can be tough—but it’s also good. So, how do we make it even better? Join inspiring conversations with veterinary trailblazers who share real stories, fresh ideas, and strategies to help the talented, passionate humans (like you!) who make up the veterinary profession thrive—in work and in life. Hosted by Dr. Hubert Hiemstra, a veterinarian with over 20 years of experience and a passion for helping vets build happier, more fulfilling careers. Hubert brings warmth, curiosity, and a knack for asking the right questions, creating a space where the best ideas in vet med come to life.

Episode Date
#143: How to Talk Money Without the Cringe: The Mindset Shift Every Vet Needs. With Dr Bing Zhu
Jun 04, 2025
#142: Thinking About Telemedicine? Here’s What Veterinarians Need to Know. With Dr Shadi Ireifej
May 14, 2025
#141: From FOMO to Pro: How I Use AI in the Clinic (And How You Can Too). With Dr Hubert Hiemstra
Apr 26, 2025
#140: Science vs Profit: Navigating Medicine, Money, and Morals. With Dr Brennen McKenzie 
Apr 08, 2025
#139: Stop The Overwhelm: Veterinary Productivity Secrets from the Getting Things Done Master. With David Allen
Mar 21, 2025
#138: Veterinary Specialisation Without The Residency: The ’Scenic Route’ You Didn’t Know Existed. With Dr Matt Booth (Part 2)
Mar 02, 2025
#137: Why Emergency Vets Quit (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not What You Think!) With Dr Matt Booth
Feb 15, 2025
136: Are You Studying Wrong? 3 Counter-Intuitive Science-Backed Study Methods For Veterinary Professionals. With Dr Matt Hollindale
Jan 27, 2025
#135: I Want To, But I Can’t: 3 Ways Moral Injury Differs From Burnout (And Why It Matters). With Dr Shannon Bass
Jan 07, 2025
134: 5 Reasons Veterinary Teams Feel Undervalued—And How to Leverage ‘Zone of Genius’ to Change That. With Dr Natalie Fayman and Crystal Stokes
Dec 22, 2024
🔓 Anesthesia-Associated Hyperkalemia. (Or, That Thing That Greyhounds Do When You Anesthetise Them) With Dr Stacey Jones
Dec 09, 2024
#133: The Menopause Conversation You'd Have If Your Bestie Was A Woman's Health Specialist. With Dr Nicole Avard and Georgina Drury
Nov 29, 2024
#132: Beyond the Bottom Line: Redefining Veterinary Business Success and Mastering Money Conversations. With Dr. Paul Harrison
Nov 14, 2024
#131: Resilience Redefined, The Opposite Of Stuck, and Taking Control Of Your Own Wellbeing. With Dr Jess Moore-Jones
Oct 29, 2024
#130: The Joyful Emergency Vet: Essential Strategies For A Long And Happy Career In Emergency Veterinary Practice. With Dr Brooke Schampers and Dr Taleta Hompas
Oct 06, 2024
#129: Our Veterinary Report Card: Too Many Hats, Too Little Connection, And A Couple Of Blind Spots. With Rhonda Andrews
Sep 18, 2024
Bonus Episode: IVECCS Live Sessions - I Don't Think That Paper Means What You Think It Does! With Prof Steven Epstein
Sep 11, 2024
#128: So You Want To Start Your Own Practice? With Dr Amber Christie, Brooke Goodwin and Caroline Willemse.
Sep 01, 2024
#127: What Veterinary Leaders Can Learn From Captain America, Getting Better At Giving Feedback, And How To Motivate The Motivators. With David Liss
Aug 20, 2024
#126: Staying At The Heart Of Animal Care: The Disruptors Who Want To Replace Us, And How To Prevent It From Happening. With Dr Thom Jenkins
Aug 02, 2024
🔓 Demystifying Those D$&@ Liver Enzymes. With Prof Jill Maddison.
Jul 23, 2024
125: Life After Practice Ownership, Locuming Pro Tips, Where Telemedicine Could Fit Into Your Vet Life, And Blurring The Lines Between Work and Fun. With Dr Wolfgang Dohne
Jul 10, 2024
ANZCVS Membership Oral Exam Last-Minute Pep Talk
Jun 19, 2024
#124: So You Want To Sit The Membership Exams? Your Questions About ANZCVS Memberships Answered.
Jun 19, 2024
#123: Beyond Clinical Practice: Harnessing Your Secret Veterinary Superpowers For A Diverse Career, And Leveraging Tough Times To Fight Self-Limiting Beliefs. With Dr Stephanie Morley
Jun 10, 2024
#122: We're Fixing Mitral Valves Now?! Everything You Need To Know About the Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair Procedure. With Dr Brad Gavaghan and Dr Fiona Meyers
May 27, 2024
#121: Weaving a Safety Net: Using Herd Immunity for Veterinary Suicide Prevention. With Dr Kat Williams and Dr Alena Gadoury
May 20, 2024
#120: Rethink Diabetes: Why Basal Insulin is a Game-Changer In Feline Diabetes Management. With Dr Linda Fleeman.
May 10, 2024
#119: You’re Already a Forensic Vet - You Just Didn’t Know It: How to Get Better at It, and Why It Matters. With Dr Elizabeth Pearlman
May 03, 2024
#118: 6 Steps To Solving Acute Respiratory Distress. With Dr Rob Webster.
Apr 22, 2024
Vet Vault Clinical Spanish Edition: Entendiendo la Relación Entre la Gravedad Específica de la Orina y la Azotemia. (Understanding the Link Between USG and Azotaemia). With Prof Jill Maddison
Mar 27, 2024
#117: Purpose, Passion, and Persistence: Creating Unicorns For A More Resilient Veterinary Profession. With Dr Geoff Wilson.
Mar 22, 2024
#116: Making Linear Foreign Body Surgery Less Scary And Getting Better Outcomes. With Dr Bronwyn Fullagar.
Mar 12, 2024
#115: The Path To Zero Carbon Clinics: Transforming Veterinary Practices for the Planet. With Dr Jeremy Watson.
Mar 04, 2024
#114: "The Kidneys Are Not Toilets That You Can Flush": New Thinking On Managing Nephrotoxin Ingestion In Veterinary Patients. With Dr Corrin Boyd and Dr Leonel Londoño.
Feb 19, 2024
#113: "Humans Aren’t Salmon": The Four Pillars of Energetic Leadership. With Dr Marie Holowaychuk and Josh Vaisman.
Feb 11, 2024
#112: The Condition-Formerly-Known-As-HGE: Updates And Myth-Busting. With Prof. Caroline Mansfield
Jan 31, 2024
#111: Navigating the Pendulum: Adapting to Evolving Veterinary Landscapes. With Dr Sam Bowden.
Jan 22, 2024
#110: Practice Good Medicine - The Rest Will Take Care Of Itself. With Dr Gary Turnbull
Jan 05, 2024
#109: Why Lifelong Learning Is Critical For Joy, Who Regulates The Regulators, and The Changing Face of Continuing Education. With Dr Zoe Lenard.
Dec 21, 2023
108: Married To The Vet Profession: Advice From (And For) Our Significant Others. With Regina Carey
Dec 07, 2023
#107: Why Can't We Do It This Way? New Ideas On How To Bring More Joy To Veterinary Practice. With Dr Russel Welsh.
Nov 22, 2023
#106: Dr Crocker: Intentional Career Moves, Mastering Change Without Fear, And The Pros Of Vulnerability and Virality.
Nov 08, 2023
#105: Work hard, play hard, be kind. (And think twice before you prescribe antibiotics!) With Dr Jane Heller.
Oct 31, 2023
#104: A Dedication To Difficult Dogs: How Getting Better At Behaviour Medicine Can Make You Happier. With Dr Dennis Wormald.
Oct 23, 2023
#103: 'The More You Tell People, The Less They’ll Remember': Learning To Teach. With Dr Toby Trimble
Oct 06, 2023
#102: Resilience by Design: Mentors, Modelling, And Why Context is King. With Assoc. Prof. Sarah Guess.
Sep 27, 2023
#101: The Antidote To Fear-Based Practice. With Dr Warwick Vale
Sep 06, 2023
#100: Feline Upper Respiratory Disease: Fundamentals, Pro Tips and a Review of What's New. With Dr Kath Briscoe and Dr Megan Braunstein.
Aug 30, 2023
#99: Betterinary. With Dr Heidi Hulon.
Aug 25, 2023
#98: Spirocerca Lupi: Unmasking The New Hidden Challenge for Australian Vets. With Professor Peter Irwin and Dr Gillian Tenni.
Aug 09, 2023
#97: The Compassion Conundrum: Is Empathy to Blame for Our Emotional Burnout, and Adjusting Your Experience Through Neuroplasticity. With Dr Olga Klimecki.
Jul 21, 2023
#96: The Day You Didn't Die. With Dr Doug Mader
Jul 09, 2023
#95: The True Value Of Your Time: Side Hustles, Investing, Mindfulness and Empathy for Vets and Entrepreneurs. With Dr Mike Bugg.
Jun 24, 2023
#94: Beyond the disease: The Emerging Field of Veterinary Palliative and Hospice Care. With Dr Shea Cox.
Jun 12, 2023
#93: Reasonable residencies, success through self-knowledge, and filling buckets. With Dr Anna Dengate.
May 26, 2023
#92: Cushing's: Diagnose like a pro, and treat it like you mean it. With Dr Sue Foster.
May 09, 2023
#91: Human savvy: Navigating relationships with colleagues, work and ourselves. With Dr Olivia Oginska.
Apr 28, 2023
#90: The life changing effect of valuing yourself and your services, and how to get better at it. With Dr Olivia James.
Apr 09, 2023
#89: Live recording: The jaundiced cat, and rethinking liver diagnostics. With Prof Jill Maddison.
Mar 31, 2023
#88: Okay vet, exceptional outcomes: fresh thoughts on leadership and motivation, with Dr Andrew Ciccolini.
Mar 08, 2023
#87: Breakdown to breakthrough, and how the blockchain and AI and will change veterinary science. With Dr Steve Joslyn
Feb 21, 2023
#86: Demystifying inflammatory brain disease. With Dr Sam Long
Feb 07, 2023
#85: Reality minus expectations, and a guide on how not to screw over your colleagues. With Dr Denis Verwilghen
Jan 29, 2023
#84: Simple, not easy: Personal finance for veterinarians, with Noel Whittaker
Jan 10, 2023
#83: Diversity, inclusion and veterinary euphoria. With Dr Kate Toyer and Dr Cam Raw
Jan 02, 2023
#82: If it is to be: Dr Michael Archinal on choosing your own adventure, a side-career in media, remote indigenous dog health, and using gratitude as a shield.
Dec 01, 2022
#81: Tick paralysis update 2022: How to manage the antiserum shortage, and what’s new in case management. With the Tick Paralysis Advisory Panel.
Nov 20, 2022
#80: Everything you need to know about canine lymphoma. With Dr Penny Thomas
Nov 11, 2022
#79: Exploring the trends, the myths and the facts around pet nutrition. With Shiva Greenalgh
Oct 20, 2022
#78: Superhero conversations, sh&* sandwiches, and what we can learn from Ted Lasso. With Dr Rebecca Faris
Oct 09, 2022
#77: Excellence with heart. With Dr Jeannet Kessels.
Sep 25, 2022
#76: She said she would, and then she did. With Dr Jocelyn Birch Baker
Sep 13, 2022
#75: Solutions for the staff crisis, core drivers, and the up side of rock bottom. With Dr Sam Bowden
Aug 30, 2022
Housekeeping episode: Money and attention
Aug 30, 2022
#74: The mental rectal part 2: Compassion fatigue. With Rhonda Andrews and Dr Taleta Hompas
Aug 16, 2022
#73: Ethics, trust and the mythical 'gold standard'. With Dr Tanya Stephens
Aug 05, 2022
Kidney compilation, with Prof Jill Maddison, Dr Rosanne Jepson and Dr Clint Yudelman
Jul 21, 2022
#72: Re-defining veterinary nursing, with Ken Yagi.
Jul 10, 2022
#71: Stronger than you think. With Elizabeth Woolsey Herbert.
Jun 25, 2022
#70: Self-kindness, the illusion of "I HAVE to", and why vulnerability might save us. With Philip McKernan
Jun 09, 2022
#69: Vetrepreneurism. With Dr Aaron Wallace
May 29, 2022
#68: Corporate practice: A view from the inside. With Dr Daniel Preter.
May 13, 2022
#67: The Mental Rectal Part 1: Rumination. With Rhonda Andrews:
Apr 26, 2022
#66: Beyond the dip: a career waiting on the horizon. With Dr Aaron Forsayeth
Apr 11, 2022
#65: Ehrlichia canis update
Mar 25, 2022
#64: Never work with animals. With Dr Gareth Steel.
Mar 15, 2022
Diabetes 101: Everything insulin
Mar 02, 2022
# 63: A walk on the wild side, with Dr Rosie Booth.
Feb 17, 2022
# 62: Openness, togetherness and heroic service: new solutions to old problems. With Dr David Bessler
Feb 05, 2022
Ocular emergencies: Proptosis. Wit Dr Izak Venter
Jan 31, 2022
# 61: Good grief: How to navigate the grieving journey for veterinary teams. With Rhonda Andrews
Jan 28, 2022
#60: Antibiotic mythbusting. With Dr Ri Scarborough
Jan 21, 2022
#59: Culture. With Drs Dave Nicol and Dermot McInerney
Jan 06, 2022
Mitral valve disease update, with Dr Clint Yudelman
Dec 23, 2021
#58: Money, and other dirty words. With Dr Sam Burke
Dec 17, 2021
#57: Pee is the key: how to unlock your cases with perfect-practice urinalysis. With Dr Kristen Todhunter
Dec 02, 2021
#56: Ready, set... with Dr Moriah McCauley
Nov 22, 2021
FIP update part 2: What if Remdisivir isn't an option? With Dr Sally Coggins.
Nov 12, 2021
FIP Update: Everything you need to know about Remdesivir, with Dr Sally Coggins
Nov 12, 2021
#55: Be more Forrest. With Dr Rob Pope.
Nov 02, 2021
#54: Telling the good from the bad and the ugly: In-house cytology tips. With Dr Brett Stone
Oct 21, 2021
#53: What are we so afraid of? With Drs. Kate Clarke and Magdoline Awad.
Oct 13, 2021
#52: Aspirate, or just jiggle? (And other sampling questions answered.) With Dr Rebekah Liffman.
Sep 19, 2021
#51: Some might call it stubborn. We call it courage. With Dr Mariana Pardo
Sep 09, 2021
#50: Is it ok to send a spleen in a bucket? With Dr Flaminia Coiacetto.
Sep 02, 2021
#49: The dreaded client complaint, with Dr David Tabrett.
Aug 28, 2021
#48: Burnout: Identification, predispositions and solutions. With Professor Gordon Parker
Aug 12, 2021
#47: Vicarious trauma, burnout, and living with the critic inside your head. With Rhonda Andrews and Dr Louisa Johnson.
Aug 02, 2021
#46: Solutions, not problems. With Dr Justin Ward.
Jul 23, 2021
Everthing you need to know about veterinary compounding.
Jul 16, 2021
#45: 6-second hugs, and other reslience tools. With Dr Hannetjie van Zyl-Edeling.
Jun 29, 2021
8 Secrets that radioligists use to make them better than us at interpreting X-rays.
Jun 16, 2021
#44: The C-word. With Dr Penny Thomas.
Jun 01, 2021
Ureteral stones. Yes - it's a thing! With Dr Dave Collins.
May 21, 2021
#43: Integrative practice, with Dr Gary Richter.
May 07, 2021
Treating anaphylaxis. With Dr Rob Webster
Apr 14, 2021
#42: Burnout: The bigger picture. With Dr Ivan Zakharenkov
Apr 03, 2021
#41: The yin and yang of emergency practice. With Dr Lorna O'Dowd
Mar 16, 2021
#40: Niche practice and rubbery numbers. With Dr Randolph Baral.
Feb 23, 2021
#39: Get to know your hosts, part 1. With Dr Hubert Hiemstra.
Feb 08, 2021
A cure for FIP. With Dr Dave Collins.
Jan 25, 2021
#38: Behaviour: pets, vets, and clients. With Dr Sarah Heath.
Jan 15, 2021
Peri-operative management of brachycephalic dogs, with Dr Bronwyn Fullagar and Dr Mark Tenenbaum.
Jan 04, 2021
#37: Big goals, small steps. With Dr Mark Kelman.
Dec 24, 2020
We’re back!
Dec 07, 2020
Announcement
Oct 04, 2020
Hashtag Vetschool
Sep 21, 2020
#36: The pursuit of guilt-free practice ownership. With Dr Kathy Anderson.
Sep 14, 2020
Vet Vault Clinical: IMHA. With Dr Dave Collins
Aug 28, 2020
#35: Adventures of an Irish farm vet. With Hazell Mullins.
Aug 18, 2020
#34: Passion, vetting in Asia, and flying turtles! With Dr Ruan Bester.
Aug 03, 2020
What does life as a vet look like, and other questions.
Jul 23, 2020
VV Clinical: Fluid therapy for shock, part 1. With Dr. Rob Webster.
Jul 17, 2020
#33: Seeing the full picture, with Victoria Johnson.
Jul 10, 2020
#32: Healthy healthcare teams. With Roz Lindsay
Jul 02, 2020
#31: Are you ready for practice ownership? With Dr. Zach Lederhose.
Jun 25, 2020
VV Clinical: Next level imaging of the GI tract, with Prof. Alice Defarges.
Jun 22, 2020
VV Clinical: Non-haemolytic anaemia and gastrointestinal bleeding, with Prof. Alice Defarges.
Jun 18, 2020
#30: Journeys of a free range surgeon.. With Dr. Bronwyn Fullagar.
Jun 15, 2020
VV Clinical: A practical guide to diagnosing coagulopathy, Part 2.
Jun 08, 2020
VV Clinical: A practical guide to diagnosing coagulopathy, Part 1.
Jun 04, 2020
#29: Lead to succeed, with Paul Ainsworth.
May 29, 2020
The hardest things can be the best things. Vet Vault Quickie with Dr. Rob Webster.
May 19, 2020
#28: The sum of all parts. With Dr. Adam Christman.
May 12, 2020
We’re essential, but do we believe it? Business and Leadership Series, episode 2.
May 05, 2020
#27: Connection is the key. With Dr. Alex Hynes.
Apr 28, 2020
Confidence and competence. Vet Vault Quickie with Dr. Brooke Schampers.
Apr 20, 2020
#26: Teaching to learn, with Dr. Dan Phillips.
Apr 14, 2020
Staying in the black during the pandemic, with Paolo Lencioni.
Apr 04, 2020
Covid 19 and your business: Business and Leadership Series with Dr. Shibly Mustapha, episode 1
Mar 31, 2020
#25: Facing your inner critic, with Dr. Katie Ford
Mar 17, 2020
What is balance? Vet Vault Quickie with Nigel Marsh
Mar 06, 2020
#24: Mindset and Connection, with Dr. Charlie El-Hage
Feb 28, 2020
The Paradox of being exceptional: Vet Vault Quickie with Dr. Oliver Liyou.
Feb 20, 2020
#23: Vets for Climate Action, with Ben Cox.
Feb 13, 2020
Be the change you want to see: A Vet Vault Quickie with Dr. Louisa Graham.
Feb 09, 2020
#22: Be a mentor, be a boss, with Dr. Dan Markwalder
Feb 01, 2020
Vet Vault Quickie - Liz Crowe
Jan 17, 2020
After the storm. Bushfire special series with Liz Crowe - Part Three
Jan 16, 2020
Helping the helpers. Bushfire special series with Liz Crowe - Part Two
Jan 14, 2020
Staying strong so you can keep helping. Bushfire special series with Liz Crowe - Part One.
Jan 13, 2020
#21: Resilience is not a personality trait, with coach Carolyne Crowe.
Jan 09, 2020
#20: "Freedom is not the absence of responsibilities. It’s choosing which responsibilities you take." With The Travelling Vet, Helga Kausel.
Dec 10, 2019
#19: You CAN have it all, just not all at the same time, with Dr. Olivia James
Nov 27, 2019
#18: Kids or career: you don't have to choose, with Dr Abbie Tipler
Nov 19, 2019
#17: 7 Rules For Surviving Veterinary Science. Gerardo and Hugh discuss Oliver's rules
Nov 07, 2019
#16: Making moves fearlessly, with Dr. Cody Creelman
Oct 24, 2019
#15: Workafrolic, with Dr. Justine Lee, VETgirl
Oct 05, 2019
#14: Meaning vs balance, with work-life guru Nigel Marsh.
Sep 20, 2019
#13: Communication: It's NOT a soft skill! Prof. Cindy Adams
Sep 04, 2019
#12: Career diversity with the 2018 WSAVA Vet Of The Year. Dr Guy Weerasinghe.
Aug 21, 2019
#11: What is life like as a vet in industry? Dr Mina Hamilton
Aug 03, 2019
#10: Change, balance, and the doing the things you love. Dr James Greenwood
Jul 21, 2019
#9: Getting comfortable with uncertainty. Dr Rob Webster
Jul 04, 2019
#8: Defining the problem. Prof Jill Maddison
Jun 22, 2019
#7: Doing the hard things. Dr Craig Challen
Jun 09, 2019
# 6: Simple habits, big results. Dr Paula Parker
May 27, 2019
# 5: Mental health masterclass. Dr Nadine Hamilton
May 18, 2019
# 4: To the brink and back: a guide to surviving and thriving in veterinary science. Dr Oliver Liyou
May 06, 2019
#3: Good attitude, great outcomes. Dr Brooke Schampers.
Apr 24, 2019
#2: Motivation, making a good start, and having fun. Dr Louisa Graham, aka louisa_the_vet
Apr 04, 2019
#1: Welcome to the Vet Vault - Gerardo and Hubert
Apr 04, 2019