Business Tools

Relevant Links

VBMA – Veterinary Business Management Association
The Veterinary Business Management Association is a student-driven organization dedicated to advancing the profession through increasing business knowledge, creating networking opportunities, and empowering students to achieve their personal and professional goals.

NCVEI - National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues
The NCVEI Mission is to improve the economic base of the veterinary profession, ensuring that the delivery of veterinary care and service meets the needs of society.

VetPartners -- VetPartners formerly AVPMCA
VetPartners promote excellence and ethics in veterinary consulting and advising through continuing education, communication, collaboration and collegiality, and to establish and improve business practices and standards.

VHMA -- Veterinary Hospital Managers Association
VHMA was created in 1981 by and for veterinary hospital managers. The guiding principles are to pursue excellence in practice management, open channels of communication, and create the opportunity to develop friendships between practices. VHMA offers a certification process for veterinary practice managers, as well as conferences exclusively for management.

AAHA -- American Animal Hospital Association
Established in 1933 by leaders in the veterinary profession, AAHA is the only exclusive companion animal veterinary association. AAHA is well known for its high standards in veterinary practices and quality pet care and promotes those standards within the veterinary profession and to the public. The Association develops benchmarks of excellence, business practice standards, informative publications and educational programs designed to help companion animal practices thrive.

AVMA -- American Veterinary Medical Association
The AVMA is a not-for-profit association representing more than 76,000 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services. Structured to work for its members, the AVMA acts as a collective voice for its membership and for the profession.

Business and Student Tools

Simmons & Associates The Education Center on the Simmons website contains a searchable article library with articles specific to veterinary practice transition and the business aspects of veterinary medicine. Want to know the benefits of buying your own practice or read more about what creates practice value -- just type in key words and let the searching begin. In addition to industry articles, Simmons' Education Center offers useful checklists for looking for the perfect practice and buying and selling a practice.

SCORE offers templates and calculators to help you plan 12-month cash flow, break even analysis, start up expenses as well as leadership and financial quizzes.

Personal Financial Simulator calculates everything for you. Predict your salary based on productivity, determine whether a new car fits in your budget, and get an idea of how much income is left over after estimating your monthly expenses and taxes. Sponsored by VPI Pet Insurance.

Kiplinger offers numerous business and personal financial tools and calculators in the areas of college, small business, household and retirement.

AVMA Veterinary Salary Calculator helps you calculate based on your years of experience, field of interest, and location what various salaries would be. This tool is only available to people registered on the AVMA website with a valid AVMA or SCAVMA member ID.

AAHA Student Site website provides useful business tools for budgeting, debt management and compensation.

AAHA Life Balance website provides a variety of life balance tools.

VIN -- Veterinarian Information Network
Since 1991, VIN has an online veterinary destination - and always has been and always will be -- for veterinarians, by veterinarians.