The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360
Sep 8, 2026 · 21 min · 10 segments
New veterinarians face a steep climb in their first years out of school: building clinical judgment, finding their voice with clients, and figuring out how to shape a sustainable career. In this…
Anthony CoronadoGuestAdam ChristmanHostYeah, there are two factors I've always said to the graduates that come to me and they reshadow me.
I always said there's clinical bias and client bias, and it's very easy to get stuck in both of those.
So like when I talk about clinical bias, just to kind of exactly what you're saying, like this dog, Dr. Christman, acts, quacks, looks like cushions.
Why is it not showing up on the blood work? Because maybe it's not, you know? So maybe, right.
And so you want it to be a certain diagnosis or whatever, but it's leading you down a different path.
And then with client bias, I remember when I first started practicing too, and I would say, oh, they're probably not going to go for the ultrasound.
Oh, you know, so to your point about ivory towers and, you know, avoiding client bias, maybe just offering what's available.
And then, you know, we live in a world where we talk a lot about spectrum of care, but you just never know what clients may be willing to do or see the value or the why behind the medicine.
It could be a whole conversation, a whole separate podcast to go over that.
You don't understand, you don't know what that client can and cannot afford.
Your responsibility is to offer the best, every patient, every client, every time.
And so back to the, you know, hey, Mr. Jones, I understand you only have the exam fee.
Well, the good news is the exam fee gives you access to all of my knowledge.
So I'm going to tell you everything I think we should do, and I'm going to tell you why I think so.
And so that lets you put the best in front of the client every single time.
They feel like you're on their side and you're not trying to just get every dollar out of them.
Yeah, there are two factors I've always said to the graduates that come to me and they reshadow me.
I always said there's clinical bias and client bias, and it's very easy to get stuck in both of those.
So like when I talk about clinical bias, just to kind of exactly what you're saying, like this dog, Dr. Christman, acts, quacks, looks like cushions.
Why is it not showing up on the blood work? Because maybe it's not, you know? So maybe, right.
And so you want it to be a certain diagnosis or whatever, but it's leading you down a different path.
And then with client bias, I remember when I first started practicing too, and I would say, oh, they're probably not going to go for the ultrasound.
Oh, you know, so to your point about ivory towers and, you know, avoiding client bias, maybe just offering what's available.
And then, you know, we live in a world where we talk a lot about spectrum of care, but you just never know what clients may be willing to do or see the value or the why behind the medicine.
It could be a whole conversation, a whole separate podcast to go over that.
You don't understand, you don't know what that client can and cannot afford.
Your responsibility is to offer the best, every patient, every client, every time.
And so back to the, you know, hey, Mr. Jones, I understand you only have the exam fee.
Well, the good news is the exam fee gives you access to all of my knowledge.
So I'm going to tell you everything I think we should do, and I'm going to tell you why I think so.
And so that lets you put the best in front of the client every single time.
They feel like you're on their side and you're not trying to just get every dollar out of them.
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