Do you ever just let your mind go and journey to the wonderful world of “What if…” thinking? I sure do. These are those moments of my idealist thinking that cause me to challenge the status quo and allow me to think of what could be rather than what is. It was exactly that sort … Continued

As you may know from other blogs and podcasts, I am fascinated by teams of all sorts. Sports teams, corporate teams, academic teams … you name it. I grow particularly interested as I watch a team encounter adversity … and every team does at some point. Adversity is the true barometer of a team’s health. … Continued

Stop for a moment.  Think about the worst team you were ever on.  Don’t worry, we won’t dwell here long, but I am willing to guess that the team lacked purpose, direction, communication, and accountability. You probably didn’t know the team mission, your role or what was expected of you. On such teams, everybody quickly … Continued

You’ve probably heard sayings like “if you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail” or “if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there” and I’m sure that there are many other adages that seem to imply that we should each have every step of our lives charted out in advance. … Continued

Three things I wish I had known about small animal internal medicine the day that I graduated. Asked to write about the things I wish I had known on Day 1 of my veterinary career, several key things quickly came to mind.  I learned A LOT those first few years from my excellent mentors and … Continued

By Nicole Ehrhart VMD, MS, Diplomate ACVS, ACVS Founding Fellow Surgical Oncology Circa 1990- Pearl Jam was on the radio, Operation Desert Storm was underway, the first episode of Seinfeld aired on TV and big hair was very “in style”. On the day I graduated from vet school, I was arranging to take the 2 … Continued

It’s Memorial Day and I’ve enjoyed a couple of days without an endless list of “to do’s”, appointments and the never-ending task list. I’m sitting on my back deck at home … and filtering through the trees is a mostly obscured view of Long’s Peak … a snowcapped peak rising more than 14,000 feet out … Continued

Welcome to “The CE Summit”, CSUVetCE’s new Blog where we explore some of the roads less traveled or at least travel them while wearing a slightly different lens. We believe that there is value in sharing thoughts, ideas and perspectives with one another even in the world of scientific discovery and evidence-based medicine…perhaps particularly in … Continued