Are you seeking information about the value of the benefits in your job offer? How about understanding and negotiating production-based compensation? Do you know what distances, time periods and exclusions are reasonable when signing a noncompete clause or what it takes to qualify as an independent contractor? Find the answers in this 425-page book.

If your school is one that uses the contract negotiation assignment in its practice management course, this is the resource you will want for that effort. In summary, this book can help you find norms and ideas for the thirty or more ingredients in the contract offers you will receive from potential employers!

This is the only complete reference on this complex subject. It contains 15 chapters explaining the basics of US law, ethical decision-making, animals & the law, malpractice, legal use of drugs, biologicals and topicals, credit management and collections, equine pre-purchase exams, wildlife law, tricks of the trade for effective, defensible medical records and more.

Easy to read in plain English, not legalese. This is a valuable reference on these subjects for students and recent graduates that can be used for the long term. (Over 16,500 copies in circulation).

With 72 consent forms in side-by-side English and Spanish versions, this publication and CD-Rom with all documents in electronic format provides templates for virtually every common procedure practices perform.

When used regularly, it places all doctors, staff and clients on the same page with respect to the risks and expected outcomes. These forms supplement medical records to build strong legal defenses that educate clients and help hold practices harmless. A perfect reference for the 3rd or 4th year students who want to arrive at job interviews, externships or first jobs out of school with a practice management tool that impresses employers from day one.

You will be only as good as are the team members at the practice that hires you. This book and CD-Rom with electronic versions of all documents contains well-defined job descriptions that develop a positive culture for the practices that use them. Best of all it allows students who purchase it to look business savvy while providing managerial assistance to the practices that hire them.

Practices that use these will help their staff understand what is expected of them and the duties they must master to advance their careers. The training schedules establish priorities for the order in which tasks should be learned, timelines for mastering them and benchmarks to meet while preventing new employees from feeling overloaded.