{"podcast":{"title":"My Veterinary Life","slug":"my-veterinary-life-1033512","podcast_index_feed_id":1033512,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3352022/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/avma-my-veterinary-life","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/26a061b1b36ed9f681d8f35abf8bb2ab.jpg","author":"American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)","episode_count":431,"summary":"Tune in for inspiring stories from your colleagues across the profession. You’ll hear from guest veterinarians about the journeys, challenges—and often hilarious anecdotes—that got them to where they are today. Come away with a fresh look at our veterinary community and a renewed excitement to embrace your veterinary journey.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T20:17:38.770301+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-veterinary-life-1033512"},"episode":{"title":"Answering the Call with Dr. Kristin Welch","slug":"answering-the-call-with-dr-kristin-welch","published_at":"2026-04-23T09:00:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-veterinary-life-1033512/answering-the-call-with-dr-kristin-welch","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-veterinary-life-1033512","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/answering-the-call-with-dr-kristin-welch--71529520","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71529520/04_23_26_dr_kristin_welch_mvl_edit1_acc_edit.mp3","summary":"Dr. Kristin Welch, a board-certified emergency and critical care specialist, is our guest on this week's episode. She takes us through her career path from specialty training to private referral practice to founding DVM STAT, a teleconsultation service expanding access to real-time specialist support. You'll also hear how a pivotal personal experience during vet school shaped her approach to empathy and client communication and how she navigated starting her family during her residency training. It's an episode full of action and insights, and you won't want to miss it! Thank you to our podcast partner CareCredit. You can learn more about Veterinary Patient Financing for Providers through CareCredit by visiting: https://www.carecredit.com/providers/animal-healthcare/ Remember, we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed on Apple Podcasts and leave us a rating and review. You can also contact us at MVLpodcast@avma.org. Follow us on social media @AVMAVets #MyVetLife #MVLPodcast","meta_description":"Dr. Kristin Welch, a board-certified emergency and critical care specialist, is our guest on this week's episode. She takes us through her career path fro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1761,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-veterinary-life-1033512/episodes/answering-the-call-with-dr-kristin-welch/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-veterinary-life-1033512/answering-the-call-with-dr-kristin-welch.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}