Uncharted spotlights expanding role of the veterinary practice manager

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Dr. Andy Roark is using a recent Cone of Shame episode to push veterinary practice managers toward Uncharted’s Practice Manager Summit, a one-day virtual event he says will take place on June 2, with registration closing June 1. The source episode frames the summit as a low-cost continuing education and leadership development opportunity for managers, while Uncharted’s current event materials show the organization has built a broader slate of role-specific leadership programming for veterinary professionals, including prior Practice Manager Summit content on accountability, conflict management, coaching, and financial conversations. Public Uncharted listings also indicate a 2026 Practice Manager Summit webinar product at $149, suggesting the format and pricing may have evolved from the $199 figure cited in the podcast episode. (learn.unchartedvet.com)

Why it matters: For veterinary professionals, the bigger story isn’t just one event promotion. It’s the continuing shift toward role-specific management training at a time when practices are still wrestling with staffing pressure, culture issues, accountability, and the day-to-day limits of practice management information systems, or PIMS, as the center of operations. Uncharted’s archived summit sessions point to a management agenda that goes beyond software workflows and into coaching, financial literacy, and team development, all of which matter if practices want managers to function as operational leaders rather than just system administrators. (learn.unchartedvet.com)

What to watch: Watch for final event details, speaker lineup, and whether Uncharted positions the summit as a broader answer to the growing expectation that practice managers lead people, process, and performance, not just the PIMS. (learn.unchartedvet.com)