Resources
The veterinary profession is extremely rewarding, yet full of hardships.
VetJoy aims to provide you with resources and toolkits which can improve your mental health, work-life balance, stress management and so much more.
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RCVS Academy course to support veterinary surgeons returning to clinical practice after a break
RCVS Academy launches new course to support veterinary surgeons returning to clinical practice after a break.
Veterinary Dialogue Trainer (VDT) by St Anna Advies (EN and NL)
VDT Mindful Practice Toolbox: E-learning module about mental health in the veterinary sector
Free online 5-days challenge on well-being
Intoduction to holistic health - Stress-Busting Strategies - career satisfaction
The positive impact of daily well-being practices on individual veterinary professionals’ professional quality of life self-assessment scores within an emergency and specialty hospital
The study set out to identify the benefits for veterinary workers of structured daily well-being practices on compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. Suggested origins of high rates of psychological stress and burnout are significant occupational concerns for veterinary workers.
Ethical issues concerning UK veterinary surgeons practicing in equine sports medicine
The purpose of this research was to identify and describe ethical issues concerning United Kingdom (UK) veterinary surgeons arising within the practice of equine sports medicine.
Willing but Unable: Moral Distress and Burnout in Italian Veterinarians Working with Companion and Farm Animals
Using an online survey, professional experience, moral distress, and burnout were investigated in 704 Italian veterinarians caring for companion animals, farm animals, or both.
Decision-Making and Moral Distress in Veterinary Practice: What Can Be Done to Optimize Welfare Within the Veterinary Profession?
The article emphasizes the need for veterinary professionals and future veterinary professionals to have proficiency in animal welfare, animal ethics, and primarily moral decision making.
Moral Stress the Top Trigger in Veterinarians’ Compassion Fatigue: Veterinary Social Worker Suggests Redefining Veterinarians’ Ethical Responsibility
Handling ethical dilemmas is the most common cause of poor wellness in veterinary medicine, in the opinion of psychotherapist and compassion fatigue specialist Elizabeth Strand, PhD, and moral stress is the biggest contributor to compassion fatigue in veterinary medicine. Dr. Strand, an associate clinical professor and founding director of the Veterinary Social Work program at the University of Tennessee, addressed the human perspective of compassion fatigue Nov. 4, 2014, during the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium near Chicago.