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Webinar Plus: Finding ways to thrive Webinar Plus: Vegan cats, brachy dogs and Webinar Plus: A coaching approach Webinar Plus: Mentoring new
(not just survive) in veterinary fractious owners: Ethical problem-solving for to line management and leadership in graduates and students for career
practice veterinary nurses the veterinary workplace satisfaction, employability and retention

Monday 28th February Monday 25th April Monday 6th June
to Sunday 27th March to Sunday 22nd May to Sunday 3rd July
Monday 17th January
to Sunday 13th February
Do you want to focus on the solutions to stress in practice and learn how Have you faced ethical dilemmas in your practice? Do you want to learn Is managing people the most time consuming/draining part of your working Do you want to support new graduates within your practice but are
to thrive? how to manage them in a structured and consistent way? day? Do you wish everyone could just get on with their jobs and each other unsure how to do so effectively to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome?
without needing your input? Why are some people easier to manage than
There is no doubt that veterinary medicine has become plagued with In this course, we will examine common ethical challenges in the others? Is it possible to develop your team whilst also developing yourself? New graduate career satisfaction and retention is an increasing concern
mental health and wellness concerns including high rates of psychological veterinary profession, such as reasons for euthanasia, diet fads, breeding within the profession. This course is focused on helping you support new
distress, depression, and suicide that exceed those of the general issues, staff treatment and many more. We will look at the developing This course introduces the theory and practice of coaching as an approach graduates to reach their full potential, both professional and personal, and
population. However, a shift is needed to focus on the ways in which role of the veterinary nurse in responding to these challenges and cover to managing individuals and teams. It provides space for consideration of help you retain the new recruits you have invested so much in.
we can manage the stressors within veterinary practice, because the ethical frameworks which help to develop a systematic and evidence- some of the more complex and challenging issues relating to relationships We know that the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions place
demands of the profession are not going away. based approach. The course will include opportunities for discussion and communication at work. Delegates will develop their understanding of significant demands on new graduates who can often feel underprepared for
and peer learning. the coaching process and will be encouraged to practise applying the
These sessions will cover mental health, burnout, and compassion theory in their own workplace environments. They will therefore develop the wide-ranging challenges encountered in the workplace. Mentoring new
fatigue, as well as strategies that all veterinary care providers can adopt Why do this course? confidence and competence in applying a situational (flexible) leadership graduates to become resilient to these challenges (or mentoring students,
on a regular basis to foster wellness and sustain resilience despite the You will learn new ways of examining ethical issues, and how to develop approach to ongoing development of themselves and their teams. This to become resilient new graduates!) is rewarding but can be overwhelming.
demands of veterinary practice. responses that are consistent with the values of the profession and the course is about helping delegates and their teams reach their full potential This course will unpick some of the difficulties faced by new graduates
individuals concerned. In our challenging profession, feeling confident and explore ways you can support them to develop into professionally
Why do this course? that you have made the best possible decision is good for both our clients in the complex and challenging veterinary workplace. and emotionally confident members of the veterinary profession.
You will come away from this course with an understanding of the and our own wellbeing. This course can contribute points to the RCVS Why do this course?
mental health concerns that veterinary care providers face, the Practice Standards Scheme ‘Professional Responsibility’ award. This is a highly practical course designed to help you get more from Questions on the RCVS’s new graduate programme will be welcomed
suspected contributing factors, and self-assessment tools for recognising your team through taking a coaching approach to line management and and tips will be provided on completing the portfolio.
perfectionism, burnout, and compassion fatigue. You will also learn Key areas leadership. You will learn how to create environments (for yourself and Why do this course?
practical tools for thriving in veterinary practice that can be immediately • Common veterinary ethical issues others) that optimise thinking, learning and performance. Through To help you develop a supportive developmental environment for new
implemented during and after the course. • Ethical theory and frameworks developing your conversational toolkits, you will be better able to manage graduates that will be mutually beneficial to them, yourself and your practice.
• The relationship of ethics to law and professional behaviour
Key areas • Developing policy and procedure communication and teamwork in challenging and emotionally charged Key areas
• Mental health (depression, anxiety, psychological distress) and suicide • Ethical problem-solving situations. Your improved understanding of adult learning and development • Mentor or teacher? What’s the difference and what’s the best way to help?
• Perfectionism, moral stressors, burnout, and compassion fatigue will allow you to match your leadership and communication style to • Resilience and new graduate wellbeing: What’s the problem?
• Mindfulness and meditation Previous participants have commented… individuals and/or teams, so that each person can feel confident, perform • Old ways vs new? How to help your new graduates successfully
• Self-care planning and practice “Excellent course. Good insight into ethical theories and how these are at their best and enjoy their work. integrate their university teaching into the realities of clinical practice
• Sleep hygiene represented in the workplace setting.” Key areas • Preparing and sustaining yourself as a mentor –self-management tools
• Setting boundaries, saying no, and separating work from home life
Course details • The coaching environment for busy people in supporting roles
Previous participants have commented… Course type: Webinar Plus • Structured conversations • Looking after the mentor: How can you help yourself when helping others?
“I would recommend this course to my colleagues in the veterinary Course format: A mixture of weekly webinars (which can be viewed • Emotions and behaviour Previous participants have commented…
industry as well as to friends who are interested in improving their live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), quizzes to • Leadership and culture “I really enjoyed that this course supported different styles and in fact
self-care and mental health.” help reinforce topics discussed, supplementary reading material and Previous participants have commented… encouraged them. There is no one mould that fits every new grad, and I like
discussion forums with colleagues and the tutor
Course details Course length: 4 weeks “I learnt so much. This course will change my whole life not just my work life.” that it challenged us to explore what sort of mentor we thought we were.”
Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 12 Course details Course details
Course format: A mixture of weekly webinars (which can be viewed Course fee: £299 Course type: Webinar Plus with a live weekly group coaching session Course type: Webinar Plus
live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), self-assessment/ Course format: A mixture of pre-recorded weekly webinars (which Course format: A mixture of weekly webinars (which can be viewed
reflection exercises, supplementary reading material, and tutor-moderated Tutor can be reviewed throughout the course), live weekly group coaching live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), weekly activities
online discussion forums Hamish Morrin MSc (International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law) sessions with the tutor, online and practical activities, self-assessment and tutor-moderated online discussion forums
Course length: 4 weeks FHEA RVN, Lecturer in Animal Science, Writtle University College exercises, supplementary reading material and tutor-moderated online Course length: 4 weeks
CPD hours: Up to 16 discussion forums CPD hours: Up to 16
Course fee: £379
Course length: 4 weeks Relevant to CertAVP module: Veterinary Workplace Teaching (C-VWT.1)
Tutor CPD hours: Up to 16 Course fee: £99
Marie Holowaychuk DVM DipACVECC CYT, Small Animal Critical Care Course fee: £379 Tutors
Specialist and Veterinary Wellness Facilitator, Critical Care Vet Consulting
Tutor Liz Armitage-Chan MA VetMB DipACVAA PhD FHEA MRCVS, Reader
Rachel Davis BSc PhD PGCap PGDip FHEA, Senior Lecturer in in Veterinary Education, RVC
Veterinary Education, RVC, Educational Consultant and Developmental Rachel Davis BSc PhD PGCap PGDip FHEA, Senior Lecturer in
Coach, The Coaching Cabin, Welwyn Veterinary Education, RVC, Educational Consultant and Developmental
Coach, The Coaching Cabin, Welwyn