The Overlap of Personal and Professional Trauma in Veterinary Medicine
This webinar will explore how we think about trauma, what we bring with us into the field, how we are trained to approach trauma…
This webinar will explore how we think about trauma, what we bring with us into the field, how we are trained to approach trauma…
This session will provide the veterinary community with shared language as it relates to trauma…
NOMV’s Anti-Cyber Harassment Task Force is excited to release a new resource to support the veterinary community members impacted by cyber harassment.
We are seeing disturbing trends related to compassion fatigue, burnout, ethics exhaustion, decreased career satisfaction, and suicide in the industry. Learn why this is and what can we do about it.
In this course, Dr. Carrie Jurney, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology) tackles the difficult topic of mental health in veterinary medicine. Through this video training, you will learn how to build resiliency as you deal with the day to day tasks of your job. You will also learn the difference between problem based coping and emotional based coping and how these coping tools can help you to manage workplace stress while maintaining a strong mental health.
It can awkward and uncomfortable to talk about suicide, but we need to shine a light on this dark subject. The more we discuss suicide and suicidal ideation, the less stigma will surround it, and the more adept we will be to recognize the signs and help our friends and colleagues who are suffering.
Mindfulness predicts wellbeing in healthcare providers and protects against compassion fatigue.
The factors in compassion fatigue management: rapid intervention, personalized intervention plan, willingness to embrace change, and practicing mindfulness.
Caregivers experience emotional consequences when they provide aid to others, and many of the risk factors for compassion fatigue are frequently encountered in the veterinary field.
It is impossible to connect this trend back to a single cause or issue because there isn’t just one issue at play: the practice of veterinary medicine is a “perfect storm” of factors coming together to put veterinary healthcare workers at risk of depression and suicide.