Executive summary of the Merck Animal Health Veterinarian Wellbeing Study II

Volk, John O.; Schimmack, Ulrich; Strand, Elizabeth B.; Vasconcelos, Judson; Siren, Colin W.

doi:10.2460/javma.256.11.1237

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“…Help-seeking should be role-modelled and normalised in workplaces, and structural barriers to help-seeking removed. For example, it has been suggested that employees be permitted to schedule meetings with mental health professionals, such as veterinary social workers or counsellors, in work hours if required [ 56 ]. Mental health professionals are well-practiced at challenging negative thoughts and may be able to help veterinary team members clarify the source of their distress.…”

Section: How Can We Support Colleagues In Regard To Ethically Indicated Euthanasia?mentioning

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The Gift: Ethically Indicated Euthanasia in Companion Animal Practice

Quain

2021

Veterinary Sciences

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The majority of companion animals seen by veterinary practitioners will die by euthanasia. Yet euthanasia can be a source of moral stress for veterinary team members, even when ethically indicated. In this discussion, I explore when euthanasia is ethically indicated and discuss the potential impact of ethically indicated euthanasia on veterinary team members. In particular, I challenge the analogy that the veterinarian performing ethically indicated euthanasia is akin to an executioner, arguing that this analogy is both inappropriate and potentially harmful. Finally, I discuss how we can support ourselves and our colleagues in relation to euthanasia, so we can attend to and maximise the welfare of our patients at the end of their lives.

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Section: How Can We Support Colleagues In Regard To Ethically Indicated Euthanasia?mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Gift: Ethically Indicated Euthanasia in Companion Animal Practice

Quain

2021

Veterinary Sciences

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“…This course offers concrete career mapping options that aid students in becoming a competitive VMCAS applicant. A study completed on professional veterinarians’ mental health in 2018 reported that the primary and secondary reasons for mental health concerns in the average professional veterinarian were student debt and financial stress ( Volk et al, 2018 , 2020 ). While some veterinary colleges are aware of this concern and offer financial planning to DVM students, it is increasingly important to ensure that undergraduate preveterinary students understand how to realistically address the financial burden that a DVM can become ( Lord et al, 2013 ).…”

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“…In addition, VetPAC hopes to utilize its current social media platforms such as Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/ncstate_vetcamp/ ), Twitter ( https://twitter.com/ncstatevetpac ), and Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/vetpac.ncsu ) to disseminate programmatic information to a wider variety of stakeholders. With the awareness that most veterinarians are experiencing high levels of stress and their student debt is affecting their quality of life ( Drake et al, 2017 ; Volk et al, 2018 , 2020 ), VetPAC has set out to proactively address these concerns by collaborating with mental health professionals to create a series of mental health workshops with the University Counseling Center. Additional research shows that veterinary students are experiencing increased and prolonged levels of stress, depression, and anxiety ( Drake et al, 2017 ; Killinger et al, 2017 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Veterinary Professions Advising Center: an innovative approach to preveterinary advising for Animal Science students

Trivedi

Clark

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2021

Translational Animal Science

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Veterinary Professions Advising Center (VetPAC) is a unique undergraduate advising center that combines Career Center services with pre-professional advising for pre-veterinary students at North Carolina State University (NCSU). During the past 10 years, VetPAC has created five distinct internships, three annual study abroad courses, a competitive annual high school summer camp, provided holistic advising, and hosted large-scale advising events that consistently provide resources to more than 800 students annually. The VetPAC provided outreach to an average of 13 local high schools per academic year, and educated over 300 visiting students about VetPAC and pre-veterinary life at NCSU since 2015. NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine has had a minimum of 26% and a maximum of 45% DVM students in the incoming classes who accessed VetPAC resources and advising. This article presents the impact VetPAC has had on pre-veterinary student success at NCSU, and provides an outline of VetPAC’s first 10 years of development as a model of combined career services and pre-professional advising for peer institutions.

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“…Mental health is an area of concern in both the veterinary profession and in veterinary academia. Literature from the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), and Australia report that veterinarians experience higher levels of anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, burnout, and lower levels of positive mental well-being, than the general population (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Recent studies have contributed to a limited body of knowledge on the mental well-being of veterinarians in Canada (6) and Ontario (7).…”

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High Psychosocial Work Demands, Decreased Well-Being, and Perceived Well-Being Needs Within Veterinary Academia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Higher psychosocial work demands in veterinary and academic professions are associated with decreased occupational, physical, and mental well-being. COVID-19 introduced far-reaching challenges that may have increased the psychosocial work demands for these populations, thereby impacting individual- and institutional-level well-being. Our objective was to investigate the psychosocial work demands, health and well-being, and perceived needs of faculty, staff, residents and interns at the Ontario Veterinary College, in Ontario, Canada, during COVID-19. A total of 157 respondents completed a questionnaire between November 2020 and January 2021, that included the Third Version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ-III) and open-text questions on perceived needs for well-being. Results showed that COPSOQ-III dimensions of quantitative demands, recognition, sense of community, burnout, stress, and depressive symptoms, were significantly worse in our study population than the Canadian norm. Quantitative and emotional demands, health and well-being (including depressive symptoms, stress, cognitive stress, somatic stress, and burnout), and work-life conflict were also reported to have worsened since the COVID-19 restrictions for most respondents. Females and caregivers had higher odds of experiencing increased work demands, and decreased health and well-being, compared to males and non-caregivers. However, male caregivers experienced worsened supervisor relations, compared to female caregivers. Social capital also worsened for clinical and part-time employees, compared to full-time and non-clinical employees. Respondents identified increased workload support, community-building, recognition of employees' capacities and personal needs, flexible work schedules, and consistent communication, as strategies to increase well-being during COVID-19 and generally. Overall, our findings suggest that COVID-19 has increased occupational demands, work-life conflicts, and decreased well-being in veterinary academia. Institutional-level interventions are discussed and recommended to aid individual and institutional well-being.

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Executive summary of the Merck Animal Health Veterinarian Wellbeing Study II

Cited by 45 publications

References 5 publications

The Gift: Ethically Indicated Euthanasia in Companion Animal Practice

The Gift: Ethically Indicated Euthanasia in Companion Animal Practice

Veterinary Professions Advising Center: an innovative approach to preveterinary advising for Animal Science students

High Psychosocial Work Demands, Decreased Well-Being, and Perceived Well-Being Needs Within Veterinary Academia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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