Leadership and Culture
Journal articles:
American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges Guidelines for Intern and Resident Wellbeing: https://www.aavmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AAVMC-Wellbeing-InternResident-Guidelines.pdf
Review paper in Frontiers in Veterinary Science: The future of flourishing in veterinary medicine: a systems-informed positive psychology approach in veterinary education: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1484412/full
In this article, Amy Edmondson describes three steps leaders can take to create psychological safety, the prerequisite for greater innovation and growth: https://www.strategy-business.com/article/How-Fearless-Organizations-Succeed
Ryan Davis describes helpful habits for effective veterinary leaders https://www.veterinary-practice.com/article/habits-for-effective-veterinary-leadership
Psychological Health and Safety Guidelines for veterinary workplaces: https://veterinaryvisionaries.org/
‘Keeping it Civil’ pocket guide about civility and psychological safety in veterinary workplaces by Veterinary Incivility Toolkit at the University of Aberdeen https://research.abdn.ac.uk/applied-psych-hf/vit/
Psychological Safety by Iterum have many free articles and other information on psychological safety on their website: https://psychsafety.com/search/
The Leaderfactor website has many free resources based on the 4 Stages of Psychological Safety model by Timothy R Clark: https://www.leaderfactor.com/resource-guides
https://veterinaryleadershipinstitute.org/research/
Yearly leadership conference of the American Veterinary Medical Association
https://www.avma.org/events/veterinary-leadership-conference
Books:
Leadership in Veterinary Medicine by Clive Elwood
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119749837
Lead to Thrive: The Science of Crafting a Positive Veterinary Culture by Josh Vaisman
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lead-Thrive-Crafting-Positive-Veterinary/dp/B0D7XTVRPC
Journal articles
Professional wellness guidelines by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association:
https://wsava.org/global-guidelines/professional-wellness-guidelines/
Article in Veterinary Practice by veterinary counsellor Laura Woodward about mental wellbeing and the role of positive psychology
Article in Todays Veterinary Nurse by Melani Codi about how to recognize and manage common mental health issues in the veterinary professions
https://todaysveterinarynurse.com/personal-wellbeing/dealing-with-depression-in-veterinary-medicine/
Wellbeing guidelines of the American College of Radiology: https://www.acr.org/Member-Resources/Benefits/Well-Being/Support-Guides
Wellbeing resources by the Federation of Companion Animal Veterinary Associations:
- Mental health and wellbeing resources https://www.fecava.org/clinicians/mental-health-and-well-being/
- Wellbeing Hub for clinicians https://www.fecava.org/clinicians/mental-health-and-well-being/mh-wb-hub/
The UK-based charity Vetlife has many helpful tips and information on their website: https://www.vetlife.org.uk
The organization Not One More Vet offers information relating to professional wellness and suicide prevention https://nomv.org
The UK-based charity Vets in Mind offers free triage tools and mental health resources https://vets-in-mind.org/triage-tools/
The website VetTechPrep offers information and mental health challenges and suicide prevention
https://blog.vettechprep.com/mental-health-and-suicide-prevention-for-vet-tech-students
Findings from Merck’s Wellbeing study
https://www.avma.org/news/veterinary-profession-heading-right-direction-mental-health
Trauma has been identified as a relevant factor to wellbeing in veterinary medicine. The organization Not One More Vet has provided a series of webinars on this topic, accessible via You Tube:
Part 1: Trauma events in veterinary medicine: Establishing shared language https://youtu.be/oup2_he07kc?si=ssJmDx3Ua5Q76EiQ This webinar is providing an introduction into the concept of trauma, about its effects and impact on individuals and how it can be addressed on an individual level
Part 2: Overlap of personal and professional trauma in veterinary medicine: https://youtu.be/ID0UkBLz7Yg?si=lOyaFNyzlQGfFcyj Explaining how our personal and professional experiences overlap and interact with each other and how professional 'coping' mechanisms can sometimes compound the issue.
Part 3: Trauma-informed care in veterinary medicine https://youtu.be/3yuRy85YyZ4?si=bXwUhCqhcTeBUnHs how to mitigate and heal trauma from the individual, team and system level
Compassion has been identified identified as a factor that positively impacts wellbeing. The University of Surrey, UK has developed a time-effective, free and evidence-based online compassion course for vets: https://openresearch.surrey.ac.uk/esploro/outputs/coursemodule/99885965702346
WSAVA offers a course in professional development and professional wellbeing:
Mindfulness based Enhanced Stress Resilience training developed for human surgeons: https://carterlebares.org/
Animal Emergency Australia offers many tips on how to improve mental health
https://animalemergencyaustralia.com.au/blog/vet-mental-health/
Mental Wellbeing and Positive Psychology for Veterinary Professionals: A Pre-emptive, Proactive and Solutions-based Approach by Laura Woodward
The Confidence Gap: From Fear to Freedom by Russ Harris
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Confidence-Gap-Russ-Harris/dp/1849016887