Creating Wellbeing and Building Resilience in the Veterinary Profession A Call to Lifeایجاد رفاه و ایجاد تاب آوری در حرفه دامپزشکی فراخوانی به زندگی

Books Creating Wellbeing and Building Resilience in the Veterinary Profession A Call to Life Paperback:230 pages Publications: CRC Press By: Sonja A. Olson 1st Edition  2022

Sections:
1. The Evolution of the Veterinary Profession: How Did We Get Here?
2. Caregiver Concerns
3. Being Part of a Compassionate Caregiving Community—for Better or for Worse! Examination of Our Veterinary Professional Challenges
4. Tailoring Your Individual Toolbox for Self-Care and Resilience Development
5. Change Is in the Wind—A New Framework
6. Get Excited and Inspired! The Veterinary Profession of the Future

Description:
A Call to Life aims to help veterinary caregivers increase self-efficacy, decrease unnecessary suffering, and increase sustainability in their mission to support animal health around the world. The veterinary profession is powered by dedicated, bright, and selfless individuals. Unfortunately, the long-standing and dysfunctional culture in classrooms and practices around the world expects veterinary caregivers to be ready to sacrifice everything – their time, their health, their personal lives – in the name of being deemed qualified and ‘worthy.’Integrating real-life stories from a range of veterinary caregivers with evidence-based theory, practical activities, discussion and reflection points, and insights drawn from the author’s own experiences, the book empowers veterinarians by showing that they have the ability and the control to choose a healthier way forward for themselves and for their profession. It describes how to:
Normalize the conversation around mental and emotional health challenges in caregiving environments
Discuss and collaboratively create systemic solutions that promote healthier ‘ecosystems’ for vets to work within
Develop the skills of reframing, mindfulness, and self-care strategy implementation supporting holistic veterinary well-being Collectively choose to shift the framework of professional conversations towards psychological safety, optimism, and purpose-driven experiences.A Call to Life uniquely combines shared experiences (personal stories) with academic research into the contributing factors of compassion fatigue and how to counter these. Normalizing the conversation in the profession, it provides a wide array of possible solutions to build resilience and to shape a culture of collaboration and support where caregivers can flourish.