Veterinary Mental Health and Resilience

Content
9 modules

Difficulty
Intermediate

Rating

Course Length
75 mins

Instructor
Nina McMahon

Price
Free

Description

By Christina Tolman, DVM, MFT Trainee

This program has been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.

Mental health and resilience is a great concern within the veterinary profession. Veterinarians have a need to nurture and care for others, but many vets do not properly care for themselves. This course presents current research and trends in the field of mental health and gives reasons why veterinarians struggle in this area. It describes factors that contribute to stress, burnout, and suicidality. This course will help you identify signs of stress and burnout, discover tools to nurture self-care, and recognize warning signs in yourself and your colleagues

Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will

  1. Understand the complex nature of suicidality
  2. Be familiar with the statistics and trends of mental health illness among veterinarians
  3. Be aware of the factors that contribute to mental illness and high suicide rates among veterinarians
  4. Understand the external and internal factors that contribute to mental health or illness
  5. Understand the importance of resilience for mental health and wellbeing
  6. Understand the difference between stress and burnout
  7. Understand the difference between good stress and bad stress
  8. Be aware of the vulnerabilities that contribute to burnout
  9. Recognize signs of stress, burnout, and depression
  10. Understand the importance of self-care and be able to develop a personalized self-care plan

Certificate

By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate CE: Veterinary Mental Health & Resiliency

Learning Credits

CE
1.0
1.
Introduction
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2.
Veterinary Mental Health and Resilience Part 1
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3.
Veterinary Mental Health Part 1 Test
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4.
Veterinary Mental Health and Resilience Part 2
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5.
Veterinary Mental Health Part 2 Test
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6.
Devotional
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Veterinary License Details
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8.
Resources
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Course-End Survey
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Added 9 days ago, by Anonymous
This was a great start in the journey to understanding the impact a career in veterinary medicine has on mental health and the role resilience plays in each persons life path.
 
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Added 4 months ago, by Anonymous
Wow. Much needed and informative
 
Added 5 months ago, by Dexter
 
Added 6 months ago, by Rachel
Definitely very informative and helpful!!
 
Added 6 months ago, by Joel
 
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