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Giving and receiving feedback can be challenging, when done poorly it can negatively impact team morale, learning, and even patient safety. 

A panel discussion exploring the term ‘appraisal’ and taking a very practical look at how performance reviews can be a positive and valued experience for both employers and employees alike. 

Veterinary leadership should reflect the diversity, values, and realities of the profession it serves - but does it? In this session, a panel of veterinary leaders share their personal journeys, exploring what representation means to them and why it matters. 

This panel explores the potentially harmful tradition of expecting new veterinary professionals to endure the same hardships as their predecessors.

In the complex world of veterinary practice, things don’t always go as we plan or intend, despite the greatest effort and care. But what are the impacts of these events for all involved? And how could they become valuable opportunities to learn and improve?

This session promises to be an interesting discussion about an important topic poorly understood in the veterinary workplace; the interaction between the demographics of the veterinary workforce and how veterinary work and the workplace are designed.

Traditional wellbeing initiatives in veterinary workplaces often miss the real drivers of staff wellbeing and performance. This session challenges the mental health paradigm and introduces the Psychologically Healthy Organisation (PHO) model: a practical, evidence-based framework grounded in psychological science.

In this session we will discuss the common misconceptions about being a parent and a veterinary professional, and the challenges this dual role presents for a successful return to work.

Understand why reasonable adjustments are required. What they could look like and the tools available to you.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final decision following more than two and a half years of investigation into the UK veterinary services market. The measures it has laid out will bring about significant changes to how we as vets deliver our services to clients. So, what is going to change and what steps will you need to take to comply with the new rules?