Reviewer: Danielle E Strahl-Heldreth, MSEd, DVM, MSVMS, DACVAA, CVA (University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
Description: This is a necessary book for the veterinary community. In a time where the role of veterinarians and veterinary caregivers extends beyond the exam room, this simple yet informative book creates a living narrative in which readers can relate. In six easy-to-read, informative chapters, this book takes readers on a journey in the cultivation of self-awareness, self-worth, and self-compassion.
Purpose: The book dives headlong into the hard discussion regarding some common "issues" present in the veterinary community, including a long-standing culture of protectionism leading to empathetic distress, secondary trauma, and, most commonly noted, burnout. In having these hard-hitting conversations, the author takes on the challenge of further helping this community in the cultivation of a professional culture that is both compassionate and collaborative.
Audience: This book is written for all those within the veterinary community. Its aim is to help veterinary caregivers as a whole increase their self-efficiency, decrease suffering, and increase sustainability. In this dark time following the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout within this profession is at an all-time high. This book utilizes questions, resources, and personal anecdotes to further empower readers in their quest for purpose and meaning. The author normalizes the conversation regarding compassion fatigue and the factors contributing to it and presents an array of solutions to help build resilience and sustainability.
Features: This book helps introduce and normalize the conversation about mental and emotional health challenges and wellbeing in the veterinary caregiving setting. Through the utilization of integrating real-life stories from a variety of caregivers throughout the many subcommunities of veterinary medicine, the author collaboratively and systematically creates solutions that can be used by readers to promote healthier ecosystems in which to work. The author comments that this book is not the end-all-be-all of the pathway to mental wellbeing, but that it can help readers to develop and implement their own skills of reframing, mindfulness, and care strategies specific to the wellbeing of the veterinary community. While this book is an asset to the veterinary community, my only wish would be that it would contribute more to the conversation for veterinary students who have undergone their education during the pandemic.
Assessment: This book is an easy read packed with scenarios and experiences I have found similar to my own professional career. I hope to use what I have learned in the book to further develop my own skills along the way to building resilience, mindfulness, and purpose-driven experiences in my personal and professional journey as a veterinarian and veterinary educator.
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 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 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; and collectively choose to shift the framework of professional conversations towards psychological safety, optimism, and purpose-driven experiences.
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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 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; and collectively choose to shift the framework of professional conversations towards psychological safety, optimism, and purpose-driven experiences.
Creating Wellbeing and Building Resilience in the Veterinary Profession: A Call to Life
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 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 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; and collectively choose to shift the framework of professional conversations towards psychological safety, optimism, and purpose-driven experiences.
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 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; and collectively choose to shift the framework of professional conversations towards psychological safety, optimism, and purpose-driven experiences.
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BN ID: | 2940178420836 |
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Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
Publication date: | 04/18/2023 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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