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This award winning case example, Donview Veterinary Centre, part of the VetPartners group, demonstrated a strong learning culture and a dedication to improvement through an initiative aimed at improving post-operative temperatures. Working together, the team performed audits and used the results to assess where they can improve, successfully implementing change to create measurable improvements.

The transcript for 'What Matters to you? An antidote to burnout'.

A session recorded during the SPVS VMG Congress on 13th May 2022.

With more demanding priorities to deliver the best possible care whilst dealing with the consequences of COVID-19 and Brexit, it's no wonder that veterinary professionals are concerned with stress and burnout within the profession. Human healthcare has seen similar challenges and various teams around the world have been using the 'Joy in work' framework to battle burnout and stay fulfilled professionally.

Angie and her team have been trialling this framework in veterinary settings, learning which steps help connect veterinary teams in meaning and purpose, with the aim of improving satisfaction and even feeling a buzz from their work. They have seen that it is not only possible, it can be a fundamental step to ensuring continued excellence in patient care and client experiences, even in these challenging times.

The Complex Case Management tool, created by Dogs Trust.

Transcript of a presentation on the management of feline chronic kidney disease produced by RCVS Knowledge for BSAVA Congress 2020, presented by:
- Sarah Caney BVSc PhD DSAM(Feline) MRCVS, RCVS specialist in feline medicine, and
- Paul Pollard MVB CertAVP(VC) PG Dip Vet Ed FHEA MRCVS, First opinion practitioner, responsible for student learning on first opinion rotation at the Royal Veterinary College in Camden.

Information correct at time of recording.

In this webinar, Pam Mosedale talks through the important difference between guidelines and protocols.

While some vets, nurses and practice managers love protocols and guidelines, others see them as a threat to clinical freedom. In conversation with Nicky Paull (retired vet, ex BVA President and Chair of the VDS Board), Pam Mosedale (Chair of the Quality Improvement Advisory Board) and vet Lizzy Whiting (Quality Improvement Advisor) describes how the ‘whole team’ approach to problem-solving and developing guidelines is an integral part of successful QI, to the benefit of teams, clients and animals. Recorded 6th May 2020 by VetPodCasts.

Pam Mosedale, RCVS Knowledge QI Clinical Lead, chats to Sally Everitt, RCVS Knowledge inFOCUS Clinical Support Lead, about how to critically appraise and adapt the evidence you need to develop your practice guidelines, including tips a plenty on where to find the evidence and what to look for.