109 Christmas shifts

It is that time of the year when many people are winding down for the holidays though often in our professional team the work not only continues though often gets busier. Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are joined by Ruth Serlin a lecturer here at the RVC in Veterinary Professionalism. We take a windy road in our discussion about looking after yourself and your team during this time. We also discuss an approach to euthanasia, pet bereavement and certain aspects of communication. There are certainly a few sensitive topics in this podcast, though something that all our veterinary teams have to manage daily. However, if you are struggling at this time of year, or any time of year please contact Vetlife, the Samaritans or other charity organisation helplines. We hope that you manage to have some down time during this holiday period and are looking forward to the New Year. Happy holidays, look after yourself and each other.

Vetlife: https://www.vetlife.org.uk Tel(UK):0303 040 2551

Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org Tel(UK): 116 123 Tel(USA): 1 (800) 273-TALK

https://thesamaritans.org.au Tel(Aus) 135 247

http://www.samaritans.org.nz Tel(NZ) 0800 726 666

Resources in the USA: https://www.avma.org/resources/wellbeing/get-help

Some websites of interest in relation to pet bereavement:

https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/bereavement

https://www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-bereavement-and-pet-loss

https://www.theralphsite.com

If you have any comments about this podcast, plese get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review.

Om Podcasten

Welcome to the RVC veterinary clinical podcast. In these shows, Dominic Barfield, with the technical help of Brian Cox talks to a variety of different faculty/specialists/clinicians from the RVC about clinical relevant material to everyone in practice, if you are just about to start your veterinary career or you are a seasoned professional we aim to provide something for everyone. Whether you’re listening whilst you are cooking dinner, driving home, walking the dog or even at the gym, we want to give you some practical tips and advice that you won’t necessarily find in the text books or journal articles that we hope makes a difference to your patients. Find the show notes on https://goo.gl/ECRxGh you can follow me on twitter @dombarfield or email any suggestions/comments to dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk.