Comments on: Dealing With Burnout http://vmdiva.com/2010/01/dealing-with-burnout/ Musings of a Veterinarian Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peter http://vmdiva.com/2010/01/dealing-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Peter Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:12:49 +0000 http://vmdiva.com/?p=990#comment-919 Excellent, and thank you. I have been in practice now for 25 years and I'm so glad to see a proper handle placed on a condition I think we all suffer from at some time or other. Demands placed on us by client, financial, staff and regulatory bodies are enormous compared to most other professions. Compassion fatigue and it's management should be included in all training programmes. My biggest regret is the toll that the professions has taken on my family and my relationship with them. Can this loss ever be amended? Excellent, and thank you. I have been in practice now for 25 years and I’m so glad to see a proper handle placed on a condition I think we all suffer from at some time or other. Demands placed on us by client, financial, staff and regulatory bodies are enormous compared to most other professions. Compassion fatigue and it’s management should be included in all training programmes.

My biggest regret is the toll that the professions has taken on my family and my relationship with them. Can this loss ever be amended?

]]> By: Nan Engel DVM http://vmdiva.com/2010/01/dealing-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Nan Engel DVM Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:18:58 +0000 http://vmdiva.com/?p=990#comment-917 "..there are always clients who won't like you"... When I was in my first position after graduation, I ran up against this fact. My dad, a manager at IBM, put it in great perspective when he told me that not everyone liked Jesus Christ or Abraham Lincoln, why did I think they would all like me? Your list is great, every point is equally important and applies to all of us! “..there are always clients who won’t like you”… When I was in my first position after graduation, I ran up against this fact. My dad, a manager at IBM, put it in great perspective when he told me that not everyone liked Jesus Christ or Abraham Lincoln, why did I think they would all like me?
Your list is great, every point is equally important and applies to all of us!

]]> By: Susan Trafford CVT http://vmdiva.com/2010/01/dealing-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-899 Susan Trafford CVT Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:03:53 +0000 http://vmdiva.com/?p=990#comment-899 Amen to utilizing your staff!! I have been teching for 11 going on 12 yrs. and find I can do alot more than I am being used for,, My Vet (owner) could walk away and trust that whatever the task is, it will be done correctly and safely. USE US WE LOVE IT! Amen to utilizing your staff!! I have been teching for 11 going on 12 yrs. and find I can do alot more than I am being used for,, My Vet (owner) could walk away and trust that whatever the task is, it will be done correctly and safely. USE US WE LOVE IT!

]]> By: Katherine Dobbs http://vmdiva.com/2010/01/dealing-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Katherine Dobbs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:57:46 +0000 http://vmdiva.com/?p=990#comment-808 Excellent article! I am a compassion fatigue specialist who brings this important topic to light for veterinary practices and shelters alike with private workshops and public speaking at conferences. Both burnout and compassion fatigue are pervasive! It is particularly important to realize that burnout, because it is caused by the work environment and WHERE we work, can be left behind by changing jobs or careers. However, compassion fatigue, which is caused by the work we DO, will follow you to the next job unless or until you either leave the profession which is a very sad consequence, or learn to take a personal journey through this difficult condition. To Health and Healing! Katherine Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR interFace Veterinary HR Systems, LLC www.interfacevethr.com Excellent article! I am a compassion fatigue specialist who brings this important topic to light for veterinary practices and shelters alike with private workshops and public speaking at conferences. Both burnout and compassion fatigue are pervasive!

It is particularly important to realize that burnout, because it is caused by the work environment and WHERE we work, can be left behind by changing jobs or careers. However, compassion fatigue, which is caused by the work we DO, will follow you to the next job unless or until you either leave the profession which is a very sad consequence, or learn to take a personal journey through this difficult condition.

To Health and Healing!
Katherine Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR
interFace Veterinary HR Systems, LLC
http://www.interfacevethr.com

]]> By: Dr. K http://vmdiva.com/2010/01/dealing-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Dr. K Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:12:45 +0000 http://vmdiva.com/?p=990#comment-776 Absolutely agreed! Thanks! Absolutely agreed! Thanks!

]]> By: Andrea http://vmdiva.com/2010/01/dealing-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Andrea Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:10:47 +0000 http://vmdiva.com/?p=990#comment-775 Hello Dr. Koehl! I just wanted to add one to your fine list: Utilize your staff!! We got into the profession because we like to help, so delegate what you can, when you can. Registered/Certified/Licensed Techs can take a lot off your plate in most states and Assistants can help out where there's an extra set of hands needed for simple tasks. If anything, it gives you someone to commiserate with, someone to talk to that understands compassion fatigue. A lot of times, burdens of the heart are easier when shared across many shoulders. Hello Dr. Koehl!

I just wanted to add one to your fine list:

Utilize your staff!! We got into the profession because we like to help, so delegate what you can, when you can. Registered/Certified/Licensed Techs can take a lot off your plate in most states and Assistants can help out where there’s an extra set of hands needed for simple tasks.

If anything, it gives you someone to commiserate with, someone to talk to that understands compassion fatigue. A lot of times, burdens of the heart are easier when shared across many shoulders.

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