Vet Times articles

The latest veterinary content produced by Vet Times, covering topics such as Companion animal, Equine, Exotics, Farm animal, Welfare and General.

January 2022

Reflecting on success with the 1CPD platform

Sue Paterson MA, VetMB, DVD, DipECVD, FRCVS, who chairs the RCVS education committee, talks about how the college’s new 1CPD platform has encouraged her to reflect on her practice and why she is an advocate for using the app’s dictation function…

20 mins
Time for sector to come together to make digital transformation work

Richard Sibbit, managing director of animal health at Proagrica, discusses the acceleration of digital services in the industry and ways to ensure everyone receives the necessary customer experience…

December 2021

Welfare pathway on agenda as face-to-face format returns

David Harwood BVetMed, FRCVS summarises talks from the Goat Veterinary Society’s autumn meeting, which was held in person at Taunton Racecourse

26 mins
When livestock injure people, who are liable?

Matthew Dobbs BVM&S, CertCHP, GDL, ARAgS, MRCVS outlines various areas of law that may apply when such animals cause injury

61 mins
The pre‑mortem: giving you the gift of foresight

Hindsight may be a wonderful thing, but foresight is better. STEVE BAILEY of Space Coaching Services outlines the importance of planning for certain unfortunate eventualities – the so-called pre‑mortem.

26 mins
Lone working at Christmas

James Russell BVetMed, MRCVS, BVA senior Vice-president, reflects on the highs and lows of being on call during the festive period as a #TeamVet member.

11 mins
Black box thinking: why we make mistakes and learning from them

Catherine Oxtoby describes how this mindset – inspired by technology adopted by the aviation industry more than 60 years ago – can help veterinary teams understand why errors occur and, as a result, lead to better care for patients…

26 mins
Approach to pet chicken care

Brigitte Lord discusses primary health care, including advice and support for clients, and factors to give clinicians more confidence in their approach to this prey species.

49 mins

November 2021

Introducing new way to plan, record and reflect on your CPD

In this article, the RCVS discusses the benefits of its new 1CPD platform, the advantages of using it and how it helps support an outcomes-focused CPD model.

23 mins
COP 26: what it is and importance for the veterinary community

Andrew Prentis BVSc, MRCVS, summarises the main themes to be discussed at the 26th Conference of the Parties, and how these will impact vets and communication within the profession.

32 mins

October 2021

Production animal residencies

Sophie Mahendran discusses the career opportunities such programmes can offer – namely specialist status and the benefits this brings.

38 mins
Examination Room: Emily Gorman

Emily Gorman steps into the Examination Room to discuss her pathway to becoming a VN, what it means to her, and what she hopes the impact of her research will be on the wider industry and meeting the needs of the animals it treats.

18 mins
Examination Room: Sam Williamson

Sam Williamson is UK country manager for Animalcare – a role that involves her coaching and motivating people to get the results they deserve. We asked her to step into the Examination Room to tell us more…

16 mins

September 2021

Creating a vision of what your vet practice is and where...

Steve Bailey, a partner at Space Coaching Services, discusses the value of identifying your “moonshot” – a compelling prospect of where your veterinary clinic is heading and where it plans to be…

24 mins

August 2021

Pandemic challenges on vet-client relations and lessons for the future

Complaints to the Veterinary Client Mediation Service were up during the pandemic, with necessary social distancing and other restrictions having an impact on all-important vet-client relations. Paul Imrie found out from head of service Jennie Jones about some of the key learnings.

25 mins
Animal emotions in practice

Helen Lambert MSc, BSc(Hons), MSB introduces sentience science, before discussing the important role vets play.

42 mins
Delegates flock from far and wide to virtual meetup

David Harwood BVetMed, FRCVS summarises topics discussed at the Goat Veterinary Society spring meeting, which was held online again.

20 mins

July 2021

Surgical asepsis and instruments

Jack Reece BVSc, BSc, MRCVS discusses the outcome of the Indian charity he volunteers for moving to using a surgical pack for a single spay.

25 mins
Fluid therapy: twice maintenance just isn’t good enough

Fluid therapy is a topic that sometimes gets overlooked by vets, partly because there is a misconception that developing fluid plans can be difficult.

5 mins

June 2021

Practice leadership: time to STOP?

Steve Bailey – a partner at Space Coaching Services – explains how investment in pausing and reflecting before proceeding in certain situations can help practice leaders to “sharpen their axe”, and save time and stress in the future…

26 mins