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| Nerdsville, population Anne. Plus Chiana and Bradley Viner. (I don't think Chiana realised she was being photographed with a world famous author). |
One of our favourite books
is Bradley Viner’s Success in Veterinary
Practice: Maximising Clinical Outcomes and Personal Wellbeing. Dr Viner is
a multiple practice owner in the UK and a big proponent of improving general
practice through a range of mechanisms including reflective practice. He’s also
a bit of a Bernese Mountain Dog fanatic.
You can read an interview
with Dr Viner about reflective practice here.
His book is in our list of
essential small animal veterinary textbooks (you can find out which others made
the list here).
I interviewed Dr Viner
several times and met up with him at the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London
last year. (The Queen popped in there recently to open new kennels which were
under construction when I was there). I had my camera with me at
the time but felt a bit too awkwardly nerdy to ask for a photo. The awkwardness
remained, but I wasn’t going to let him leave without seizing the opportunity
when he came to Australia.
When he visited our
workplace I was heartened to learn that someone else somewhere in the world
thinks it’s quite normal, even fun, to visit vet practices when travelling.
Every veterinary practice is a little bit different and you can always learn
something, whether it’s how they set up cat-friendly hospital cages to how the
pharmacy is organised. Within a day of landing he'd already checked out practices around Sydney.
But the nice thing is his
philosophy.
"Whilst financial success can provide a short term basis for our motivation and well-being, long term satisfaction is only likely to be achieved if there is harmony between our personal values and goals and our professional objectives, and we are content with the place that our profession occupies within our lives."
He’s very
much into thinking about the bigger picture of one’s veterinary career and
working in accordance with one’s values.
By the way,
don’t forget to enter our David Attenborough Giveaway. The details are here.
