Ethics Rounds for Veterinary Teams: A Key Wellbeing Support: Room B
Information
Date & Time
-
-
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
-
Describe at least two kinds of ethical conflicts and dilemmas that arise in veterinary medicine.
-
Explain the structure and goal of ethics rounds for veterinary teams.
-
Evaluate the impact that ethics rounds can have on wellbeing in veterinary medicine
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this workshop is to offer participants the opportunity to learn about the way that ethics rounds can support wellbeing on veterinary teams.
Description
Ethically challenging situations are commonly encountered in veterinary settings, sometimes leading to moral distress. Moral distress is a risk factor for mental health concerns including suicide as well as role and career attrition. In this session, we will outline the approach to facilitation of ethics rounds in both the United States and Australia and discuss outcomes of ethics rounds. In addition, we will discuss how ethics rounds may help mitigate moral distress and contribute to veterinary team member wellbeing.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Veterinarian
Presenters
Dr. Anne Quain, BVSc, PhD is a veterinarian with additional qualifications in the field of animal welfare. Anne is interested in all aspects of small animal health, particularly animal welfare. She is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Animal Welfare Chapter, and a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behaviour Medicine in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law. Her PhD research explored the types of ethically challenging situations encountered by veterinary team members, and evaluated the impact of ethics rounds.
Dr. Page Buck is an embedded social worker at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine and a professor of graduate social work at West Chester University.
Dr. Buck’s practice and research focus on the human-animal dynamic, with a specific interest in the ways that animals impact the social-emotional functioning of children on the autism spectrum. She teaches courses on both mental health and animal-assisted interventions to graduate students, often including them in her research work.
At Penn Vet, Dr. Buck meets with veterinary students, interns, residents, and staff to address issues of workplace stress that often accompany veterinary medicine. She is committed to developing ways that social workers can partner with the veterinary community to support all humans involved in the care of animals.
Dr. JoAnn Slack is an Associate Professor of Large Animal Cardiology and Ultrasound at the University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center and is board certified in Internal Medicine. She chairs the Clinical Ethics and House Officer Oversight Committees at New Bolton Center and leads monthly ethics rounds for all clinical staff. Her primary research interests are focused in equine cardiology but also collaborates on research of moral distress in veterinary medicine.
Financially Sponsored By
- International Association of Veterinary Social Work