The case of veterinary interprofessional practice: From one health to a world of its own

Kinnison, Tierney; Guile, David; May, S. A.

doi:10.1016/j.xjep.2016.05.005

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“…However, despite VS's biographies being significantly longer than VNs', VS biographies included the word 'care' less often than VNs. This mirrors research suggesting VNs have a greater focus on care than VSs (Kinnison et al 2016), however this is not to suggest that VSs are unmotivated by animal care and this care could be made more explicit through their biographies. Radha et al (2012) have suggested in human healthcare that sufficient information, for example regarding specialisms, should be provided to allow clients to make an informed choice about which practice to join.…”

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Portrayal of professions and occupations on veterinary practice websites and the potential for influencing public perceptions

Kinnison

2017

The Veterinary Nurse

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Veterinary practice websites have the ability to attract and retain clients. They also have the potential to influence clients' perceptions of the veterinary team. This paper investigated 'Meet the Team' pages on UK practice websites to identify the current portrayal of veterinary professions and occupations. One hundred random practices, treating any species, were selected from the RCVS' list of practices. Information on the team was collected as follows. Meet the Team pages existed on 82 websites. All Meet the Team pages included veterinary surgeons (VSs). Veterinary nurses (VNs) were included on 82.9% of pages. Of the 14 pages which did not include veterinary nurses, six pages belonged to practices which did employ veterinary nurses. 'Other' occupations (such as receptionists and administrators) were included on 90.2% of pages. Of the eight pages which did not include other groups, four belonged to practices which did employ other groups. According to their biographies, 76% of VNs are RVNs, 13% are qualified, while 11% had no indication of qualification. There was no significant difference between the proportions of individuals per profession who had photographs within their biographies, or between the focus of photographs per profession. VS's biographies were significantly longer than VN's. The analysis was largely reassuring. The majority of practices included all groups which make up their team. However, some do not, or put more emphasis on certain groups, which may influence clients understanding and value for other members of the veterinary team. Some suggestions for Meet the Team pages are made.

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Portrayal of professions and occupations on veterinary practice websites and the potential for influencing public perceptions

Kinnison

2017

The Veterinary Nurse

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“…A key step in moving emergency management systems from fragmentation to a position of strength and unity is to become a collaborative practice-ready emergency management workforce [ 41 , 61 ]. There is clear evidence that interprofessional education enables effective collaborative practice through attitude change, greater understanding of the roles and responsibilities of others, increased awareness of barriers across professions, and increased awareness of the importance of professional collaboration [ 61 , 62 , 63 ].…”

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Strategies for Implementing a One Welfare Framework into Emergency Management

Squance

MacDonald²,

Stewart

et al. 2021

Animals

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Responding to emergencies requires many different individuals and organisations to work well together under extraordinary circumstances. Unfortunately, the management of animal welfare in emergencies remains largely disconnected from emergency management overall. This is due predominately to professional silos and a failure to understand the importance of human–animal-environment (h-a-e) interdependencies. One Welfare (OW) is a concept with these interrelationships at its core. This paper argues that by adopting an OW framework it will be possible to achieve a transdisciplinary approach to emergency management in which all stakeholders acknowledge the importance of the h-a-e interdependencies and work to implement a framework to support this. Acknowledging that such a transformational change will not be easy, this paper proposes several strategies to overcome the challenges and optimise the outcomes for animal welfare emergency management (AWEM). These include legislation and policy changes including h-a-e interface interactions as business as usual, improving knowledge through interprofessional education and training, incorporating One Welfare champions, and recognising the role of animals as vital conduits into communities.

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“…These roles, including practice managers, receptionists, animal physiotherapists and equine dentists, are seldom the primary subject of peer-reviewed research. 8,9 If little has been written about the role of the veterinary nurse, even less has been written about 'front-of-house' (FoH) staff. There is, however, some published work on medical receptionists in human healthcare settings, [10][11][12][13][14] and similarities do exist between this role and that of veterinary receptionists.…”

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Dispensing antimicrobials to farmers in Wales: The roles and experiences of veterinary practice staff

Butler,

Rees,

Reyher

et al. 2024

Veterinary Record

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BackgroundVeterinary practice staff are directly involved in the dispensing of prescription veterinary medicines (POM‐Vs) to farmers as prescribed by registered veterinary surgeons to animals ‘under their care’. The role of veterinary practice staff has, to date, been underresearched. The objective of this study was to investigate the roles played by veterinary practice staff, exploring their expectations and perceptions of the front‐of‐house (FoH) role, their interactions with clients in day‐to‐day veterinary practice and their experiences relating to the dispensing of POM‐Vs.MethodsThematic analysis was used to analyse data from 20 semi‐structured interviews of veterinary practice staff. Participants were recruited from 80% of the large animal or mixed species veterinary practices across Wales.ResultsFour key themes—‘piggy in the middle’, learning on the job, practice organisation and facilitating change—were identified, illustrating the multifaceted and diverse nature of this type of employment.LimitationsThis study is not intended to be representative of the perceptions of FoH staff on the dispensing of antimicrobials. Larger‐scale studies are required to substantiate these findings.ConclusionUnderstanding the roles of non‐clinical veterinary staff allows practice managers and veterinary surgeons to better identify and meet training and staffing needs and improves recognition of this key area of practice work.

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The case of veterinary interprofessional practice: From one health to a world of its own

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Cited by 15 publications

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Portrayal of professions and occupations on veterinary practice websites and the potential for influencing public perceptions

Portrayal of professions and occupations on veterinary practice websites and the potential for influencing public perceptions

Strategies for Implementing a One Welfare Framework into Emergency Management

Dispensing antimicrobials to farmers in Wales: The roles and experiences of veterinary practice staff

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