Contemporary Topics

Professional Fulfillment and Balance: Is it Possible?

Seminar Chair(s)

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  Valery Scharf, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal)

  Assistant Professor of Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery
  North Carolina State University
  Durham, North Carolina

*Moderator(s)

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  Kelley Thieman, MS, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal)

  Associate Professor
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas

This seminar provides an overview of several key elements contributing to burnout among clinicians. Participants learn how to assess professional burnout and fulfillment and address specific interventions. Participants explore the motivations behind why surgeons choose different career paths and how these choices influence work-life balance. In addition, participants learn the role that sleep plays in performance and surgeon well-being. Finally, an interactive panel discussion explores the significant obstacles affecting the surgeon’s quality of life and brainstorms strategies for dealing with these challenges.

Presentations:

• 1:30pm – 2:15pm

  Factors Affecting Burnout Among Veterinarians and Surgeons
  _{Professional Fulfillment and Balance: Is It Possible?}
  

  Speaker: Valery Scharf, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) – North Carolina State University
• 2:15pm – 3:00pm

  Choosing Careers to Match Our Goals
  _{Professional Fulfillment and Balance: Is It Possible?}
  

  Speaker: Samantha L. Morello, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal) – Morello Veterinary Insights; Cornell University Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship
• 3:00pm – 3:45pm

  Evaluating Burnout and Fulfillment Among Academic Veterinarians
  _{Professional Fulfillment and Balance: Is It Possible?}
  

  Speaker: Christopher A. Adin, DVM, DACVS – University of Florida
• 4:30pm – 5:00pm

  The Role of Sleep in Surgeon Health
  _{Professional Fulfillment and Balance: Is It Possible?}
  

  Speaker: Valery Scharf, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) – North Carolina State University
• 5:00pm – 6:00pm

  Panel Discussion: Tipping the Scales Away from Burnout: Challenges and Solutions
  _{Professional Fulfillment and Balance: Is It Possible?}
  

  Speaker: Valery Scharf, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) – North Carolina State University

  Speaker: Christopher A. Adin, DVM, DACVS – University of Florida

  Speaker: Samantha L. Morello, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal) – Morello Veterinary Insights; Cornell University Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship