Wellness in the Workplace
Wellness in the Workplace will tell Dr. Becky’s story of burnout and how she healed her way back to be the doctor, wife, mom and leader she now is today. She will focus on what worked for her and how she has implemented these tools into her daily life as well as her business.
Becky Krull
DVM
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Gaslighting: A Guide for Burning Your Practice Culture to The Ground
Is your practice culture suffering, and you don’t know why? Is gaslighting happening within your practice setting you and your team up for failure? We will talk about how different gaslighting behaviors can create toxicity in the workplace. No matter how much you pay your team members, they won’t stick around with a toxic culture. Our teams are more aware than ever that they are more willing to take a cut in pay or have no pay at all than work in a toxic environment. Listen as we dive into specific examples of gaslighting in the practice that we are so used to seeing that we don’t even realize it’s GASLIGHTING. It doesn’t have to be the way it’s always been.
Rhonda Bell
CVPM, CCFP, CDMP
Time: 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm
Unions in Veterinary Medicine
Unions are much in the news these days around high profile campaigns at Amazon and Starbucks. Support for organizing and unions is at an all-time high. In this presentation, the President of the National Veterinary Professionals Union – a labor union dedicated to organizing in the veterinary profession – will talk about the factors that lead many veterinary workers to want to organize, and the process of unionizing. We will also discuss the rise of corporations in veterinary medicine and how that has contributed to workers’ need for unions.
Liz Hughston
RVT, CVT, LVT, LVMT, VTS (SAIM)(ECC). President, National Veterinary Professionals Union
Time: 2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
Vet Tech Appreciation Week
October 15, 2022 @ 12 pm - 3:30 pm ET
Why Attend?
The VetCE Virtual series of micro-conferences are a convenient alternative to in-person events that are designed to deliver multiple approved RACE and/or CVPM CE credits in a concise, half-day virtual format with three consecutive one-hour presentations. The series not only provides you with the opportunity to benefit from educational sessions presented by expert speakers but also gives you an easy way to learn and earn credits in the comfort of your home or office!
VetCE Virtual events cover everything from detailed medical topics to practice management topics relevant to everyday clinical situations.
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Agenda
Speakers
RVT, CVT, LVT, LVMT, VTS (SAIM)(ECC). President, National Veterinary Professionals Union
Becky Krull
DVM
As a thought leader, practicing veterinarian, and owner of a thriving clinic in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Dr. Becky Krull lives to empower other veterinarians to find the equilibrium in their passion work and daily life. She speaks of the daily struggles of working in a high-paced, high-stress profession, as well as a being a mom and wife, and how she found the tools to thrive. She has lived in the trenches and walked the journey of caregiver burnout and is a testament to the personal growth work she follows daily to embrace her passion for practice life.
Dr. Krull has been a full-time small animal veterinarian at Buddy’s Vets in Green Bay, Wisconsin, since 2005. She became a partner and vice president of the cooperation in 2008, taking over full practice ownership and president of the cooperation in 2021. Beyond the scope of veterinary medicine, she has embraced roles as human resources director, marketing director and mentorship lead.
Rhonda Bell
CVPM, CCFP, PCM-Digital, CDMP
Discovering veterinary medicine as a career field was the perfect fit for Rhonda, but becoming a professional veterinary manager was the game changer. It was the perfect storm of passion, problem-solving, pets, and people, and she never looked back.
Rhonda graduated with a business management degree from Western International University in 2006 and earned her Certified Veterinary Practice Management certification in 2015, followed by her Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional certification in 2020 and a Certified Digital Marketing Professional and Professional Certified Marketer-Digital in 2021. A life-long learner, she has also completed a certification as a Master Life Coach and incorporates personal and professional career coaching into her consulting business.
She left full-time practice management to pursue her dream of combining her three loves, People, Pets, and Practice Building, into a successful social media management and professional brand consulting business. She has a variety of clients, but most are veterinary brands looking to increase their online presence and engage with their clients on social media. She helps them identify what they want to accomplish for themselves, their businesses, and their online audiences.
Liz Hughston
RVT, CVT, LVT, LVMT, VTS (SAIM)(ECC). President, National Veterinary Professionals Union
Liz practices as a relief veterinary technician, trainer, and consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since her graduation from Foothill College’s Veterinary Technology program in 2006, Liz went on to become certified as a VTS in both Small Animal Internal Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care in 2012. She has authored articles and textbook chapters and is a co-editor of Cannabis Therapy in Veterinary Medicine (Springer Nature) and the upcoming 2nd edition of the Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses textbook (Wiley).
Liz is President of the National Veterinary Professionals Union (www.natvpu.org), Co-Founder of the Veterinary Cannabinoid Academy (www.vetcannacademy.com), an Administrator of the Not One More Vet Support Staff group (www.facebook.com/groups/nomvsupportstaff), and Credentialing Committee Chair of the Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians (www.aimvt.com). She serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of dvm360 and the Advisory Board for the new Masters of Veterinary Clinical Care program at LMU.
Liz is an advocates’ advocate, dedicated to advancing veterinary technology, technicians, and assistants through training, mentorship, and support.
