Course summary
This course provides advanced training in the professional handling of veterinary ethical and legal challenges. Frameworks to structure these decisions will be introduced, focusing on common veterinary ethical dilemmas, while being mindful of ethical and legal requirements. Other skills to be explored include the professional handling of errors, complications, and animal welfare issues in clinical practice. The role of veterinarians in societal wellbeing and health will be introduced.
Learning outcomes
- Apply decision-making frameworks for legal, professional, ethical and animal welfare concerns in veterinary practice.
- Apply appropriate techniques to professionally manage errors and complications in veterinary workplaces – factoring in all stakeholder perspectives.
- Gain an understanding of the concepts of one-health and one-welfare, and their importance in the veterinary profession.
Module topics
- Veterinary ethics in action, including:
- Common ethical dilemmas
- Personal versus professional values
- Social media
- Veterinary practice and the law
- Integrating ethical and legal frameworks in decision making
- Managing errors and complications, including:
- Conversations with owners
- Debriefing your team
- Vet board insights
- Animal welfare in clinical practice
- Introduction to one-health and one-welfare
Course pricing
- AVA member: $990.00
- Non-AVA member: $1,485.00
Course facilitator
- Dr Shari Cohen