work life balance and the veterinarian: fact or fiction?
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Presentation to third year veterinary students in the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's Professional Foundations course.TRANSCRIPT
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Work-Life Balance and the Veterinarian
Jeleen Briscoe, VMD’02, DABVP (Avian)Professional Foundations 2012
USDA APHIS Animal Care Emergency [email protected]
Fact or Fiction?
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Road
Map
for T
his E
veni
ng Veterinarians
Work Life Balance?
YOU
Strategy
Stress
YOU...Again
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Fast Forward 20 Years
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82%
Heath 2007
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23%
Heath 2007
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13%
Heath 2007
(50% get remarried)
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Heath 2007
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61%Heath 2007
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67%37%
F u l l T i m e E m p l o y e e sHeath 2007
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+ $30,000
Heath 2007
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“In general my career has lived up to my expectations”
69%88%
Heath 2007
p<0.05
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“My veterinary career causes me a significant amount of
stress”
54%Heath 2007
56%
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“The future holds good prospects for veterinarians”
51%Heath 2007
65%
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“If I had to do it over again, I would definitely
become a vet”
53%Heath 2007
52%
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“It is hard for me to balance my personal life with my career”
Heath 2007
62%69%
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67%
in practice
Burnout Scale
3+out of 7
LeAVING PRACTICEwork-family conflictsstress
Elkins 1992, Foster 2000
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V2010 V2002
Work 60% 13%Family 7% 53%Animal 13% 0%OtheR 20% 33%
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Mill
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al Ge
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tion
Most educated in history
Highest unemployment in 40 years
50 million
4/10 Feel forced to take a job they’re unhappy with
47% changed life plans due to the economy
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Work Life Balance
Work STRESS LEVEL JOB Security
Pressure to work LONG
HOURSresources to do job
personal health
GFK Custom Research North America 2011
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summary: what do we know?20% quit veterinary medicine
Most are in a relationship
Men earn more
Men more likely to stay full time
Men > women: career choice lived up to dreams
Work IS important to you
you worry about work stress & work life balance
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Road
Map
for T
his E
veni
ng Veterinarians
Work Life Balance?
YOU
Strategy
Stress
YOU...Again
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vete
rina
rian
’s re
ality
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the mythTwo separate lives
you control both
work life balance
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“excellent work-life balance”
>9 hour work day
with job
Kelly 2011
Satisfaction
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realsustainable
you control it
Satisfaction
desirable
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Work Life Balance: mythical
Satisfaction: attainable
summary: what do we know?
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Road
Map
for T
his E
veni
ng Veterinarians
Work Life Balance?
YOU
Strategy
Stress
YOU...Again
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Love & Hate
trapped
1 year
Sa
ti
sf
ac
ti
on
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Road
Map
for T
his E
veni
ng Veterinarians
Work Life Balance?
YOU
Strategy
Stress
YOU...Again
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Be the best version of yourself
the S
trat
egic
life
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enjoy coworkers
Feel respected
feel they’re making a contribution
feel challenges match abilities
Know WHY they go to work everyday
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the S
trat
egic
e lif
e
organize the energy in your life
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Assess what’s important
the S
trat
egic
life
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the S
trat
egic
life
prioritize what’s important
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the S
trat
egic
life
develop core habits around energy
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the S
trat
egic
life
review
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Resources• Elkins AD, Kearney M. Professional burnout among female veterinarians in
the US. JAVMA;200:604-608.
• Foster SW, McMurray JE, Linzer M, et al. Results of a gender-climate and work-environment survey at a midwestern academic health center. Acad med: JAAMC 2000;75:653-660.
• GFK Custom Research North America. A disengaged generation: young workers disengaged by pressures of work worldwide. PR Newswire 2011.
• Heath TJ. Longitudinal study of veterinary students and veterinarians: family and gender issues after 20 years. Aust Vet J 2007, 85(7): 290-295.
• Kelly M. Off Balance: getting beyond the work-life balance myth to personal and professional satisfaction. 2011: Hudson Street Press. Floydconsulting.com
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Road
Map
for T
his E
veni
ng Veterinarians
Work Life Balance?
YOU
Strategy
Stress
YOU...Again
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Myers Briggs
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P E R C E I V ESenses Intuition
D e c i d elogic feeling
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E I Personal Energy
S NInformation
FT DecisionsJ P Organization
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Rock 2009
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Roc
k 20
09
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Roc
k 20
09
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Status
Certainty
Autonomy
Relatedness
Fairness
AWAY Threat Response
TOWARD Reward Response
Rock 2009
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summary: what do we know?
our personality types are where we work most comfortably
Approach people with the brain in mind
scarf model may help you from being derailed by the amygdala kick
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Road
Map
for T
his E
veni
ng Veterinarians
Work Life Balance?
YOU
Strategy
Stress
YOU...Again
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stress
fearanxietyTachycardia
BPRR
muscletension
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Mind
heart
body
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Time Out
breathe through the heart
Positive feeling
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Take home points
being a veterinarian is a journey, not a destination
seek satisfaction, not work-life balance
living requires strategy and reflection
know yourself, respect others
breathe through your heart
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