
The AAVMC鈥檚 Academic Veterinary Wellbeing Professionals (AVWP) provide the academic veterinary community with the support and wellbeing expertise necessary for students, staff, residents/interns, and faculty to be healthy, successful professionals in veterinary medicine. The work that AVWPs do is integral to the positive evolution of the veterinary medical education system, as research shows that veterinary medical professionals overall can experience mental health concerns at a rate higher than the general population.
Mission
To support and address the interconnected wellbeing needs of academic veterinary communities by fostering a culture of wellbeing as an institutional and health profession priority.
Goals
- Serve as a resource for academic veterinary wellbeing professionals.
- Share comprehensive, evidence-based wellbeing supports and programming to develop the individual and community wellbeing of their institution鈥檚 students, staff, residents/interns, faculty, and leadership.
- Support members in assisting their institutional curriculum committees and faculty in graduating students with the wellbeing competencies necessary to become resilient professionals and compassionate future leaders in veterinary medicine.
- To provide recommendations for research initiatives and council related to wellbeing to the 探花系列Academic Affairs Committee.
AVWP members strive for ethical best practices in veterinary mental health supports and overall wellbeing promotion within their college. AVWP membership is comprised of:
- licensed mental health professionals working within 探花系列member institutions and/or
- a full or part-time paid position at an 探花系列member institution where it explicitly states in their institutional job description that providing formal wellbeing services to their CVM community (mental health support or wellbeing programming) is a major focus of their role responsibilities.
a. There are separate member groups at 探花系列for those engaged in career advising, leadership development, and financial literacy. Please engage with those groups if your institutional role focuses on those topics.
AVWP 2021/2022 Co-Chairs:
Andria Jones-Bitton, DVM, PhD, University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College
Joelle Nielsen, MSW, LSW, The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center
Julia Rice, MA, NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine
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