STAF165-1013: Compassion Fatigue Series: In Animal Laboratory Research Work
INSTRUCTOR(S): Katherine Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR
COURSE OPEN: October 30-November 16, 2013
REAL TIME SESSIONS (RTS): Wednesday, November 6, 2013; 8:00pm-10:00pm ET (USA)
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Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience
in your CE course, we request you attend a Practice Session prior to the first
Real Time Session. Please arrive promptly at the start time; each Practice Session
is up to 1 hour in length.
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*The instructors for this course will be using audio which will require you to have a headset or speakers to listen.
If you have any concerns regarding your computer's audio capabilities, please be sure to attend
one of the Practice Sessions.
Level and Prerequisites:
This basic course is geared for the entire animal laboratory research team.
VSPN CE course: This course has been RACE approved for veterinarians and veterinary technicians and has been approved by VHMA for CVPM credits.
Course Description:
The laboratory or research setting presents a different challenge in the care of animals.
These animals exist because of a need to learn more about medicine, health, and disease-both
human and veterinary-a purpose that ultimately extends beyond the animal's span of life.
Some settings allow their caregivers to spend a significant amount of time,
even years, with or caring for these animals allowing some measure of a relationship
or emotional connection to form. This can lead to burnout or compassion fatigue.
This course will cover the emotional aspects of doing such important work.
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to
- recognize why people choose to provide animal care in a laboratory or research facility.
- identify the symptoms and causes of compassion fatigue and burnout at work and at home; emphasis will be placed on how to minimize and/or prevent both.
- discover how to practice low impact debriefing within the walls of your facility to reduce the emotional contagion of burnout and compassion fatigue.
- discover the 5 phases of being an animal care giver, identify your current phase and the phase of others around you, to begin to help mentor each other through the difficulties of the work.
- identify the stressors and satisfiers of laboratory and research work and why it is important to know both.
- compare how compassion fatigue affects the animal care staff advocating on behalf of the animal and the researchers and scientists collecting and/or using the data.
- begin to develop a self-care plan through the use of multiple exercises and private reflection assignments.
- gain access to the professional quality of life assessment test authored by B. Hudnall-Stamm.
- take the life stress test to identify how likely you are to fall victim to a stress-induced illness.
- examine the Twelve Concepts developed by the MAZER Guild, formerly a non-profit Association for Euthanasia Technicians, and how they may be modified to represent the laboratory and research environment.
Course Materials: Course materials will be available
in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.
Required Textbook(s):
Required Textbooks(s): There is no required textbook for this course.
Recommended Books:
- Arluke, A., Birke, L., Michael, M, (2007). The Sacrifice: How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People. Lafatyette, I: Purdue University Press.
Recommended Websites:
About the Instructors:
Katherine Dobbs holds credentials as a RVT (Registered Veterinary Technician), CVPM (Certified Veterinary Practice Manager), and PHR (Professional in Human Resources). At one point in her career, she was a certified ALAT. She has taught and lectured worldwide both in onsite and online venues, and is an accomplished author of books and articles.
Course Outline:
Week 1 (Real Time Session November 6): Compassion Fatigue in Animal Laboratory Research Work
Content:
This VINgnette will focus on Compassion Fatigue in animal laboratories and research facilities.
It is highly recommended that participants also consider enrolling in the fourth VINgnette in the series entitled Compassion Fatigue in the Workplace (STAF166-1113; course opens November 27, 2013) to learn about organizational compassion fatigue and how to create a healthy environment for the caring of animals.
CE CREDITS: 2
Tuition: $40($36 early bird special if enrolled by October 16,2013)
* Students currently enrolled in and taking at least 2 classes or 5 units at an AVMA accredited or CAAHT approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status).
*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close at 5pm ET Wednesday November 6, 2013
or when the maximum number of participants is reached.
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