Personal Awareness & Capabilities​

These resources and education empower individuals to work and flourish in sustainable ways, and to contribute to workplace cultures which help others to thrive.

 

Collated from across and beyond the veterinary sector according to transparent evidence based criteria, this education will help people to:

 

  • Respond constructively and with self-awareness to emotionally and mentally challenging experiences.
  • Communicate effectively and with social/ emotional intelligence, to enhance personal and professional relationships, advocate effectively and navigate difficult conversations
  • Effectively self-care, for example through healthy lifestyle, appropriate self awareness and boundaries, and helpful time management
  • Understand one’s unique personal values, strengths and purpose, to choose “good fit” roles, relationships and workplaces
  • Navigate ethically challenging situations
  • Reflect and connect with peers through coaching, support, and mentor programs
  • Understand and respond helpfully to our own, and others’ mental health problems
  • Constructively manage complaints and Veterinary Board processes

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Primary & Secondary Interventions

Primary Interventions

Primary interventions are aimed at reducing or eliminating stressors in the workplace. This could include things like varying the physical conditions of the workplace, redesigning jobs, changing workplace structure, and implementing flexible work practices. Training in problem solving, cognitive reappraisal, increasing self-esteem and locus of control may also help. 

Secondary Interventions

Secondary interventions focus on peoples’ response to stressors and may include stress management training, nutrition advice, relaxation exercises, and exercise programs. Other programs suggested here are negotiation training, conflict resolution skills, and training in CBT. Supervisor support may also buffer the effects of stress.

Tertiary Interventions

Tertiary interventions are directed at symptoms, focusing on coping strategies. Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)are now being seen with more frequency in Australian workplaces – either as an in-house service or an outsourced provider.

Occupational health research demonstrates that primary interventions, which focus more on prevention and take a systems approach across an entire organisation, tend to be most effective for stress management, followed by secondary interventions and then tertiary interventions. This finding supports the common-sense philosophy that it is better to prevent problems than to attempt to resolve them.