Hello Friend, Welcome to Thursday. I hope that you and your animals/family are all doing well.
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Veterinarians are not OK — overwork, pet owners, debt load leading to burnout Source: cbc.ca
Dr. Karissa Mitchell knew something was wrong when work took over everything.
She didn't have the energy to cook meals, or call her family on the phone. It was the height of the pandemic, and the Nanaimo, B.C.-based veterinarian was not only putting in 12-hour days but absorbing the emotion that comes with treating sick animals and dealing with their often challenging owners.
She couldn't take it.
"I was not able to be the veterinarian that I wanted to be, and I did burn out," said Mitchell, 28. "It was just really frustrating to realize that I couldn't do it anymore."
Mitchell quit her full-time job as a vet in April 2021 and now fills in at different clinics, where she can control her workload.
"I love my job, but I am nervous for the future of my profession if no changes are made, especially with the vet [technician] and the vet shortages."
COVID-19 exposed cracks in many parts of the medical system, including animal care, which was on the brink of crisis before the pandemic.
There aren't enough veterinarians and staff to care for pets and livestock across the country, even as the number of pets — and the intensity of people's attachment to them — grows.
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The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association estimates that 30 per cent of Canadian veterinarians and 50 per cent of vet technicians are in the advanced stages of burnout.
"I've seen tears, and people wanting to leave the profession, and people leaving the profession," said Dr. Rocky Lis, who runs Skyline Veterinary Hospital, a new practice in North Vancouver, with two other partners.
Skyline opened in September and is one of the only clinics in the area taking new patients. As a result, Lis's days are packed.
On a recent Wednesday, Lis removed a potentially cancerous mass from a cat, assessed two other felines, had lengthy appointments with several dogs and even X-rayed a lethargic backyard chicken with a sore foot.
It's an unsustainable pace, says Lis. "Something's gotta give."
It's not just about workload. Veterinary medicine is unique in that highly motivated, compassionate professionals go through intense and competitive training to care for animals, but end up spending a lot of their time dealing with owners who may not be able to — or want to — pay for services.
"A lot of the veterinarians that come out of vet school … become quite disillusioned quite quickly," said Lis. That's because they might not realize that "there would be a component of having these discussions [with clients] every day, saying, 'This is how much veterinary medicine costs.'" | | "When I got into vet school, it was a dream come true, and it was also devastating," said Ruth Patten, who is from Kelowna, B.C., and in her second year at WCVM.
She did not qualify for one of B.C.'s 20 funded seats, so she estimates that with living expenses, her education will cost somewhere between $300,000 and $350,000 for four years.
"It is going to be difficult to pay off that amount of money in this profession," she said.
In fact, given borrowing limits at banks and with government student loans, Patten isn't sure if she'll even be able to cobble together enough cash to fund her education. |
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