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Work Life Balance and the Veterinarian: Fact or Fiction?
1. Work-Life Balance and the
Veterinarian
Jeleen Briscoe,VMD’02, DABVP (Avian)
Professional Foundations 2012
USDA APHIS Animal Care Emergency Programs
Johanna.Briscoe@aphis.usda.gov
Fact or Fiction?
19. MilleNnialGeneration
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
20. Work Life
Balance
Work STRESS
LEVEL JOB Security
Pressure to
work LONG
HOURSresources
to do job
personal
health
GFK Custom Research North America 2011
21. 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
38. 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.AustVet 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
48. 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
53. 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