158: Psychological Safety For Vets: Why The Job Might Need Fixing, Not The People. With Dr Rebecca Faris

<p><strong>&quot;Maybe we&#39;re just picking the wrong people to be vets.&quot;</strong></p><p>You&#39;ve probably heard some version of that line. Maybe you&#39;ve even said it. &#39;The new grads can&#39;t cope. The younger generation is too soft. If this profession isn&#39;t working for you, maybe the profession isn&#39;t the problem - maybe you are.&#39;</p><p>But what if that&#39;s the wrong conversation entirely? Maybe it&#39;s not the people who need to change - but the job itself.</p><p>That&#39;s the question at the heart of this conversation with <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-faris" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Dr Rebecca Faris,</a> the lead of the Australian Veterinary Association&#39;s Thrive programme - an industry attempt to figure out how we make veterinary medicine a profession people can actually stay in and enjoy.</p><p><strong>You&#39;ll learn:</strong></p><ul><ul><li><strong>Why a full-time working week in veterinary medicine probably shouldn&#39;t be 40 hours</strong> - and the official position from Safe Work Australia that will surprise you</li><li><strong>The difference between psychological safety and psychosocial safety</strong> (one is a vibe, the other is the law - and if you own a practice in Australia, you need to know which is which)</li><li><strong>What the new psychosocial safety legislation actually requires of practice owners</strong> </li><li><strong>Why &quot;playing to your strengths&quot; isn&#39;t the same as avoiding the hard stuff</strong> - and how to have that conversation with your employer without sounding like you&#39;re asking for special treatment</li><li><strong>The invisible emotional labour tax</strong> you&#39;re paying on every consult - and why recognising it changes everything</li><li><strong>What genuinely great veterinary workplaces are doing differently</strong>, and why the &quot;squeaky wheel&quot; narrative is drowning out stories of practices that are getting it right</li><li><strong>Why &quot;I can&#39;t hack full-time&quot; might not mean there&#39;s something wrong with you</strong> - and the self-compassion case for rethinking what a sustainable vet career actually looks like</li><li><strong>How to get involved in shaping the future of this profession</strong> instead of quietly checking out</li></ul></ul><p>If you&#39;ve ever felt wrecked at the end of a perfectly normal day and wondered whether it was you or the job - this one&#39;s for you.</p><p><strong>Resour