GRH Self-care
As you embark on this rewarding yet demanding journey in the veterinary world, we understand the challenges you might face in balancing the demands of caring for animals with taking care of yourselves. Our collection of resources offers a wide range of tools, from mindfulness techniques to stress management tips, fostering resilience, work-life balance insights, and avenues for seeking professional support. This collection is part of BSAVA’s Graduate Resource Hub, a bank of resources we've carefully curated to support our new graduate members in your transition into your first job and beyond. 1st, 2nd and 3rd year qualified members should login via the BSAVA login button to access the full content.
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Mental health and wellbeing
Supporting, assessing, and optimizing veterinary clients’ decision-making capacity 
At some point in our lives, many of us will lack the capacity to make certain decisions for ourselves due to illness, injury or disability. Consideration of our best interests if we lack capacity for certain decisions and respect for our rights is something many of us will need and hope for. This article by Dr Rosie Allister and Dr Alex Thomson explores what this means for veterinary professionals in practice, how we determine decision-making capacity, and how we can support clients.
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Mental health and wellbeing
A journey to self-compassion 
Sarah Corthorne and Katherine Wakelin, psychology researchers at the University of Surrey, take a closer look at self-criticism and self-compassion amongst veterinary surgeons and invite you to improve your self-compassion skills by taking part in their research project funded by a Sarah Brown Mental Health Mind Matters Grant.
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