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This course will empower veterinary professionals to drive the changes needed at a practice level to meet the needs of a changing profession, offering a step-by-step guide to action sustainability in veterinary practice and embed these principles into our daily veterinary work.
The finer details
The course offers a step-by-step actionable guide to veterinary practice sustainability and our opportunities for embedding these principles into our daily veterinary work.
- Introduction to Ecological Challenges and carbon Literacy
- What is meant by the term Sustainability within Veterinary Practices
- Carbon Footprinting
- Preventative healthcare models and the carbon pawprint of pet ownership
- Resource Use and Procurement
- Efficient buildings and sustainable travel
- Responsible medicines use
- Sustainability in the Operating Theatre
- Waste Management Systems
- Understanding and Creating Behaviour Change
Delivery method
OnlineCourse description:
Who should attend?
The course is aimed at all veterinary professionals and members of the veterinary team wanting a higher level understanding. The course has no enrolment criteria or requirements, but learners should ideally have a technical or scientific background, and be able to dedicate 1-3 hours of private study to each module over the course of 4-6 months.
What will be covered?
- Gain an understanding of the range of factors affecting sustainability both in clinical veterinary practice and the wider veterinary profession
- Identify opportunities for change within your clinical work place
- Learn the skills required to implement change successfully in practice
- Enable and empower individuals to drive sustainability within their practice
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