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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. 

  1. Introduction to Ecological Challenges and carbon Literacy
  2. What is meant by the term Sustainability within Veterinary Practices
  3. Carbon Footprinting
  4. Preventative healthcare models and the carbon pawprint of pet ownership
  5. Resource Use and Procurement
  6. Efficient buildings and sustainable travel
  7. Responsible medicines use
  8. Sustainability in the Operating Theatre
  9. Waste Management Systems
  10. Understanding and Creating Behaviour Change

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?

  1. Gain an understanding of the range of factors affecting sustainability both in clinical veterinary practice and the wider veterinary profession
  2. Identify opportunities for change within your clinical work place
  3. Learn the skills required to implement change successfully in practice
  4. Enable and empower individuals to drive sustainability within their practice
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