Improve Veterinary Education and the International School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies (ISVPS), has launched My Veterinary Career, a new points-based career pathway so vet nurses can structure their training and qualifications around different clinical routes.

With this new system, you gain points by achieving different ISVPS qualifications.

In 2023, mini modular programmes will also be released to help delegates accumulate more points.

Once enough points have been reached, delegates are awarded the ultimate qualification: an ISVPS Lead Veterinary Nurse Practitioner.   

Improve says My Veterinary Career has been launched to tackle the growing problem of career dissatisfaction amongst veterinary professionals. 

A 2019 survey of the veterinary profession by the ies reported that 55.2% of vets said they did not feel rewarded/valued in the profession1.  

Additionally, the FVE Survey of the veterinary profession in Europe claimed that in the UK, 40% of vets and nurses wished to leave the industry.

In other countries Improve Veterinary Education operates in, 51% in Portugal, 32% in Spain, 27% in Denmark, 25% in Germany and 17% in France also felt the same2. 

Improve says that with My Veterinary Career, vet nurses will now have a clearer pathway to advance their careers and they will be able to develop a bespoke learning journey.

This, the company hopes, will help with the recruitment and retention of veterinary professionals across both corporate and private practice and boost practice productivity and revenue.  

https://www.improveinternational.com/uk/myveterinarycareer-vets 

References

  1. https://www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-views/publications/the-2019-survey-of-the-veterinary-profession 
  2. https://fve.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/FVE_Survey_2018_WEB.pdf 

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