Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists

The Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) are hosting an on-line New Zealand Network presentation:

Topic: Current insights in veterinarians’ psychological wellbeing: where to from here?

Presenters: Dr Fiona Moir and Dr Renske van den Brink

Date: Thursday 30th September 2021.

Time: 7.30 pm NZST

Where: via zoom

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cbyU8Ha5RhO2EKBww5BTTg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Cost: Free for All ANZCVS members and non-members

As wellbeing is such an important topic for the entire profession the ANZCVS NZ network committee would like to extend the invitation to all veterinarians free of charge.

About the presentation

Fiona and Renske are both medical doctors who work in the medical profession’s wellbeing space. They have contributed to the veterinary profession’s issue on mental health and wellbeing in several different ways in collaboration with the ANZCVS, VCNZ and NZVA over the last few years. They have provided face to face presentations, webinar series, Balint groups (a group method of training doctors and veterinarians in the doctor/veterinarian -patient relationship, developed by Michael Balint in 1945.) and, in 2019, a peer reviewed NZVJ paper “Current insights in veterinarians’ psychological wellbeing”. They have recently assisted with the development of the NZ Veterinary Teams Wellbeing Framework. This presentation builds on some of the work that has been done in the veterinary wellbeing space, drawing out some key points, and looks at were to from here.

Speaker Biographies

Dr Fiona Moir MBChB, MRCGP, PhD
Fiona trained as a doctor in the UK and went on to work as a GP in Britain and New Zealand. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland where she specialises in student and practitioner wellbeing, workplace wellness, mental health and communication skills. She is Chair of the Pastoral Care Committee for the Medical Programme and lead for The Health and Wellbeing curriculum at the medical school in Auckland. As a partner in Connect Communications, an education business teaching self-care, stress management, burnout prevention, supervision skills and communication skills, she is involved in teaching medical professionals around the country.

Dr Renske van den Brink MBChB DipObs FPC FRNZCGP DipCouns MNZAC PGDipMindBody
Renske graduated from Auckland Medical School in 1990 and has spent most of her medical career in general practice. Renske’s Diploma in Counselling using the Psychosynthesis model supports her work as a Counsellor and MindBody therapist in her private practice and she is an accredited Balint group leader. She is also a partner in Connect Communications