Vet Nursing Vision: The future of team-based veterinary healthcare
Share your aspirations for veterinary nursing
Date and time
Location
College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Greenmount Campus
45 Tirgracy Road Antrim BT41 4PS United KingdomAbout this event
VN Futures is sponsoring and supporting a series of RCVS engagement events during 2024 to gain views from the professions on their aspirations and visions for veterinary nursing.
It is important for us to gain an understanding of where the professions feel the delivery of team-based veterinary healthcare is, or should be, heading. We want to seize the opportunity to explore a vision for the profession with the profession.
Through these workshops, we want to identify what you think, or hope, team-based veterinary healthcare will look like in 2035, and will guide you through this process during the event, including the use of short, inspirational videos. You will work in small groups of like-minded professionals, supported by our own veterinary nursing colleagues.
We will encourage open-minded, unrestricted thinking, setting aside the current legislative obstacles, to explore how veterinary care might be delivered in 2035 and how veterinary nurses will fit into that delivery.
What is your aspiration for veterinary nursing and your vision for the future of the profession? Something to aim for, to aspire to. Is this somewhere you'll want to work and to stay? Somewhere you'll be proud to encourage the next generation to join?
We hope to have attendance from veterinary nurses and veterinary nursing students to gain a broad view across a range of perspectives.
Key areas for discussion in groups will be:
- Education
- Structure of delivery of care
- Practice culture
- What nurses do
We look forwarding to welcoming you to the event and exploring the future of veterinary nursing together.
Frequently asked questions
If you have any questions about the event, please contact VN Futures Project Lead, Jill Macdonald, at j.macdonald@rcvs.org.uk
Places are limited so please let us know if you are no longer able to attend so that we can allocate the place to someone else. Any places booked will be catered for, so we would be grateful if you could let us know no later than 1 May if you are not able to attend.
The workshop will not be recorded, and will be a safe space for sharing ideas. In-person participation is required from those attending the event.
The outcomes from the event will feed into future work and we will ask you to complete a feedback survey after the event.
If travelling by train, the closest station is Antrim, which is a 9 minute drive away. If driving to the venue, parking will be available on site.
The venue is fully accessible. Please let us know about any access requirements when booking.