Career transition plans of veterinarians in clinical practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Gain an understanding of the career transition plans of veterinarians in clinical practice.

Sample

Veterinary members of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) working as small animal clinicians.

Procedures

An electronic survey distributed via the VIN data collection portal.

Results

A total of 1,256 responses from veterinarians in clinical practice were analyzed, with 61% indicating they plan to decrease their clinical work, and 31% to stop entirely within the next 5 years. The most common reasons for these choices were to have more free time for oneself and/or family/friends (76%), to maintain good health (59%), and feeling burned out (50%). Factors that might entice them to retain their current number of clinical hours included reduced workload or

SUBMITTER: Kogan LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11310143 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature