Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine, Part II, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 54-6 - October 17, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Christina V. Tran
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 3 2 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 3 2 9 - 5
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Christina V. Tran brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine, Part II. Top experts discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by the veterinary profession in meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse client base. A look back at the history of DEI efforts offers context for the ongoing need for systemic and organizational change. Articles also explore the connection between areas such as veterinary education, practice management, access to care, animal welfare, and leadership development in veterinary medicine through the lens of diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including addressing access to veterinary care; inclusive mentorship for the next generation of veterinary professionals; caring for the caregivers: supporting the mental health and wellbeing of a diverse veterinary team; diversifying the pipeline of boarded veterinary specialists; intersectionality in veterinary medicine; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on diversity, equity, and inclusion in veterinary medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Veterinary medicine, small animal medicine
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Editorials
- Diversity in Veterinary Specialty Medicine: A Robust History with Scant Documentation
- Bridging Gaps in Veterinary Care: Equity, Access, and Innovation
- Key points
- Compassionate care at the crossroads of socioeconomic realities
- Understanding access to veterinary health care as a fundamental right
- Innovative strategies for enhancing veterinary care: integrating the spectrum of care and incremental care
- Reinforcing our moral obligations in veterinary care
- Inclusive Mentorship for the Next Generation of Veterinary Professionals
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definitions: what is inclusive mentorship?
- Why is inclusive mentorship important?
- Characteristics of successful and inclusive mentoring relationships
- Setting up the environment: institutional culture
- Program design and matching
- Mentor training
- Ongoing assessment and maintenance
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Caring for the Caregivers: Supporting the Mental Health & Wellbeing of a Diverse Veterinary Team
- Key points
- Introduction
- Professional quality of life
- Impacts of oppression on veterinary health and wellbeing
- Cultivating inclusive veterinary wellbeing
- Summary
- Culturally Responsive Care in Veterinary Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- The evolution of aesculapian authority in veterinary practice
- Demographics of pet ownership: debunking stereotypes and affirming the universal human-animal bond across race, ethnicity, and income levels
- Veterinarians as trusted caregivers
- The essential role of culturally responsive care in veterinary medicine
- Culturally responsive care defined
- Core components of culturally responsive care
- Implications of inadequate culturally responsive care
- Advantages of implementing culturally responsive care in veterinary medicine
- Summary
- Declaration of artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence-assisted technologies in the writing process
- Allies, Advocates, and Accomplices in Veterinary Medicine
- Key points
- Definitions
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- One Profession, Multiple Identities: On the Implications of Intersectionality in Veterinary Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion issues and discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Beginning with the End in Mind: Creating a Practice that Centers Equity—Part 1
- Key points
- Introduction
- Background
- Relevant frameworks
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Glossary
- Beginning with the End in Mind: Creating a Practice that Centers Equity-Part 2
- Key points
- Current controversies related to systems of power
- Discussion and recommendations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Diversifying the Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) Pipeline
- Key points
- Introduction
- What is a veterinary technician specialist?
- Current state of diversity among veterinary technician specialists
- Key points noted in the veterinary technician specialist data
- Representation matters
- Summary
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 54-6
- Published: October 17, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443313288
- eBook ISBN: 9780443313295
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Christina V. Tran
Affiliations and expertise
Dean, Clinical Professor, Hanover College, School of Veterinary Medicine, USA