Try out a mentoring scheme in your practice

It’s always a real pleasure welcoming new graduates to our practice team, and we have been very privileged to employ two excellent vets in the last couple of years.

As well as regular coaching sessions, we’ve also introduced an informal mentoring arrangement with an experienced (non-management) veterinary member of our team. This is very informal and what goes on – other than knowing they meet fairly regularly – I have no idea.

However, the feedback I’ve received is positive from both parties and, with the now-increasingly documented challenges faced by new vets in developing professional skills in their early years, this will hopefully go some way to helping.