About this episode
Dr Rosie Allister discusses veterinary mental health and provides tips for new graduates transitioning to veterinarians.
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Rosie Allister join us. She has kindly spoken to us before, the last time in 2021 (Podcast 124). Rosie manages the Vetlife helpline, a 24-hour support service for everyone in the UK veterinary community. Her research, based at the University of Edinburgh, looks at veterinary mental health, wellbeing at work, and veterinary suicide prevention. She has written and spoken extensively about veterinary mental health nationally and internationally. She is an expert in the transition of veterinary student to veterinarian and we thought we’d catch up on Vetlife and provide tips for new graduates on how to plan for the upcoming transition. We hope that you enjoy. Contact vetlife: https://www.vetlife.org.uk Or 0303 040 2551 Links to some of Rosie’s research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32220989/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33739493/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39395434/ To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 149 Vetlife 2025 with Rosie Allister. Published on May 2 2025 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email…
People in this episode
Hosts: Brian, Dom Barfield
Guest: Dr Rosie Allister
Topics covered
- veterinary mental health
- wellbeing at work
- veterinary suicide prevention
- transition to veterinarian
- support services
Keywords
- veterinary
- mental health
- Vetlife
- support
- transition
- wellbeing
- suicide prevention
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Vetlife, University of Edinburgh
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