Understanding diverse perspectives
Dr Adam Christman sits down with Dr Audrey Weaver to discuss the importance of advocating kindness for veterinary professionals and more
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During this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, sits down with Audrey Weaver, DVM, to chat about advocating for diversity in veterinary medicine, plus why it is important to be your authentic self with clients.
Below is a partial transcript. Listen to the full podcast for more.
Audrey Weaver, DVM: With [exams] being like a performance just like you said, as you can imagine the fatigue sets in when you are not able to be your authentic self and you are portraying this image of what you think you are supposed to be as a [veterinarain] and it adds on to the compassion fatigue, the anxiety, and all that that vets deal with, so it is nice to be able to let that go and be my authentic self and see it received well. A lot of my clients are very happy with someone being able to just kind of talk to them and treat them as an equal but knowing that I have a little bit more of the knowledge and I want the best for their pet.
