R U OK? Day 2024: A THRIVE webinar for the entire veterinary team

This year on R U OK? Day, all members of the veterinary team are invited to join the AVA’s free webinar on how to create a culture of help-seeking and help-offering.

R U OK? Day promotes the idea that ‘a conversation could change a life’. It’s a powerful message about connecting meaningfully with the people around us – with family, friends, colleagues and clients.

How to create a culture of help-seeking and help-offering

In the current global situation where veterinary professionals need to sustain immense pressure, remain strong, composed and nearly superhero-like, asking for help is hard.

Sometimes it feels almost impossible, because others struggle as well, so how could we put even more on our shoulders?

Join Dr Liv Oginska as she unpacks the necessary tools to help you support yourself and others.

• learn about the most common barriers in asking for help
• discover the psychology of thriving relationships
• gain practical skills in building the culture of caring and efficient cooperation, where help is exchanged seamlessly.

Date: Thursday 12 September

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Register: https://www.ava.com.au/education-events/education-and-events-search/event-detail/?eid=EV001780

This webinar uses an integrated wellness framework to underpin the learning deliverables: Preventing harm from psychosocial hazards in the industry, Promoting strengths, capabilities and the rewards of work and Protecting us when we experience stress and are unwell.

Access the THRIVE Prevent-Promote-Protect resources and support services here.

Dr Liv Oginska is a veterinarian, keynote speaker, positive psychology coach, a certified workplace conflict mediator and an emotional intelligence specialist who' 'speaks Human'. For the last 4 years, Liv has devoted her veterinary career to supporting both individuals and teams (especially leaders) in becoming more human-savvy. The human-savvy work focuses on helping veterinary and medical professionals create psychologically safe organisations, as well as sustainable and thriving careers.

Liv graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Poland in 2010, worked as a veterinarian in multiple countries in Europe, Australia and North America, and she gained experience and credentials in positive psychology, emotional intelligence and conflict mediation in Cambridge, UK. Currently, she teaches emotional intelligence at Murdoch University Vet School in Perth and is pursuing a PhD in the topic of emotional competencies among veterinary teams and leaders.