b'PROFILEFulfilment is also achieved by gainingspecialisms keeps the career fresh. experience to become very good atTry to publish. This is always interesting what you do, the continual learningand very satisfying and you learn a lot through CPD, etc., and providing anduring preparation. This is also true for excellent service to your clients. Thesethe preparation of talks.types of achievement are very good for the ego, and I think we all need thatThere is more to life than career, massaging occasionally!however. It is essential to have outside Having a specialist interest, attendinginterests. It is very easy, when in the specialist meetings, gaining additionalmidst of a busy professional career, to let specialist training and qualificationshobbies and sports slip by the wayside. and being actively involved in groupsMaintaining these should be a priority and organisations relevant to your all work and no play etc I can recommend underwater hockey which I still play twice a week!Having a specialist interest,What best sums up your approach attending specialist meetings,to keeping yourself and your team motivated and engaged within your gaining additional specialistveterinary careers?training and qualifications,I am a manager of a laboratory and being actively involvedrather than a clinic. This is divided into three areasoffice, laboratory and in groups and organisationspathologists. All of those working in each relevant to your specialismsindividual area are responsible for the efficient running and organisation of keeps the career fresh. that area. There is no formal hierarchy and each area is essentially treated and run as a cooperative. Everybody therefore has input and responsibilities which hopefully makes them more engaged and allows them to take ownership of decisions. Ownership of decisions keeps each member of the team engaged in the work and the business and take pride in its success.What do you feel would most benefit job satisfaction in the veterinary professions, and how could we work towards implementing this?For pathologists and clinicians, it is very easy to use an algorithm and give a diagnosis, but we should always remember the mechanisms behind what we see. We are seeing one snapshot in time, and those mechanisms have developed to that point and will develop further if they are left. This is especially true of dermatopathology and in many aspects of clinical work. The process of making a diagnosis entails using the background science and pathogenic mechanisms. These thoughts should be relayed to the client, which again goes back to maintaining an intellectual interest in the science of the clinical disease processes and helping to keep the job satisfying.10www.inspiredvet.co.uk'