b'PROFILEINSPIRED W E LCOM EVETNurturing Your Career, Strengthening Your PracticeWelcome to Inspired VetVeterinary professionals are nothing if not resourceful. The diversity of veterinary careers is a strong theme in this issue of Inspired Vet, illustrating how fulfilment can come from developing clinical and technical skills, and also from supporting others in leadership and mentoring roles.In our Inspired Vet profiles, Andrew Whitfield-Roberts, Head Nurse and a Director of the Veterinary Management Group (VMG) explains: I experience great job satisfaction by knowing that not only can I help patients in my clinical rolebut I can also use my skills and experience to help the veterinary sector develop in a positive way. Husband and wife team, Heather Davies and James Price, share how their careers have evolved to bring satisfaction in different ways, though clinical care and team leadership and innovation digital transformation. And Merel Taal, founder of Dignipets, talks about the importance of creating diverse career options beyond traditional practice, partnership or specialisation: Supporting other vets in creating something for themselves is deeply satisfying.Our articles continue the theme of diversifying roles in practice. Louise Dingley from the University of Lancashire points out how vet professionals are often teaching without realising and shares practical ways that we can consciously enhance learning in practice. Helen Silver-McMahon explores how effective listening plays a critical role in professional and personal development and Companion Consultancy shares some easily-implemented tips for those responsible for the practice website and attracting new clients.On the clinical side, Jessica Berlyn takes a look at how fat-sensitive conditions in the dog require a tailored nutritional approach, and Lucy Williams examines how the GI diagnostic approach for canine and feline CONTACT chronic inflammatory enteropathy now also includes faecal calprotectina specific, non-invasive marker of GI inflammation.t 01284 655013 Thinking about how our skills and resources are developing can help keep e jenny@inspiredvet.co.uk motivation and enthusiasm strong. I hope theres something in Inspired Vet 40-41 Abbeygate Street, that sparks ideas for your own journey and inspires you to explore new ways Bury Saint Edmunds IP33 1LW to grow.Editor, Inspired Vetscan mewww.inspiredvet.co.ukProduced in association with'