b'EMPOWERED TO INSPIRE, ACHIEVE AND LEAD TOGETHEREMPOWERED TO INSPIRE, ACHIEVE AND LEAD TOGETHEREMPOWERED TO INSPIRE, ACHIEVE AND LEAD TOGETHEREMPOWERED TO INSPIRE, VETERINARY WOMAN CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGEACHIEVE & LEAD TOGETHER Started residency in Veterinary Behaviour Medicine (through both European College of Animal WelfareI hope that I can inspire the team around meand Behaviour Medicine and American College of Veterinary Behaviorists) into push through barriers when it comes to 2019, hoping to sit board exams nextpatient care.year. MANZCVS in Veterinary Behaviour by examination in 2021. German Veterinary Clinic has grown toI hope that each of my team members feel that they have the a team of over 30 including myself andopportunity to achieve anything they wish in a supportive and 5 additional vets and we celebrated outencouraging environment.15-year anniversary this year. What motivated you to want to change things? In 2022, I launched a separate, fullyI think it was just the realisation that there are different ways online Veterinary Behaviour Business,of achieving better results in veterinary practice. Opening my Trinity Veterinary Behaviour. own clinic also gave me the freedom to explore these and Air travel in pets and stressrealise things I am passionate about such as becoming Cat management during air travel is a largeFriendly and Fear Free.area of interest and I have publishedThere came a point where I realised that we, as vets, are really two (soon to be three) papers aroundgood at taking care of the physical health of our patients but this topic (first two papers are in JFMS). not so good at taking care of their mental, emotional and Other areas of passion are felinebehavioural needs. I wanted to change this, and this motivated medicine and welfare and managementme to start the residency in Veterinary Behaviour Medicine in of stray cat populations globally. 2019.How have you encouraged other people to get on board with your ideas?In the veterinary industry, many things are best communicated on the back of evidence and research and luckily, there is more and more research available on the benefits of minimising How do you feel this is making a difference? fear and stress in the veterinary setting. Also, my team sees It definitely makes a difference for the patients themselves.how much happier the patients are in clinic when we adopt a Implementing Cat Friendly and Fear Free principles can hugelygentle, considered, stress free approach.change their mental and emotional welfare, and this often hasIt can be more difficult at times to get owners on board. A benefits to physical health as well. mindset shift is required in everyone involved to create the Giving my team the opportunity to work in an environmentbest outcome for the patient.where patient care really is at the forefront of everything isI have always strived to offer the best standards of veterinary very important to me and changes the awareness that there iscare in the UAE and the Middle East as a whole and I believe a different way of doing things.www.veterinarywoman.co.uk 11'