AzVMA has compiled these resources to help you build your well-being toolkit in an effort to provide you with a pathway to nurture your well-being.
Visit AVMA’s Well-being and Peer Assistance page for additional information and resources on:
- QPR Training: Well-being Gatekeeper
Everyday Health: How To Start a Self-Care Routine You’ll Follow
Cleveland Clinic: How To Start a Self-Care Routine
Verywell Mind: 5 Self-Care Practices for Every Area of Your Life
Psychology Today: How Self-Care May Improve Your Mental Health
Please note that the assessments are not diagnostic tests, and therefore no official diagnosis can be determined based on the results.
American Institute of Stress: Stress Self-Assessments
Canadian Mental Health Association: Work-Life Balance Quiz
Canadian Mental Health Association: Mental Health Meter
Mental Health America: Depression Screener
Mind Tools: Action Priority Matrix
Mind Tools: Burnout Self-Test
Mind Tools: Eisenhower’s Urgent/Important Principle
Stress.org: The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory
Work & Compassion Fatigue
- AVMA: Organizational Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue
- American Institute of Stress: What is compassion fatigue?
- Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project: Running on Empty: Compassion Fatigue in Health Professionals
- UT Veterinary Social Work: Compassion Fatigue & Conflict Management
- VetMedTeam: When Caring Hurts – Managing Compassion Fatigue
Stress Management
- Mayo Clinic: Stress Symptoms
- Mayo Clinic: Stress Management
- Stress Management Society: How Stress Affects Us
- Verywell Mind: Stress-Relieving Benefits of Watching Cute Animal Videos
Financial Health
- AVMA: Your Financial Health
- AVMA: Loan Repayment Strategies
- AVMA: Veterinary Salary Estimator
- AVMA: Personal Financial Planning Resources
- AVMA: Explore & Prepare – Career Options
- AVMA: Veterinary Career Transitions
- SAVMA: Financing Your Veterinary Medical Education
Work-Life Balance & Boundaries
- AVMA: Work-Life Balance Reading List
- Canadian Mental Health Association: Work-Life Balance – Make it Your Business
- dvm360: Work-life Balance in Veterinary Medicine – Findings and Solutions
- dvm360: 7 Strategies to Support Work-Life Balance for Your Veterinary Team
Physical Health
- American Academy of Family Physicians: Nutrition and Mental Health
- National Institute of Health: Clear Health
- PsychCentral: The Connection Between Mental & Physical Health
Self-Care
- Harvard Business Review: 6 Ways to Weave Self-Care into Your Workday
- Ideas TED: 7 Ways to Practice Emotional First Aid
- Real Simple: How to Feel Better Every Day
- TED Talk: The Importance of Self-Care
Well-being & Resilience
- Merck Animal Health: Veterinary Well-being Study
- Active Minds: VAR – Validate, Appreciate, Refer
- AVMA: 100 Tips to Support a Culture of Well-being
- AVMA: Countdown to Wellness
- AVMA: Well-being During the Holidays – 5 Tips to Alleviate Stress
- AAHA: Guide to Veterinary Practice Team Well-being
- AAHA: Culture Initiative
- AAVMC: Work-Related Stress & Trauma
- Clinician’s Brief: Let’s Spark A Well-being Revolution – Parts 1-10