CPD Calendar 2023
Take a look our upcoming CPD courses, events, and webinars, and follow the links to register.
VMG Live: Microburst CPD
Microbursts of Learning
Join us on all our social media on the last Wednesday of each month for a focussed 30-minute lunchtime CPD livestream featuring new ideas to inspire you and your team to learn, share and grow. All welcome!
We present the series with our new company partner, MEEE Global and their founder, Sid Madge.
Giving our Magic every day
Kindness is the only thing that doubles when you share it! How lovely is that? Yet, we know it’s not always that easy.
In this live session, Sid Madge, founder of Meee, will be sharing an inspiring, uplifting and fun 30-minute microburst session on how can we give the magic of kindness, of caring, and on being a better person every day.
Join us LIVE on Wed 29 March 2023; 1:00 – 1:30pm on your fave social channel:
VMG Course: Project Management in the Veterinary Workplace
Do you find setting completion deadlines challenging? Not sure how to estimate costs for a new service? Want to be better at keeping track of how efficiently a branch surgery is running, or how workload is allocated among a nursing team, or how progress updates are communicated through the practice? Project Management skills will help with all of these.
Running projects is an essential skill for any veterinary manager. This course will introduce you to the principles and practice of project management, to enable you to manage projects of any scale effectively and efficiently in your workplace.
On completing this course, you will be able to:
- Plan a project, with appropriate stakeholder input
- Implement a project plan
- Use a range of project management tools and techniques with confidence
- Set and monitor targets and outcomes
- Critically evaluate your own ability to manage a project at work
The course consists of preparatory work, a live interactive workshop, self-directed online learning, and real-world coursework exercises to bring your new knowledge and skills to life. On completion, you will receive a CPD certificate verifying 25 hours of CPD.
VMG Course: Coaching & Mentoring in the Veterinary Workplace
Do you support your colleagues at work? Are you responsible for leading a team? Not sure how to best encourage someone to develop a new skill or progress their career? Want to be better at listening effectively, asking empathetic questions, or planning ongoing professional development? Coaching and mentoring tools and techniques will help with all of these.
Coaching and mentoring are essential skills for any veterinary leader or manager. This course will enable you to develop the skills, principles and practice required for effective coaching or mentoring in an organisational context.
On completing this course, you will be able to:
- Define and justify the use of coaching or mentoring to benefit individuals and the organisation
- Explain and demonstrate the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to be an effective coach or mentor in the veterinary sector
- Identify potential barriers to coaching or mentoring in the veterinary context and develop strategies to minimise these
- Evaluate the impact of coaching or mentoring on the individual and the organisation.
The course consists of preparatory work, a live interactive workshop, self-directed online learning, and real-world coursework exercises to bring your new knowledge and skills to life. On completion, you will receive a CPD certificate verifying 25 hours of CPD.
VMG Course: Project Management in the Veterinary Workplace
Do you find setting completion deadlines challenging? Not sure how to estimate costs for a new service? Want to be better at keeping track of how efficiently a branch surgery is running, or how workload is allocated among a nursing team, or how progress updates are communicated through the practice? Project Management skills will help with all of these.
Running projects is an essential skill for any veterinary manager. This course will introduce you to the principles and practice of project management, to enable you to manage projects of any scale effectively and efficiently in your workplace.
On completing this course, you will be able to:
- Plan a project, with appropriate stakeholder input
- Implement a project plan
- Use a range of project management tools and techniques with confidence
- Set and monitor targets and outcomes
- Critically evaluate your own ability to manage a project at work
The course consists of preparatory work, a live interactive workshop, self-directed online learning, and real-world coursework exercises to bring your new knowledge and skills to life. On completion, you will receive a CPD certificate verifying 25 hours of CPD.
VMG Congress 2023
Join us for a two-day getaway which will inspire you to learn, share and grow.
Our innovative and practical programme will focus on both personal and professional inspiration, allowing you to develop…
…your purpose: We all want to make animals better. What makes what you do stand out?
…your people: Our teams are at the heart of what we do. How can we build engagement, motivation, and happiness?
…your workplace: We all want to love where we work. How can we make our workplaces great?
…your clients: It’s always a partnership. What does the 2023 veterinary client want, and how can we deliver?
…your self: We spend a lot of time developing others. Let’s focus on our own skills and careers for a day.
…your future: What’s coming, and are we ready, for the future of veterinary leadership and management?