Our next intake for the VMG ILM Level 5 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Veterinary Leadership & Management starts in November 2023. If you would like to study with us, don’t delay – register now.
We have five standalone CPD courses also starting in September: Coaching & Mentoring, Mental Health in the Workplace, Practice Finance II, Project Management, and Marketing & Client Experience. Registration is open until the end of October – follow the links below.
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:
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.
We are still accepting applications to take the course free of charge, thanks to the generous support from the RCVS Mind Matters Initiative.
The collaboration will be delivered via our VMG’s online learning platform and can either be taken as a free standalone module, or as a module for those already undertaking our ILM accredited veterinary leadership and management qualifications. The module will include online resources and reading materials and two case study-based online workshops delivered by a Mind Matters Manager to consolidate and contextualise the online learning materials.
The first workshop will cover the Equality Act, mental health, and reasonable adjustments; while the second will cover return to work for those who have taken time off due to mental ill health and how to plan for their continued safety and wellness.
If you would like to gain a VMG Level 5 Award in Mental Health in the Veterinary Workplace PLUS an ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership & Management, you can opt to complete the required assignments at the end of the course. The cost for this upgrade is £168 incl. VAT for VMG members, and £207 incl. VAT for non-members. Contact us for more details: office@vetmg.com
The purpose of this module is for you to understand how budget construction and control are used to manage performance, review performance, and put together a financial case for a new project.
On completion of this module, you will be able to:
This module will cover budget planning and preparation; responsibilities of budget holders; budgetary control, organisation and administration; variance analysis and corrective actions; cost analysis, revenue, capital expenditure and break-even analysis; financial evaluation techniques; revenue expenditure recommendations; and presenting financial information.
There is no requirement to have completed our Practice Finance I module before taking Practice Finance II. The modules are self-contained and cover different aspects of practice finance.
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.
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:
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.
Do you find setting customer service standards challenging? Not sure how to differentiate your practice from your competition? Want to be better at keeping track of how well your marketing messages are being received, how your clients perceive your practice, or where potential areas of expansion might be? Marketing skills will help with all of these.
This course will introduce you to the principles and practice of contemporary marketing, supported by theories of client attraction and retention, buyer behaviour, and purchase decision-making, to enable you to understand and implement positive, effective marketing in your workplace.
On completing this course, you will be able to:
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.
