How Do We Keep Veterinary Staff From Leaving? Wellbeing and Retention in Animal Shelters

Best Friends Animal Society

Recruiting veterinary professionals is hard. Keeping them can feel even harder. Shelter veterinary teams face intense workloads, emotional exhaustion, compassion fatigue, and increasing burnout. In this webinar, we'll review the literature on veterinary wellbeing and staff retention, with a focus on animal shelter medicine. We'll discuss organizational and leadership strategies that improve job satisfaction, reduce burnout risk, and help staff not only stay in the field, but enjoy their lives outside of work too.

Presented by: Dr. Colleen Guilfoyle, DVM
https://bestfriends-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/4717437859110/WN_iRsWQ…
This webinar is part of a series produced by the National Shelter Medicine Team with Best Friends Animal Society. These webinars are designed for all shelter staff, particularly for medical teams.

Event Location | Houston , Texas

Event Date | June 10, 2026 - 3 to 4 pm