This program is intended for current IVMA members. It is open to the first 25 registrants.
This program will be held at the Embassy Suites Noblesville. Registration begins at 8:30 am and the session starts at 9AM. The event concludes at 2:45PM. All continuing education sessions, meals, and your hotel room for Friday evening are included in the registration fee. This course offers 5 hours of CE.
Course Description: Veterinary medicine offers opportunities well beyond clinical practice. This program explores strategies for building a rewarding and sustainable career, including managing stress, setting personal goals, and maintaining wellbeing. Hear how one veterinarian successfully transitioned within the profession and discover tools to help you shape your own path forward.
9:00AM – 10:00AM
Burning Bright Not Burning Out – Dr. Heidi Hulon
Session Description:
Did you know that the average person spends 90,000 hours of their life at work? And all of us want to spend this time in a positive, productive environment feeling like our work matters! This session will help you increase your emotional intelligence and help your team establish guidelines for how you want to be together. You will learn to recognize different types of work cultures and begin to craft a positive emotional culture. Strategies for building safety, increasing trust and handling conflict will be shared as well as an example of and checklist for a great culture. We’ll also talk about the importance of self-care, stress reduction strategies, and share lots of ideas for
creating a happy work environment.
10:10AM – 11:10AM
Diamonds in the Rough – Dr. Heidi Hulon
Yes, there is pressure on us in the veterinary field. If we let the pressure get to us – we burn out. If we embrace pressure and let it change us for the better – we shine. A Diamond is just a piece of charcoal…that handled stress exceptionally well. You are a Diamond. How we view and handle stress matters! It is how we respond to the stress in our lives that determines whether we shine or whether we suffer. The 4 C’s for Diamonds are Cut, Clarity, Color and Carat weight. This discussion will focus on the 4 C’s of Veterinary medicine:
Veterinary Medicine is both challenging and rewarding. From the start, we are faced with stress, put under pressure and expected to shine. Recognizing and using your strengths will allow you to sparkle, succeed and survive in veterinary medicine. Be Brilliant!
11:20AM – 12:00PM
“Changing My Career Changed My Life” – Dr. Tai Ogg
Session Description: Learn how one veterinarian took a bold step to redefine her professional path and rediscover fulfillment in her career. Through honest reflection and real-world experiences, she’ll share the challenges, turning points, and lessons that led to meaningful change. This inspiring session will explore how self-awareness, resilience, and a willingness to grow can transform not just your work, but your overall wellbeing in veterinary medicine.
12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch / Roundtable Discussion
1:00PM Debrief with Dr. Hulon
1:30PM – 2:45PM G.O.A.L.S.
Session Description: We all have goals but how many of those goals do we attain? Achievement is a building block of Well-being, therefore, achieving our goals contributes to happiness. This workshop will describe why goals are beneficial, how to set the right goals and how to succeed at attaining them. Each attendee will work on developing their own goals.
