Title: Explain mental demands and personal coping mechanisms of various animal-care professionals.
Course: Veterinary Science II (18105-II) > Section: Maintaining Professional and Ethical Standards

Explanation should include

- compassion fatigue
- suicide rate among animal-care professionals
- resources for coping with mental demands
- organizations to support practitioners.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is compassion fatigue?
- What are some healthy self-care practices that one can do to cope with the mental demands many animal-care professionals experience?

Teacher Resource:

- Dr. Melanie Bowden’s TED talk “What being a veterinarian really takes” (https://www.ted.com/talks/melanie_bowden_dvm_what_being_a_veterinarian_really_takes/transcript?language=en)