Register for the Fall 2023 session now and save!

Register early and save $50. Early registration $299 by September 15. Regular registration $349 begins September 16.

Bring the whole team for a 10% discount on groups of 10 or more.

Right now animal welfare and veterinary medical professionals are facing enormous, complex challenges. Pushing the boundaries of healing, connecting, and protecting animals and people in our communities is deeply meaningful work and it also takes a toll. 

For many, the work feels never-ending and no matter how hard one works, it never feels like enough. Taking care of your own needs can feel impossible. 

Now more than ever, the helpers need help. 

That’s why the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida is once again offering its Compassion Fatigue Strategies, Plus! online course with certified compassion fatigue educator Jessica Dolce.

This course will help you recognize signs, symptoms, and risk factors of common occupational hazards: empathic distress aka compassion fatigue, burnout, moral distress, and secondary traumatic stress. 

Participants will learn how to reduce and respond to stress injury, develop effective self-care and team-care practices, build career-sustaining compassion satisfaction, recover resiliency, and make practical changes in your life and for your staff.