Factors influencing equine veterinarians' job satisfaction and retention: A focus group study
The main barriers to equine veterinary retention included a lack of work-life balance, long hours, lower-than-expected pay, and issues with discrimination and bias. This study highlights areas for intervention to improve the equine veterinary field, such as higher pay, rural practice incentives, and effective diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) efforts. A shift toward caseload-sharing between veterinarians could help alleviate excessive emergency on-call and burnout.
Authors
- Elizabeth Devine
- Meggan Graves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-4402)
- Jean‐Yin Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2331-4478)
- Julie Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1927-432X)
- Lauren Wisnieski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2915-2529)
- Katherine Kirkendall
- Audrey Burnette
- Stacy Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2131-807X)
- Kristen Whitaker
Institutions
- Lincoln Memorial University (US)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Knoxville College (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Equine Veterinary Journal
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14467
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 28.06
Funders
- Boehringer Ingelheim