layout: true background-image: url(../../images/slide_background.jpg) background-size: cover class: center, middle --- # Being part of a team ### Short Quotes --- ### “… just talking about it with the rest of the team and reassuring yourself that everyone has the same problem on that farm and it’s not just you and laughing and joking about it.” --- ### “… knowing that within a team, and having somebody at the end of a phone that you can ring on your way back.” --- ### “I thought the language of your peers and your support staff is really important” --- ### “one of the big things is working with other people, being part of a team” --- ### “you have an identity as a farm animal vet and so you know that it’s a difficult club to be in but you’re proud to be in it” --- ### “Positive elements are the relationships with clients and fellow farm vets and that’s the main reason for staying in the job.” --- ### “We do talk a lot in our practice and we also have a WhatsApp group and we can always put questions into that and I find that helpful.” --- ### “… the team is the most fundamental thing we’ve got – our biggest support network” --- ### “Knowing you’re in a team environment where people have got your back helps shoulders the pressure and that’s a huge relief.” --- ### “If it’s a team, if everyone works together, then if there’s a bad outcome, it’s like the whole practice has failed rather than the individual involved.” --- ### “I found as good a strategy as anything was having a moan with other vets, realising that you’re not the only one in the same situation it doesn’t seem quite so bad.” --- ### “At 2.00 in the morning – they are the hard hours. If you can’t have that conversation in the night, I think it’s important to have that discussion in the morning with your boss or colleagues.” --- ### “I think it’s really important to keep talking having that team environment.” --- ### “I think that’s what we’ve learnt in our office – it’s OK to say no – like in the evenings if you have to go somewhere or a practice meeting and you’ve been on call and you’re tired, it’s OK to say no.” --- ### “Sometimes in practice I’ve had colleagues who I could bounce ideas off, talk to them about it as well, other times it hasn’t been quite so easy – depends which colleagues are there.” --- ### “I talk to my colleagues about it a lot.” --- ### “I think if we’re talking young vets it’s really important to maintain social connections and with vets in your area and in your practice.” --- ### “Tight work team, including support staff.” --- ### “Chatting to people certainly helps – especially vets because they know the issues that confront you – they can say, oh don’t worry about that or they know the people who are difficult.” --- ### “As much connectivity within your team as you can.” --- ### “Working in a tight team helps.”