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DR ABBIE TIPLER
Specialist Small Animal Surgeon
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Stress in Surgery - Tips
The American Journal of Surgery published an article "The effects of Stress on Surgical Performance" Firstly, Why is it bad?- Stress...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 15, 20242 min read


Stress in Surgery
The American Journal of Surgery published an article "The effects of Stress on Surgical Performance" Why is it bad- Stress effects...

Abbie Tipler
Jul 31, 20242 min read


R U OK Day
RUOK is a harm prevention charity that encourages conversations to stay connected through difficult times. Asking the question, can save...

Abbie Tipler
Dec 28, 20221 min read


Evidence-based mental health challenge
This will take <60 seconds, you need no equipment and it is free. Take a slow deep breath in, then when you breath out think of a pet...

Abbie Tipler
Dec 27, 20222 min read


Mental Health in the Vet Profession
If you love your pet, you should love your vet - let's share this message to our clients. We are a profession facing a mental health...

Abbie Tipler
Dec 1, 20222 min read


Surgical complications - the toll they take
I often got asked what the hardest part of a surgical residency was. For me, it is was when there was a surgical complication. One...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Mindfulness series on netflix
Our industry faces a mental health crisis and burn-out is a real thing. When we work in a challenging, physical and emotionally draining...

Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20223 min read


Coping with the loss of our pets
"Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely...

Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read


Celebrating small wins
Below is the link to an article in the Harvard Business Review called 'The Power of Small Wins'. https://hbr.org/2011/05/the-power-of...

Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read


Mindfulness
Mindfulness: proven. works. learn it. do it. How does mindfulness apply to surgeons? In the exact way it applies to everyone - by...

Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read


Be Kind
Vets - be kind to each other: A common trap all vets fall into (including myself and I am sorry), is the 'why did they....' trap. ...

Abbie Tipler
Sep 29, 20221 min read
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