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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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