At MentorVet, we are making veterinary medicine a more sustainable profession for all and we need your help. Whether you are a veterinarian, practice manager, or technician wanting to offer better mentorship structures to individuals in your practice or working in academia or in a veterinary medical organization wanting to learn how to better support those around you, MentorVet Lift will provide you the tools and education to effectively help others.
A Veterinary Mentor
Certificate Program
A yearlong robust evidence-based veterinary mentor certificate program open to any individual associated with the veterinary profession interested:
becoming a more effective mentor
learning skills to create and evaluate intentional mentorship structures
connecting with other mentors
About MentorVet Lift
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The self-paced, interactive modules cover a wide variety of professional skills topics to give you the education you need to support others. You will learn about topics such as:
Sustainable Career Practices
Emotional Intelligence in Mentorship
Effective Communication in Mentoring
Conflict Management
Creating and Evaluating Mentorship Programming
Wellbeing & Emotional Support
Inclusive Mentoring Practices
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A toolkit of mentoring resources are provided within the curriculum including handouts, articles, PDFs, and other resources to help you create your own successful mentoring relationships and programming.
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Gain peer support from fellow mentors. Program participants will meet once a month virtually for 1 to 2 hours in facilitated small peer groups to discuss program material and how it can be applied to their work.
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Participants complete a capstone project to apply the mentoring practices that they are learning to develop their own mentoring structures within their organizations, hospitals, or communities.
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This is a year-long mentor certificate program with an estimated time commitment of four to seven hours per month.
We typically have entry points into the program 2 to 4 times per year. After your application is accepted, we will email you with the upcoming program start dates.
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The program costs $3499 per participant. We offer payment plans if needed.
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You meet the requirements for the program if you fit into any of the following categories:
*Licensed or formerly licensed veterinarian or veterinary technician with at least three years of experience
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*Veterinary assistant, practice manager, executive director, academic instructor, or other individual associated with the veterinary profession with at least three years full-time experience
Course Instructors
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Addie Reinhard, DVM, MS
Facilitator & Course Instructor
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Sam Romano, DVM, MBA, ACC
Facilitator & Course Instructor
Who’s It For?
These are just a few examples of ways in which the program might be implemented!
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Learn skills to creatie mentorship structures for onboarding new veterinary graduates or veterinary technicians.
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Learn skills to create a mentorship program for your organization using evidence-based practices.
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Hone your mentoring skills so you can provide better support to the people around you.
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Gain the knowledge to provide effective mentorship to your team members.
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Learn evidence-based mentoring practices to better support your students.
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Our program provides support to others in the veterinary industry who are interested in learning how to provide the most effective mentorship possible.
MentorVet Lift Alumni
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Ashlee Redmond, DVM
Dr. Redmond worked on her capstone project called PACKS (personalized autonomous career knowledge and support) mentorship program for Petco.
Dr. Redmond and Dr. Debbie Pettit put together a 6-month training program to support the growth and development of our mentor doctors for Vetco Total Care. The program included topics such as: DISC personality type, building trust, communication skills such as empathy, reflective listening, wellbeing, change management, giving and receiving feedback, and coaching for belonging. Each month the mentors completed pre-work to learn more about the topic and met virtually monthly to discuss key concepts as a group and apply them to their mentoring scenarios. The goal of this program is to help our mentor doctors gain and practice the skillset they need to help support the unique needs of early career veterinarians.
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Rachel Kinser, MS, RVT, VTS (ECC)
Rachel Kinser worked on her capstone project called The Whole Team Mentorship Program.
The Whole Team program will provide structured mentorship to customer service representatives (CSR), veterinary assistants, and newly graduated credentialed veterinary technicians who are new to the field or have joined the field within the past five years. Through this mentorship program, we aim to provide a support system for team members as they enter the field, giving them the tools to create a lifelong career.
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Bryan T. Clarke, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice)
Dr. Clarke worked on his capstone project called Dynamic Mentorship for Practicing Veterinarians.
Dr. Clarke’s capstone project was to develop a mentorship program structure to use in his 9 veterinarian general practice. The program’s cornerstone is flexibility, with formal structure for self-guided skills and medical information acquisition as well as fluid and spontaneous coaching through the challenges encountered in practice. The program is intentionally malleable to best meet the needs of a variety of mentees, Fram new graduates just entering practice to experienced veterinarians adapting to a new practice home.
Have questions about the program?
“MentorVet has not only developed a unique platform to help fill the mentoring gap that currently exists within veterinary medicine, but it has also really 'professionalized' the process of mentorship through training, connection, and community. This has provided valuable skills and guidance for me to be more effective personally, and overall, it results in a much better experience for both the mentors and mentees involved”
Brent Mayabb, DVM
Global Chief Medical Officer
Royal Canin
