Make or Break: How the Right Mentorship Program Can Define Your Veterinary Career
0.5 CE Credit Hour / Veterinarians & Veterinary Technicians
Overview:
Petco Chief Veterinarian, Whitney Miller, DVM, MBA, DACVPM, and Petco’s Director of Medical Special Programs, Ashlee Redmond, DVM, will explore research that supports the profound impact early career mentorships can have on the wellbeing, success, and longevity of veterinarians. But all mentorship programs are not created equal. Dr Miller and Dr Redmond will help you identify and understand the attributes of high-quality, effective mentorship programs to help new veterinarians make the right choice for their new careers.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how mentorship can impact veterinarians’ overall mental health and wellbeing.
- Understand how mentorship can improve job satisfaction and retention.
- Understand how mentorship can impact doctor and practice production.
- Recognize the difference between good, better, and best mentorship programs.
- Identify the attributes of a highly effective mentorship program.
- Apply this understanding to ask good questions enabling a veterinarian to evaluate mentorship programs.
Whitney Miller, DVM, MBA, DACVPM
Chief Veterinarian
Petco
Fueled by her passion for making a positive impact in pets’ lives, Dr. Whitney Miller (she/her/hers) serves as Petco’s Chief Veterinarian. In that role, she is the lead veterinary subject matter expert advising Petco as a health & wellness company and overseeing the company’s standards of excellence in animal care and welfare; provides strategic direction and medical management for Petco’s growth in veterinary services; and provides cross-functional support across the company to marketing, communications, legal, merchandising, pet services and more. Dr. Miller leads the Petco medical team, which supports over 200 full-service hospitals and mobile vaccination clinics operating in over 1,000 Petco Pet Care Centers nationwide. In addition, Dr. Miller is a member of the Petco Pet Wellness Council (PPWC), an independent coalition of leading experts in veterinary science and animal care that serve as an external source of unbiased advice and counsel to Petco on a range of topics across the pet care industry. The PPWC also guides the development and aggregation of credible pet care science to educate professionals and all who care about pets.
Over the course of her veterinary career, Dr. Miller has spent time in emergency and general companion animal veterinary practice, worked in pharmacovigilance reporting for Zoetis and spent time in federal government relations for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), advocating on animal welfare issues. Dr. Miller received her DVM and MBA degrees from Colorado State University and has been board certified in preventive medicine since 2018. Dr. Miller continues to practice companion animal medicine every chance she gets.
Ashlee Redmond, DVM
Director of Medical Special Programs
Petco
Dr. Ashlee Redmond is the Director of Medical Special Projects at Petco where her leadership skills, medical knowledge and expertise supports the expansion of Petco's veterinary services businesses. She helps lead medical quality program development, partnership and veterinary mentorship and initiatives.
Dr. Redmond began her career at Petco as the Area Medical Director supporting multiple Vetco Total Care hospitals in California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona. She is known for being an empowering people leader and delivering exceptional medical care.
Before joining Petco, Dr. Redmond was chief of staff and director of veterinary quality for a national veterinary hospital network.
Dr. Redmond earned her Bachelor of Applied Science, Animal Science from California Polytechnic University and graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University.
This course is RACE-approved for 0.5 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.
This activity is sponsored by Petco.
