https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/19443/annual-happiness-survey First idea is the one to measure happiness / job satisfaction in the profession annually, and I have started work on a very rough draft of the sort of questions this survey might contain. But of course I am not a vet in practice, so I am sure there areen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/116759?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:41:07 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:e976e377-13d4-4cbd-a8ab-1950f15b3e6fBob Russell<p>[quote user=&quot;Martin Atkinson&quot;]</p> <p>I just wonder if in your personal information/demographics section you should ask questions relating to marriage/partner, children, pets, outside interests/hobbies/sports etc all of which have a huge bearing on personal happiness and can change the whole perspective of the the ability to cope with pressures of work. But I guess it depends how personal or in depth you want to go.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>I tend to agree that some question related to how totally work oriented are you. Some of us become too involved with work and families pay the price!</p> <p>Might be a good idea to do a survey of close relatives at some stage! This might make very interesting reading!!&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/116752?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:36:56 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:93056bca-642e-4264-b2ae-7f5872ec9095Nicola Cole<p>Could you include something to do with &#39;in house training/CPD encouraged/further qualifications eg certificates encouraged or not&#39; in the &#39;training and education bit&#39;? One of the practices I worked in the partners were very much reluctant to allow time off/money for CPD, didn&#39;t encourage certificates and the like and most of us found that frustrating and slightly demoralising. It certainly impacted on how happy some staff were on a work-front. Also, in the &#39;job itself&#39; section I think having something to do with medical cases would be a good idea.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/116733?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:56:41 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:e5f67790-4a00-40ea-841d-7eda4793d989Martin Atkinson<p>I just wonder if in your personal information/demographics section you should ask questions relating to marriage/partner, children, pets, outside interests/hobbies/sports etc all of which have a huge bearing on personal happiness and can change the whole perspective of the the ability to cope with pressures of work. But I guess it depends how personal or in depth you want to go.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/116713?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:03:46 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:040e58b0-ee43-492d-b516-58acf3a13650Bob Russell<p>Looks very sound. Clearly you have been listening carefully to the posts on the forum!<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Winking_smiley.gif" alt="Wink" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>