Author Archives: Chris

The changes with which the veterinary profession are struggling are not unique to the profession. They are currently replicated in all areas of education, business and indeed society itself. Fundamental changes started to develop in the 1960’s and accelerated as … Continue reading →

One of the challenges of bringing together a diverse group of professionals to have a meaningfull dialogue is that language becomes highly important, to understand each other we need to be speaking the same language and this is not always … Continue reading →

Heard yesterday that Cambridge Vet School are to support us – Excellent News.

After some months of work, I am pleased to say that the preferred interface for organisations working with BEVME has been defined. Involvement with BEVME is voluntary and self-directed, people put in only the time and effort that they choose … Continue reading →

Heard today that Vets Now have agreed to support BEVME at both the individual and the corporate level. They are the first corporate that I met with whilst visiting the two Scottish Vet Schools. Interestingly, whilst they seemed to see the … Continue reading →

Met with a representative of Glasgow Vet School this morning. Generally seemed to go well and he seemed to get where I was coming from. I had adjusted my approach in the light of the meeting yesterday with Edinburgh and … Continue reading →

Met with four members of the university staff today to discuss BEVME and the possibility of offering both individual and institutional membership. This was the first meeting with a university and there was a lot to learn from it. Though … Continue reading →

Met today with two representatives of RCVS regarding our ongoing discussions re the appropriateness or otherwise of the term clinical coach. A generally positive meeting and a number of potential actions for the future emerged. For me, The key philosophical … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago the concepts of the BEVME initiative were opened to scrutiny at the Second Vet Ed Symposium and last week I did a presentation to a peer practise group of the SGCP (Special Group in Coaching … Continue reading →

As previously reported, surveys of clinical Coach Trainers and Clinical Coaches were completed in June 2011. More than 100 clinical coaches contributed and some valuable insights were gained. We have now been invited to a meeting at RCVS to discuss … Continue reading →