In this episode we chat to VetLed’s Head of Collaboration, Cat Auden, to discover more about her passion for veterinary human factors, the challenges of leading change and the joy of team working. Cat shares with us some behind the scenes insights and her highlights from the 2022 Veterinary Human Factors Conference.

Links:
https://the-veterinary-human-factors-conference-2022.heysummit.com/

With thanks to our Sponsors:
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 About Cat:
Cat is a veterinary surgeon and Head of Collaboration at VetLed.   After working in general practice for a number of years, Cat joined the growing team at VetLed. Keen to combine her experience in practice with a passion for optimising clinical performance, Cat now works to develop and deliver specific, industry-relevant Human Factors training for veterinary teams across the country, with a view to improving both clinical performance and patient safety.​

Cat is keen to see how we can grow and develop as a profession through learning from and collaborating with other caring yet safety-critical professions and has a particular interest in the concept of psychological safety in the workplace and its impact on team performance.

Cat strongly believes that equipping the current generation and educating the next generation of veterinary professionals in Human Factors is essential to continuing to move forward and develop as a profession. Drawing on her experience in practice, Cat understands how the characteristics that make us human can be deemed to limit our performance, but with a grasp of these Human Factors they can be harnessed to truly enhance our performance as clinicians. Cat believes that learning how to perform best as individuals and as teams will only serve to strengthen the wider veterinary profession going forward.