CVS has launched a new industry-leading Coaching and Mentoring Applied in Practice training course to equip its mentors with the additional skills needed to develop graduate veterinary surgeons and student nurses into high-flying veterinary professionals.
The new Coaching and Mentoring Applied in Practice training course has been designed to ultimately improve the day-to-day experiences of new graduate vets and student nurses by upskilling the colleagues who support their development.
The modules within the course are based on real-life experience within practice, and have been specially developed by an experienced CVS vet and nurse team.
The Coaching and Mentoring Applied in Practice course will form part of CVS’ Mentor Training Scheme for Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (GDP) Advisers and Clinical Supervisor Development Programme for Student Nurse Clinical Supervisors.
It will also complement the mandatory RCVS training required for graduate vet and student nurse mentors.
For CVS Vet GDP Advisers, the new Mentor Training Scheme will include additional training days around mental health, and supporting colleagues to perform to the best of their ability by considering how human factors affect their working lives.
This will run in parallel to the Clinical Supervisor Development Programme, which will focus on supporting well-being, time management and recognition of this role when maximising career development.
CVS’ new Coaching and Mentoring Applied in Practice training course will take a “train the trainer” approach.
Thirty experienced colleagues from clinical practice across the CVS group, with a passion for coaching, will be trained by Adele Wood, CVS Senior Learning Partner, to deliver the new course across the UK.
Up to 250 Vet GDP Advisers and 400 Student Nurse Clinical Supervisors will then be trained regionally in the first nine months.
This will provide the opportunity for all CVS mentors to attend and will help create local peer-support networks – to share ideas and support each other.
The Coaching and Mentoring Applied in Practice course will be delivered via face-to-face practical training days. Vet GDP Advisers and Student Nurse Clinical Supervisors will train alongside each other, to help create awareness of the challenges facing each role and to develop more collaboration in practice.
This will be complemented by flexible online learning via CVS’ Knowledge Hub virtual learning platform.
The course will be free, offered in addition to the continuous professional development (CPD) time and budget allowance for all delegates, and will account for seven hours of CPD.
