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Hill’s Community Care Resources

• Surviving in the Veterinary Profession: Reframing the concept of access to care
• Optimizing Vet Care for clients with working guide dogs
• Pet Care for Seriously Ill and Homebound Adults

Pawlicy Advisor’s Community Care Resources

• Charitable Grant Program Finder for Pet Owners (free tool)
• Upgrading the Pet Insurance Conversation for Your Team (on-demand CE in AAHA’s Learning Center)
• How to Approach the Spectrum of Care in Veterinary Medicine

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)

• Articles and guides
  • Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege
  • Guide for Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine
  • Guide to Allyship
  • Stereotype Threat 
  • Why Pronouns Matter
  • Communicating with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Clients and Colleagues

• Certificates and courses
  • American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Brave Space Certificate Program
  • BLEND VET
  • Journey for Teams
  • Kirwan Institute Implicit Bias Modules
  • Pawsibilities Vet Med’s Introduction to Inclusive Mentorship Course
  • Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Certificate for Diversity & Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine 

• Diversity and mentorship
  • LGBTQ Mentoring
  • Native American Youth
  • Racial Equity Resources for Mentors
  • Search Institute Media Archive

• Resources databases and affiliate groups
  • American Association of Veterinarians of Indian Origin
  • Association of Asian Veterinary Medical Professionals
  • AVMA Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine Resources 
  • BlackDVM Network
  • Black Veterinary Association of Canada 
  • British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society
  • Canadian Collective for Equity in Veterinary Medicine
  • Canadian VIBE
  • DiVersity Matters at AAVMC
  • Latinx Veterinary Medical Association 
  • Louisiana State University Student Association for Black Veterinarians (SABV)
  • Multicultural Veterinary Medical Association (MCVMA) 
  • National Association for Black Veterinarians (NABV)
  • Native American Veterinary Association (NAVA)
  • Pride Veterinary Medical Association (PrideVMC) 
  • Pride Student Veterinary Medical Association (Pride SVMC)
  • PrideVMC Support Hotline (resources tab)
  • The Referral Corner: Diversity Education Resources 
  • Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment (VOICE)
  • Women’s Veterinary Leadership Development Initiative (WVLDI)
• Self-assessment
  • Harvard Project Implicit Bias Assessment
  • Intentional Organizational Diversity & Inclusion Efforts Assessment Tool

Mental Health Resources

• AVMA Wellbeing Resources
• Crisis Text Line Resources 
• NOMV CLEAR Blueprint
• NOMV Lifeboat
• QPR training
• Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Veterinary Mental Health Initiative

Online Self-Assessments

• Big Five 
• DiSC
• Insights
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• Strengthsfinder

The 2024 AAHA Community Care Guidelines for Small Animal Practice are generously supported by CareCredit, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, IDEXX,  Merck Animal Health, and Pawlicy Advisor.