{"id":49,"date":"2026-06-27T23:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T23:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/?p=49"},"modified":"2026-07-11T14:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T14:39:33","slug":"vets-are-leaving-what-theyre-finally-saying-out-loud-will-shock-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Vets Are Leaving. What They&#8217;re Finally Saying Out Loud Will Shock You."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veterinary medicine is facing some big challenges. Burnout. Staffing shortages. Team culture. Communication. Retention. At the OVMA Great Ideas Conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Dr. Jenna sets out to learn what veterinary leaders believe is driving these challenges\u2014and more importantly, what can be done about them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5YYxbrNnDZA?si=3aXpu14yq_9R1LoC\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we share some of our biggest takeaways from the conference and sit down with: John Stevens, CEO of the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA), Josh Vaisman, veterinary leadership and culture expert, Dr. Heather Loenser, veterinarian, speaker, and advocate for empathy in veterinary medicine, and Veterinary professionals attending the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we explore what makes veterinary professionals stay, what causes them to leave, and what gives us hope for the future of the profession. Whether you&#8217;re a veterinarian, veterinary team member, horse owner, pet owner, or simply curious about the people behind animal care, I hope this conversation helps shine a light on the human side of veterinary medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterinary medicine is facing some big challenges. Burnout. Staffing shortages. Team culture. Communication. Retention. At the OVMA Great Ideas Conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Dr. Jenna sets out to learn what veterinary leaders believe is driving these challenges\u2014and more importantly, what can be done about them. In this episode, we share some of our biggest takeaways from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}