All vets are invited to participate in a research study on “Beyond Client Communication: Measuring Intra-Team Interpersonal Preparedness Across Career Stages”, which is examining interpersonal skill preparedness during the transition from veterinary training to independent practice.
The purpose of this study is to better understand which interpersonal skills matter most in veterinary clinical practice and how prepared veterinarians feel in them, so that gaps between the two can help inform training and professional development.
We are seeking participation from rotating and specialty interns, residents, and practicing veterinarians, including general practitioners who entered practice directly after graduation and board-certified specialists.
The survey focuses on communication, collaboration, and team coordination skills required for effective clinical practice. It does not address business management, practice ownership, or financial operations.
Participation is voluntary and anonymous. No personally identifiable information, including IP addresses, will be collected. The survey takes approximately 13 to 16 minutes to complete.
This study is conducted independently by Matthew Love, Psy.D. (Principal Investigator), as a needs assessment, gathering profession-wide information about interpersonal skills and professional quality of life in veterinary medicine to help identify training gaps. Edwina Love, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), serves as a sub-investigator. Please be aware that the Principal Investigator is developing a leadership-development framework (the REAL Leadership Framework) that is general in focus and not specific to veterinary medicine. This survey does not evaluate, test, or market that framework or any other product or service. The anonymous, aggregate information from this survey may later inform the investigator’s general thinking about leadership development; any comparison with that framework would happen only after the main planned analyses and would not affect this study. The study’s hypotheses and analysis plan are registered in advance on the Open Science Framework (OSF), a public research registry, in the interest of transparency. Your participation is anonymous, your responses cannot be linked to you, and no identifying information will ever be accessed or used for any commercial purpose. Your participation is voluntary, and you may stop at any time.
Questions may be directed to Matthew Love, Psy.D., Principal Investigator, at research@matthewlovepsyd.com, or mlove@matthewlovepsyd.com.