Your Successful & Happy Career in Vet Medicine

VetX:Thrive exists because we believe being a vet can and should be the best job ever. But we also know that the challenges you face in practice each day can take their toll and leave you feeling burned out or disenchanted. The reality is that being a vet is also a hard job and the clinical training you received at vet school is simply not enough to ensure a great career.


In fact, there is another skill set that is so much more important. The non-clinical skills (or life skills as we call them) are things like emotional intelligence, the smarts to say the right words at the right time, and the ability to manage your time. These, and many besides, are the skills that will provide you with the foundation for a happy and healthy career as a vet. The great news is that all such skills are covered in 12 core teaching modules with the full Thrive package.


The Thrive Lite experience will give you access to the first core module of non-clinical teaching: Planning your Career and Smashing F.E.A.R. You even have access to highlights from the Mentoring sessions, and selected Rockstar sessions (where you can hear top tips from Rockstars of the veterinary profession).


VetX:Thrive teaches non-clinical skills exclusively. But this is so much more than an educational platform. This is a practical toolkit where you will have access to templates, frameworks and worksheets to help you build and execute your plan. Plus, you'll be part of a global support network - an invaluable space of positive encouragement. 


And finally, you'll be learning in a RACE and Vetted accredited community where you can get 12 hours of structured education credit. With Thrive Lite, you will gain insight into the first hour of this accredited education. 

Member Benefits

As a VetX:Thrive community member you'll receive

  • The First of Twelve Core Modules

    You'll have access to the first of twelve core modules - Planning Your Career and Smashing Your Fear

  • Templates and Worksheets

    This module comes with a supporting tool, framework and quiz to help you to easily implement the strategies you learn. So you can start winning immediately

  • Mentoring & Support

    You'll have access to previously recorded Rockstar sessions and some highlights from our mentor sessions

Course curriculum

    1. A User Guide to The VetX:Thrive Community Site by Dr Dave Nicol

    2. READ ME: A User Guide to VetX:Thrive Lite

    3. The VetX Community Values

    1. Planning Your Career And Smashing The F.E.A.R - Read Me!

    2. Planning Your Career And Smashing The F.E.A.R. Part 1: Human Needs. What We Need To Be Happy.

    3. Planning Your Career And Smashing The F.E.A.R Part 2A: Goal Setting and Values. How To Achieve The Career You Always Wanted.

    4. Planning Your Career And Smashing The F.E.A.R Part 2B: Goal Setting And Values - How You Achieve Your Dreams

    5. Planning Your Career And Smashing The F.E.A.R Part 3: The Imposter, The Perfectionist And The FEAR

    6. Planning Your Career And Smashing The F.E.A.R Part 4: F.E.A.R. = False Evidence Appearing Real

    7. VetX 1: My Career Plan Toolkit

    8. Planning Your Career And Smashing The F.E.A.R Quiz

    1. Help! I May Have Spread Myself Too Thin. How Do I Focus On Developing My Skills?

    2. How Do I Stay On Course To Achieve My Objectives?

    3. How Do I Go About Getting The Right Job When I Just Want A Job?!

    1. Meet Your Mentor with Dr Katie Ford

    2. Meet Your Mentor with Dr Steve Noonan

    3. How to have a device and keep sane - Be More Snail - Part 1

    1. Next Steps

About this course

  • Free
  • 18 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Meet Your Mentors

Dr Steve Noonan

USA Timezone

"Happiness & positivity are contagious such that we can become an epi-center of positivity, radiating & infecting those around us"

Dr Shibly Mustapha

Australia Timezone

"There's a fast way & slow way to get where you want to be. Drawing on the experience of other successful people is one of the fast ways"

Dr Dave Nicol

European Mentor

"The world is never going to change just because you think it should. You are the change, so become what you want to world to be more like"

How does the Thrive Lite experience sound to you?

We hope you will find this taster insightful, informative and fun! Ultimately, we created Thrive Lite because we know that being a veterinarian can and should be one of the most rewarding jobs on the planet, but often it is simply not. Unfortunately, too many vets struggle, become burnt out and end up bouncing out of the profession. This is because veterinarians have limited awareness of and access to the non-clinical skills required to make their careers successful and happy. We hope that our Thrive Lite course can raise your awareness of the need for non-clinical skills, and will give you an accessible taster of the full Thrive package.
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What our full VetX:Thrive members say

Dr Michael Fontano

DVM, USA

"I like VetX:Thrive because feel like I still have a network of peers available to me instead of me being on my own."

Dr Charlotte Dawson

MRCVS, UK

"Each area we have covered in VetX:Thrive has taught me something new I can carry confidently to incorporate at work."

Dr Helen O'Kelly

MRCVS, UK

"Since joining VetX:Thrive, I feel in a safer and happier place, where I have a mentor and a group of friends for support."

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