Veterinarian Training Survey

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Your Details

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

City *

State/Territory *

Zip Code *

State(s) Where You are Licensed? *

Name of Your Current Primary Place of Employment *

Includes full time, part-time, per-diem/relief etc. If not currently working, please just write "N/A"

Name of Your Current Secondary Place of Employment (if applicable)

Includes full time, part-time, per-diem/relief etc. If not currently working, please just write "N/A"

Current Primary Position *

Please select the option that best describes your current professional situation.

Corporate practice (i.e., Banfield, VCA)
Emergency/critical care
Private veterinary practice
Rescue or shelter
Spay/neuter clinic
Spay/neuter clinic (ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance affiliated/NSNRT)
Other

Current Secondary Position (if applicable)

Please select the option that best describes your current professional situation.

Corporate practice (i.e., Banfield, VCA)
Emergency/critical care
Private veterinary practice
Rescue or shelter
Spay/neuter clinic
Spay/neuter clinic (ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance affiliated/NSNRT)
Other

Surgical Skills

Have you had the opportunity to use the following techniques that were taught during your ASPCA training in your practice? *

Tissue handling

Instrument handling

Knots & ligatures

Do you feel comfortable using these techniques in your practice? *

Tissue handling

Instrument handling

Knots & ligatures

If you answered NO to any of the questions above, please tell us more.

Previous Surgeries *

0-50
51-100
101-200
>200

Regularity *

How often do you regularly perform at least five spay/neuter surgeries?

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Rarely
Never performed regularly

Comfort Level *

How many spay/neuters (in an equal mixture of species and gender) do you feel comfortable performing in a six-hour surgery block? Assuming someone else is prepping and inducing for you and there is minimal wait time between patients.

1 - 4
5 - 7
8 - 10
11 - 13
14 - 16
17 - 18
19 - 21
22 - 24
25 - 27
28 - 30
31 - 35
>35

Please select any of the options below that describe how you have utilized your improved surgical skills in the last year. *

Check all that apply.

Increase the efficiency of spay/neuters in private practice
Volunteer or provide relief with a HQHVSN program (community cat spay days, shelter spay/neuter, MASH style clinics, etc.)
Seek employment with a HQHVSN program
Increase the number of surgeries I can perform in my existing HQHVSN role
My skills have not improved
Other

Pediatric Spay/Neuter

There are no judgements around these questions. This is an opportunity for us to collect responses on this hot button issue from the field as a whole along with the reasoning behind those responses. We value your opinion and your honesty.

Do you personally recommend spaying and neutering at an early age (less than 5 months) as a pre-adoption requirement? *

This answer should be guided by your personal opinion and not by policy in your place of work, unless they are one in the same.

Yes
No
Unsure

Do you personally recommend spaying and neutering community cats at an early age (less than 5 months) prior to being re-released? *

This answer should be guided by your personal opinion and not by policy in your place of work, unless they are one in the same.

Yes
No
Unsure

If you answered "No" or "Unsure" above, please tell us more.

ASPCA Engagement

How often have you accessed the following ASPCA resources?

Read the weekly ASPCAPro Newsletter

I don't subscribe/don't know what it is
Never
Sometimes
Often

Read the monthly ASNA Newsletter

I don't subscribe/don't know what it is
Never
Sometimes
Often

Read the Monthly ASPCA APCC’s Tox Insider Newsletter

I don't subscribe/don't know what it is
Never
Sometimes
Often

Visited ASPCAPro.org (the website where the ASPCA offers training, research and other tools to support the field)

I don't subscribe/don't know what it is
Never
Sometimes
Often

Attended an ASPCApro webinar or enrolled in an ASPCAonline.org online learning course

I don't subscribe/don't know what it is
Never
Sometimes
Often

Followed ASPCA or ASPCApro on social media

I don't subscribe/don't know what it is
Never
Sometimes
Often

Which resources or information have been the most helpful to you?

As a veterinarian and a humane advocate, what content and information is of interest to you (please select all that apply)?

These responses will help us build content and send out information that is valuable to you. Check all that apply.

Drug protocol updates
CE opportunities
Farm animal policy and legislation
Poison control information
Deployment volunteer opportunities

Since attending our training, how often have you engaged in any of the following activities? * *

Recommended ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance/Humane Alliance training programs to a student or veterinarian

Never
Rarely
Occasionally
Often
N/A - Does not apply
Don't know

Responded to an ASPCA alert for legislative action

Never
Rarely
Occasionally
Often
N/A - Does not apply
Don't know

Responded to an ASPCA deployment invitation

Never
Rarely
Occasionally
Often
N/A - Does not apply
Don't know