# 158: Psychological Safety For Vets: Why The Job Might Need Fixing, Not The People. With Dr Rebecca Faris Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vet-vault-veterinary-career-clinical-skills-wellbeing-1167897/158-psychological-safety-for-vets-why-the-job-might-need-fixing-not-the-people-with-dr-rebecca-faris Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vet-vault-veterinary-career-clinical-skills-wellbeing-1167897/158-psychological-safety-for-vets-why-the-job-might-need-fixing-not-the-people-with-dr-rebecca-faris.md Podcast: [The Vet Vault: Veterinary Career, Clinical Skills & Wellbeing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vet-vault-veterinary-career-clinical-skills-wellbeing-1167897) Published: 2026-04-22T11:27:59+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vet-vault/episodes/158-Psychological-Safety-For-Vets-Why-The-Job-Might-Need-Fixing--Not-The-People--With-Dr-Rebecca-Faris-e3i9hjh Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/8c8569c/podcast/play/118850609/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-22%2F5f8272eb-f6b2-95e9-1275-f28fda8f51f0.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-vet-vault-veterinary-career-clinical-skills-wellbeing-1167897/episodes/158-psychological-safety-for-vets-why-the-job-might-need-fixing-not-the-people-with-dr-rebecca-faris Duration seconds: 3264 ## Resource "Maybe we're just picking the wrong people to be vets." You've probably heard some version of that line. Maybe you've even said it. 'The new grads can't cope. The younger generation is too soft. If this profession isn't working for you, maybe the profession isn't the problem - maybe you are.' But what if that's the wrong conversation entirely? Maybe it's not the people who need to change - but the job itself. That's the question at the heart of this conversation with Dr Rebecca Faris, the lead of the Australian Veterinary Association's Thrive programme - an industry attempt to figure out how we make veterinary medicine a profession people can actually stay in and enjoy. You'll learn: Why a full-time working week in veterinary medicine probably shouldn't be 40 hours - and the official position from Safe Work Australia that will surprise you The difference between psychological safety and psychosocial safety (one is a vibe, the other is the law - and if you own a practice in Australia, you need to know which is which) What the new psychosocial safety legislation actually requires of practice owners Why "playing to your strengths" isn't the same as avoiding the hard stuff - and how to have that conversation with your employer without sounding like you're asking for special treatment The invisible emotional labour tax you're paying on every consult - and why recognising it changes everything What genuinely great veterinary workplaces are doing differently , and why the "squeaky wheel" narrative is drowning out stories of practices that are getting it right Why "I can't hack full-time" might not mean there's something wrong with you - and the self-compassion case for rethinking what a sustainable vet career actually looks like How to… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-vet-vault-veterinary-career-clinical-skills-wellbeing-1167897/episodes/158-psychological-safety-for-vets-why-the-job-might-need-fixing-not-the-people-with-dr-rebecca-faris/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vet-vault-veterinary-career-clinical-skills-wellbeing-1167897/158-psychological-safety-for-vets-why-the-job-might-need-fixing-not-the-people-with-dr-rebecca-faris.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.