Abstract

Modern veterinary practices consist of multiple professions/occupations, often spread over multiple branches. Within these teams are identifiable ‘key people’ who are central to information and resource flow. Key people are...

Highlights

  • Modern day veterinary teams are complex entities

  • Key individuals were defined in this study as having large outdegree scores and high betweenness centrality

  • Part One in this series documented practice effects at the network level on interactions, while this article considers the personal effects in terms of individuals acting as ‘key people’, interprofessional interactions and social relations

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Introduction

Modern day veterinary teams are complex entities. In order to offer the services required by the public and to run a successful business, a practice will be composed of members of different professions and occupations providing complementary roles. The teams are not stable with individuals joining and leaving, practices growing, and the roles and duties of each profession or occupation in flux. An example of this is the professionalisation of veterinary nurses. Exploration could assist with considering the changes in relationships as well as providing guidance for creating effective and efficient interprofessional teams. This may come at the level of undergraduate education or continuing professional development, or both, and is relevant to current and future members of the veterinary team

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