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How do new veterinary graduates generally find them­ selves slapped with lawsuits? Typically, what happens is we get complaints from disgruntled pet owners. These complaints, if deemed sufficiently serious, are then fol­ lowed up with some form of legal investigative process. The objective of the process is usually to try to recover money but also to ensure the required standard of prac­ tice was met, or will be met in the future. The good news is that such complaints rarely follow this course. It is far more common, for example, for a complaint to be dealt with internally, without resorting to legal recourse. As new graduates we are genuinely afraid of being sued but the truth is, it doesn’t occur that often. And that’s good news for us all. New graduates should take comfort and encourage­ ment from data I unearthed from one of the larger veteri­ nary boards (the organizations that regulate veterinarians) in Australia. This reliable data showed that, in Australia, there appeared to be no correlation between years of experience and complaints to veterinary authorities. For example, the average number of complaints in the first year after graduation was three, while the highest num­ ber of complaints was eight, and that came 24 years after graduation. In fact, on a graph, each of the tall skyscrap­ ers were for experienced doctors, which is the opposite of what you might expect. Incidentally, these trends were also present in the data documented within the United Kingdom. When you delve into the reasons for complaints, the questions answer themselves. As new graduates, we think bad things will happen because we are inexperi­ enced. Of course, that’s true to some extent. But we’re also aware of the potential for getting sued, which makes us more careful and more tentative. We’re not yet at a stage where we begin to take chances or start believing our own hype. So we’re cautious and that probably pro­ tects us a bit.

Top five reasons vets get sued and how to avoid them as a recent graduate