Professionalism

Photos & videos

Unprofessional facebook post
  • Taking photos and videos is potentially a very sensitive issue and should be handled with extreme care and consideration
  • Never take photos of potentially sensitive material e.g. nasty injuries, abortions
  • Consider the implications of these photos getting into the public domain
  • If it is appropriate to take a photo, ask permission from the placement provider and owner of the animal, if different
    • Carefully consider what they gave you permission to do with the photo e.g. putting it in your casebook might be ok, but putting it on a public website, such as Facebook, would not