While RCVS VN council has approved an alternative assessment method for OSCEs under social distancing guidelines, blogger Jane Davidson offers up her own tongue-in-cheek real-world version of the exams.
In the third part of her series on access to veterinary education – with a focus on those from disadvantaged backgrounds – Jordan delves into the financial issues faced by postgraduate students.
Walking your dog used to be quite a simple thing before coronavirus, but now it's a task fraught with anxiety-inducing issues that require an increasing degree of caution, writes Eleanor Goad.
Jordan Sinclair tackles the topic of how to attract students from disadvantaged backgrounds and, other than fuelling the fire at an early age, finds much of the problem still often comes down to money.
Nick Marsh describes the COVID journey the veterinary profession has been on – from colleague cuts to muddled messages – and wonders how many other professions working through this crisis have also shared the same experience.
In an attempt to help her professional colleagues cope in these unprecedented, stressful times, Jane Davidson looks to inject some humour into the situation with her virtual “OSCE Experience”.
Student vet Eleanor Goad reflects on the help she has received to get where she is today, and discusses her efforts to offer proceeding generations of vets a helping hand when she can.
Hubert Hiemstra wraps up the first part of his series into the problem-free consult by considering what he thinks is the most important attribute for building a bond with clients.
While undertaking her PhD, Jane Davidson has stumbled upon a group of other VNs who have completed, or are working on, a doctorate – membership of which shows there is no limit to where a vet nurse qualification can take you.
It may have first aired 23 years before her birth, but the revival of All Creatures Great and Small has led Nat Scroggie to question whether it still influenced her career.
Landing a coveted place at one of the UK's veterinary schools is tough at the best of times, but 2020 has proved particularly difficult – especially for those with the wrong postcode. Jordan Sinclair look at the options open to those who failed to earn a place this time round.
Nick Marsh explains the difficulties he experienced as a working parent also attempting to educate his children during lockdown – and his feelings of relief at their eventual return to school.
In her latest piece, Nat Scroggie recalls some valuable words from then-RCVS president (and former Vet Times columnist) Bradley Viner that still ring true…
First-year veterinary student and blogger Charlie Jackson discusses how veterinary surgeons are perceived by clients and how often this can be fuelled by media misconceptions.
With first-year students set to start their vet journeys via university in the “new normal” later this month, Eleanor Goad offers some words of wisdom to help reassure and comfort nervous freshers.
Having shone a light on the challenges faced by this year’s new grad vets, Jordan shifts her focus to students struggling to find EMS placements and how the profession can still help, despite COVID-19.
