If you’re reading this, chances are you’re either well into your vet school journey or you may well be on the cusp of graduating – and joining a fantastic profession. If you’re thinking the next steps might be scary, we’re here to help. In this Graduate Special, we cover some of the topics you need to know as you start out on your career, plus you can hear from some who have been before you.
The difference between school and university can often seem stark. One area where this has a major impact is revising for exams. Too often, strategies used for GCSE and A-levels no longer work. This article will explore a number of approaches you can use, and some of the times where they will be most effective in supporting your revision.
Bizarre as it may sound, when it comes to finding the right practice it pays to forget that you are a vet altogether. Why? Because at the start of your career, you still have a lot to find out about what sort of vet you will eventually become and what that means for the type of practice you wish to work in.
Veterinary professionals will always need to discuss the financial costs of their services and frequently offer treatment options that are beyond their clients’ budgets. But why can these discussions potentially cause problems? This article will cover some of the reasons and solutions.
Lifelong learning is the process by which we continue to drive forward our own learning during our professional careers, without necessarily having input from others. Depending on where you work, your employer may provide support, but generally, you will be the driver of your own learning.
At school, and in university, we are fantastic at learning content. However, one area that we are unlikely to have developed a knowledge of is how we actually learn. This article breaks down the learning process for you – including how memory works and the power of the working environment – so you are in a position to improve your own learning and revision processes.
As in most industries today, corporate businesses are becoming increasingly more prevalent in the veterinary world. Gone are the days where all vets were run by someone who grew up in the same town or city. Of course, plenty of independent vets are still out there, so are there benefits to seeking a role in one type or practice over the other?
Jade is from New Caledonia in the South Pacific. She studied at the University of Nottingham and graduated in July 2022. She is currently working as a mixed vet in north Wales and her particular interests lie in surgery and emergency care.
Georgia graduated from The University of Liverpool’s School of Veterinary Science in 2022 and, later that year, started working at Pennard Vets’ Sevenoaks practice.
Eleanor is a new graduate vet from the University of Bristol, currently working in first opinion small animal practice in Cornwall. She has a particular love of medicine, and outside of work enjoys running, reading and spending time by the sea.