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  • A different kind of exam

    A different kind of exam

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    A veterinary career and examinations go hand in hand. I can’t count the number of papers I’ve sat over the last quarter of my life that have opened the doors to where I am now. If you manage to make it even half way through the vet course it can be assumed you have mastered…

  • Lack of diversity in the veterinary profession is everyone’s problem

    Lack of diversity in the veterinary profession is everyone’s problem

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    It is heartening to see the need for diversity in the profession getting some airtime and column inches of late. Discussion of the issue is long overdue, but has this led to progress? Let’s be frank. Look around you – in your vet school class, your workplace, your boardroom and your practice. I’m going to…

  • Tips for vet school: the first few days

    Tips for vet school: the first few days

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    The first few weeks of university life can be a little scary, and it’s understandable you might just want to hang back to try and digest it all. Trying to be outgoing, charming and outlandishly sociable when you’ve just been thrust into a new city, a new environment, and left to fend for yourself can…

  • AFAST, part 1

    AFAST, part 1

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    AFAST = Abdominal Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma In the emergency setting, focused ultrasound examinations are increasingly being used as extensions of the physical examination. The goal is the identification of life-threatening conditions – such as internal bleeding or organ rupture – but can also assist in tracking conditions over a period of time.…

  • Que será, será

    Que será, será

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    What will be will be: this mantra is one of a handful of things that kept me sane during university exam season. Exam stress has definitely taken its toll, and, one week after finishing, I am still none the wiser as to what day it is or whether I’m coming or going – but that’s…

  • Online vet grad bashing

    Online vet grad bashing

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    I’m generally a big fan of the various vet-related Facebook groups – they provide a less formal way to keep in touch with veterinary news, while offering a wealth of information from numerous different types of people across the profession. In minutes, a post looking for opinions can offer a “thousand ways to skin a…

  • A vet’s role in an environmental crisis

    A vet’s role in an environmental crisis

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    Climate change and mass extinction have been hot topics over recent weeks. But, if we’re being perfectly candid, these subjects should have reached the headlines a long time ago – which is perhaps why so many people have taken to the streets of London in protest. Though I share the plight of the people who…

  • Thank you for everything (so far)

    Thank you for everything (so far)

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    I’ve talked before about how being a vet student is tough, and how getting into a place on a vet course is maybe tougher still – and I won’t lie to you, the studying, the extra hours put in after school, the weekends (if not weeks) spent knee deep in mud or muck (or a…

  • Staff retention: double or quits?

    Staff retention: double or quits?

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    The recruitment problem in the veterinary profession is omnipresent and as crippling as ever. The most recent method of trying to tackle the shortage is the announcement of the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science’s dual intake. The university has opted to enrol 150 undergraduates in September – as many institutions do…

  • Why am I a farm vet?

    Why am I a farm vet?

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    I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about purpose lately… I suspect, as a lot of veterinary students prepare for finals and graduation, they’re probably wondering what theirs is, too. They’re only a handful of years into this career and they’ve probably had to answer “why did you want to be a vet?” thousands of…