Vet Times

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  • Represent, support, engage!

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    The AVS (Association of Veterinary Students) Congress marks one year since my involvement with the association began. Last year, in Nottingham, I stood up at the AGM and gave a hustings speech. Before long, I found myself elected the editor of JAVS (the Journal of the Association of Veterinary Students), which is sent out to students…

  • Hitting the third-year wall

    Hitting the third-year wall

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    Everyone had heard rumours third year at veterinary school was the worst. On coming back to university after a long summer of extra-mural studies and relaxation, we were nervous. Two weeks in, things didn’t seem too bad and we were sceptical. We were indifferently meandering through the bewildering world of Latin names and impossible-to-spell drugs, resigned…

  • Failure

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    Failure is another taboo subject in the profession, as it is in most walks of life. We don’t like it, and we don’t like talking about it. The CertAVP, as part of its “A” module (Foundations of Advanced Veterinary Practice), has you analysing learning methods. Apparently I am a strongly experimental/empirical learner, which means I learn better…

  • Two years as a vet student

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    Having endured the wait for results, I can officially say I’ve passed my second year at vet school, and reflect on another crazy twelve months of life as a Glasgow vet student. A vet is a unique type of student – despite having a crammed uni timetable we all manage to fill our “spare” time…

  • Procrastination as a force for good

    Procrastination as a force for good

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    The first part of a two/three-year slog started this month – the “A” module part of taking the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP): Fundamentals of Advanced Veterinary Practice. I’ve been qualified for coming-up-to 17 years, and this is the first part of me “capping it off”, as it were; getting formal recognition for what…

  • Social mobility and the vet profession

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    I can’t help thinking that efforts to improve “social mobility” and help people from all backgrounds to get into “the professions” are looking at people from disadvantaged backgrounds only, and not looking at the whole picture. This means they miss out on a group who really would enrich and diversify our profession: the mature student.…

  • Wednesday afternoon stress relief?

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    The opportunity to take part in sport, either competitively or recreationally, is an essential part of stress relief for all students – especially for those on intense courses such as veterinary. There are enough people on the course to make up teams for many sports solely from vet students and, previously, I have reviewed inter-vet school sport specifically.…

  • Vet school sports

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    Vet students have their own little community, not only within their own university but also across the eight vet schools throughout the UK. We’re all members of the Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) and through this, take part in an annual sports weekend, hosted by a different university each year. In addition to this, Glasgow…