Vet Times

Tag: Orthopaedics

  • From RVN to PhD: Fraje Watson

    From RVN to PhD: Fraje Watson

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    Following my previous blog on vet nurses who are completing PhDs, I now have the honour of sharing their journey from RVN to PhD. This, I hope, will offer you some insight into how you get into academia, what the funding options are, and what do you actually DO every day as a PhD student.…

  • Quiet days

    Quiet days

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    Sometimes, back when I worked in general practice, I would wish for that fabled, longed-for rarity: a quiet day. Usually when the case I was examining was clearly more complicated than 10 minutes would allow, or as I watched the waiting room list grow and tried not to think about the other cases I’d already…

  • Who are Orthomed?

    Who are Orthomed?

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    About Orthomed Orthopaedics Orthomed are manufacturers and suppliers of high quality, veterinary orthopaedic products and training and are committed to improving the industry and those that work in it. There’s much more about us than just selling products online or through a catalogue. We offer a complete service to educate surgeons to undertake orthopaedic surgery,…

  • A defence of generalism

    A defence of generalism

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    Ahh, veterinary medicine. Look at it, stretching out over the horizon – so pretty. Look at all those referral centres. Of course, I remember back when it was all fields. Back in my day, you could be a proper mixed vet, expressing anal glands with the lingering scent of cowpat on your fingers, and an…

  • Behind the scenes at Fitzpatrick Referrals

    Behind the scenes at Fitzpatrick Referrals

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    Two years ago, I received an email to confirm an EMS placement at a certain well-known veterinary practice in the south of England. In my head, the placement remained far off until – three days after one set of exams ended and four weeks before another set – it seemed to sneak up on me…

  • RCVS council election manifesto: Stephen May

    RCVS council election manifesto: Stephen May

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    STEPHEN MAY MA, VetMB, PhD, DVR, DEO, DipECVS, FHEA, FRCVS Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA. T 01707 666270 M 07768 288711 E smay@rvc.ac.uk PROPOSERS: Sue Dyson, Andrew Harrison I graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1980. After spending time as large animal house surgeon (intern) at the University…

  • Work hard, play hard

    Work hard, play hard

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    At the end of January I travelled down to Nottingham for the third annual Student Equine Veterinary Association (SEVA) symposium. The weekend was crammed with lectures, practicals and seminars relevant to horses in particular, for equine enthusiasts from all UK vet schools – and even some from further afield. Auspicious start Any congregation of vet…