Vet Times

Tag: Technology

  • Journal clubs – the future of vet nurse CPD?

    Journal clubs – the future of vet nurse CPD?

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    With the introduction of the register for veterinary nurses – just one of many steps we have taken in our mission to be a recognised profession – came compulsory CPD. Despite this, we’re still not completing CPD to the level of our human counterparts. While we work on a three-year cycle, allowing us to spread…

  • There’s an app for that…

    There’s an app for that…

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    I recently stewarded at BEVA congress for the second year (which I would highly recommend to any students considering applying) and between helping set trade stands up and registering delegates, was able to attend some of the talks that made up the academic programme. One series of talks I found particularly thought-provoking was entitled “improving…

  • Moments (part one)

    Moments (part one)

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    This is a blog about a moment in time; that heart-stopping, sweaty, cold and confused moment you never quite get used to, no matter how often it happens: the middle of the night phone call. Sometimes it invades a dream – you’re wandering on a strange shore, floating in a strange world, sitting on a…

  • 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…