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  • Commonly held beliefs that don’t do us any good, pt 2

    Commonly held beliefs that don’t do us any good, pt 2

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    Belief #2: if you can’t afford to care for an animal then you shouldn’t have one You, young doctor or nurse – living in your privileged society of excess, with your years of study, working in an industry that exists largely to minimise animal suffering – have certain expectations of what “taking care of an…

  • 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.…

  • Resilience training

    Resilience training

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    I went on a resilience training session this week. I’m going to preface this by saying that I am very lucky that where I work allows us access to “soft skill” and managemental CPD – it’s not all advanced ultrasound and cattle lameness, you know! I’ve made peace with the fact I suffer sporadically with…

  • Naked emotion: client reactions to fur loss

    Naked emotion: client reactions to fur loss

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    I’m watching Twitter with joy as @myleftfang (Ollie to those who know her) parades her nekkedness on social media. It’s an issue close to my heart, so I thought I’d talk about it with Ollie’s experience as a starting point. For those wondering, Ollie is Ricky Gervais and Jane Fallon’s cat. She is very active…

  • Mentorship

    Mentorship

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    After reading an article on “What veterinarians and veterinary students really want”, I’ve been assessing the top three things wanted from a veterinary role. After looking into work-life balance and a positive team environment, this article will explore mentorship. It goes without saying, anything you can do to ease new graduate vets’ transition from studies…

  • Using canine pancreas-specific lipase test

    Using canine pancreas-specific lipase test

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    Accurately diagnosing pancreatitis in dogs is so tedious and difficult, we used to wish for a single test that could save all that hassle – hence the arrival of the pancreas-specific lipase (PL) test, designed to help vets worldwide with this difficult situation. So, how do I use this test? I don’t use it to…

  • How to find a veterinary nurse

    How to find a veterinary nurse

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    I often get asked how do I find a vet nurse? Yes, a shortage of veterinary nurses exists. Yes, we are hard to find – but we do exist, and we may just be looking to get a new job. Yet many people report they can’t find any vet nurses to employ. Well, I just may have…

  • How to anaesthetise a reindeer

    How to anaesthetise a reindeer

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    I’ve written before about omnicompetency, but the word is mostly used in the sense of vets being able to work in mixed practice and tackle the veterinary care of horses, dogs, cats and farm animals in the same day – certainly, the first thing to come to mind would not be a reindeer. However, on…

  • The beginning of the end of vet school

    The beginning of the end of vet school

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    As regular readers of this blog may have noticed, I was a little apprehensive about starting my final year at veterinary school… Having already been in the small animal hospital for two days, we finally received our results – confirming I and many of my fellow classmates had passed our exams and could now wear…

  • 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…