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  • 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…

  • Examining for the real world

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    It’s that dreaded time of year again: end of year professional exams. Having already completed our OSCEs (practical clinical exams), we now have the written exams to “look forward to”. Stress levels at vet school are sky high at the moment, and while my immediate concern is also the fast approaching exams, I have a…

  • Glasgow Vet School Rodeo

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    The Glasgow Vet School Rodeo is an annual charity event organised by vet students. It is traditional for second year students to make the event happen, and so this year, I was involved in its organisation. My responsibilities included taking minutes at weekly meetings, correspondence with print media for advertising, compiling the programme and poster/flyer…

  • The wrong trousers

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    Utilitarian. That’s my ethical outlook, apparently. Participants in the A-FAVP.1 module of the CertAVP have to analyse their ethical stance by answering a questionnaire, and that’s what I came up as: utilitarian. I was surprised by the word. It’s not one I’d use to describe my attitudes, but apparently my main focus is on the…

  • Media in the veterinary world

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    In January, I attended my first AVS (the Association of Veterinary Students) congress. It was a fantastic event, featuring inspiring talks and lectures, fascinating practicals and the infamous AVS ball. I would strongly urge any vet student to attend congress at least once during their time at vet school – aside from all the events…

  • 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…

  • Role play… at vet school?

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    A role play class with professional actors brought in to help out would be commonplace on a course such as drama, and may sound a little odd for veterinary medicine. But is it really? Communication is a vital part of being a vet and can often be the “make or break” factor for client satisfaction.…

  • 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…