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  • 5 things I would tell my vet school self, part 1

    5 things I would tell my vet school self, part 1

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    We all sometimes wish we could go back in time or redo some situations. Often, when looking back with hindsight and more life experience, we wish we could have done things a little differently, or focused our time and energy in a better way. I have been reflecting and, while I am incredibly proud of…

  • Crossing the finish line

    Crossing the finish line

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    Finishing vet school feels like the end of a race I’ve been running for more than a decade. I don’t remember when exactly I started running it, or if there was ever even a conscious starting point, but it’s incredibly surreal to get to the end of such a long journey – and I’m still…

  • Life after vet school – graduation: where do I go from here?

    Life after vet school – graduation: where do I go from here?

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    Nothing hits you quite as hard as reality, as you walk out of your final fifth year veterinary exam. Up until this very moment, your life has followed a structured timetable, carefully planned by the veterinary school. Now, with it all finished, who is there to lead you from here onwards? This is probably the…

  • Tales of an Indian winter

    Tales of an Indian winter

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    It had been an ambition of mine since the beginning of vet school to do some type of work abroad, whether it be preclinical or clinical, a paid position or volunteer work. A big reason I undertook an intercalated MSc was for the option it presented for a three-month research period in Western Australia. Sadly,…

  • Time management

    Time management

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    Whether you’re a student making your way through vet school or a practising veterinarian, nurse or technician, mastering time management is essential if you want to balance study, work and self-care. One of the most popular methods is the Pomodoro Technique, developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s and named after his kitchen timer that…

  • Tolkien about veterinary history

    Tolkien about veterinary history

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    This month has brought some exciting news to my thesis. As I reach the tail end of the chronological time period I’m researching, I enter into the world of the Gamgees – a familiar name not because of their veterinary role, but because of Samwise Gamgee in the works of JRR Tolkien. While I visualise…

  • Decision paralysis: how to choose

    Decision paralysis: how to choose

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    From the moment you decide to become a vet, the road before you – from the start to the end of your course – is paved with decisions. From where to go, to what to look for in a job (although vet students do get to put off the dreaded entrance into the “real world”…

  • Globetrotting RVN takes to the streets

    Globetrotting RVN takes to the streets

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    Vets Now RVN Katherine Alexander has used her skills in Africa and China, the South Pacific and now Glasgow. She’s cared for bears and pumas, elephants and jaguars, as well as ministering, more routinely, to domestic pets. The common link is that, in all those places, her time has been given freely – outside of…

  • Don’t limit yourself

    Don’t limit yourself

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    Fourth year at vet school seems to finish before it’s even begun – and that’s not a romanticism. It’s only six months (running from September to February), so even if you factor in time spent on exams, it sort of feels like cramming a whole year into just half the space of time. Like too…

  • Veterinary history

    Veterinary history

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    Is it really 2022, and am I really into the third year of my PhD? Well, it would appear the answer to both questions is “yes” – so I thought I’d offer a little insight into the things I have discovered throughout the course of my research so far. The project is to look at…