Tag: exams
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The 7 stages of revision
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Finals are imminent, so my colleagues and I are going through the annual rite of passage more commonly know as “revision hell”. Let’s break down the various stages… I think I’m at around number 5. 1. Denial A couple of days into your revision, you’re thinking of the long weeks between now and the exam…
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The art of veterinary medicine
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So, with less than three weeks until finals, my friends and I have finished rotations. Some of us have had job interviews and some have accepted job offers. This is all getting a bit real… Supposedly, we’re ready to take on the outside world as real vets. We’ve got heads full of knowledge and hands…
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It’s good to talk…
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The issue of poor mental health in the veterinary profession as a whole is becoming more recognised, and has sparked the launch of initiatives such as Mind Matters and Vetlife’s helpline service. But what about vet students specifically? When I was applying for vet school, I remember numerous people told me the hardest part is…
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Stitches
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Legality within the veterinary profession can be a bit of a minefield, especially when it comes to things like drug licensing. This leaves many new graduates in fear of doing something against the law without even realising. However, while some veterinary legal principles are complicated but clear, others are genuinely vague, leaving us unsure on…
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Final-year students get their kit off for charity calendar
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As the end of vet school draws ever nearer, my fellow final-year students have been busy not only completing rotations, but also organising a number of events and keepsakes to act as a well-deserved send-off. With the final-year dinner, graduation ball, final-year holiday and yearbook, we have been inundated with requests for ideas, contributions and…
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Student congress season
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The new year brought with it my last student congress season. It was the turn of Cambridge to host the Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) Congress this year, and I attended lectures covering a range of disciplines and species. These included: equine dentistry rabbit surgery pig disease epidemiology a TB panel However, my personal favourite…
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Under the microscope: lessons from pathology rotation
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The past couple of weeks on rotation have largely consisted of looking down a microscope or performing postmortems – and despite clinical and anatomic pathology being very different, a running theme seemed to exist across both. On the clinical pathology week, we pored over slide after slide of blood smears and cytology samples, trying to…
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How to grab a grad: job ad tips for veterinary practices
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2017 has reared its hopefully not-so-ugly head, and with it comes the realisation my classmates and I are mere months from entering the real world of veterinary medicine. While tales of classmates getting job offers following placements become more frequent, those of us without much of a plan have, so far, remained blissfully ignorant. But…
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Careers: choices, paths and wishes
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I was talking to a colleague at work this week. We both have children about the same age, so naturally (and annoyingly to anyone who doesn’t have kids) there’s lots to share – nappy stories, who-jammed-what-object-where stories, and which-kids-TV-show-makes-you-feel-least-like-murdering-people stories. These conversations happen a lot, and when they happen with other vets, there’s an elephant…
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What future for global VN community?
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Warning – political blog. Im so pleased to read the BVA/RCVS letter to the Prime Minister. While the initial shock of the Brexit vote has dulled, we still face the uncertainty of what Article 50 and our PM’s negotiations mean in the longer term. While this affects every sector of our lives, the effects on our…