Tag: exams
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Accessibility to veterinary medicine, part 3: postgraduates
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There are many reasons that someone may decide to embark on a veterinary course as a postgraduate. Whether that be because his or her A-level or equivalent grades weren’t reached at the time to enter at undergraduate level, or a change in career direction later in life (who genuinely knows what they want to do…
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Covideo killed the radio star
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While I try and keep these blogs as supportive, informative and educational as possible (I promise I do!), sometimes a little fun is required. During lockdown I marvelled as my clinical colleagues stepped up to continue providing for our patients, and I know this has been hard – shifts extended, clients more stress than usual,…
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Starting to take on students again
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While this year’s new graduates have been dealt a particularly bad hand, students who aren’t as far through the veterinary course are also affected in a number of ways. Those in clinical years have had their clinical EMS requirements reduced by up to half – and while this takes the pressure off individuals to secure…
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The person behind the grades
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This year has thrown a lot of annual landmarks into disarray, and A-levels were no exception; my heart went out to all the students this month whose results days did not go entirely to planned. It has been three years since I went, heart in mouth, to receive my own dreaded envelope. Even when I’d…
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How are new grads coping with COVID?
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As we all know, in March 2020 the world came to a grinding halt… and ever since the veterinary profession has been adapting accordingly. For those who have worked throughout, it has been a whirlwind of changing goalposts and new protocols, with advice seemingly changing on a daily basis. For veterinary students who have not…
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Practice in practices makes perfect, in practice…
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In a world currently filled with sacrifice and compromise, the cancellation of a week’s EMS over the Easter holidays did not, at first glance, seem like a hardship. Of course I had been looking forward to my first ever farm-practice placement – especially as only a week or so before I had tried my hand…
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Tips for studying in self isolation
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I feel the phrase “the show must go on” is going to apply heavily to the student community over the coming months – vet students included. Universities across the country are moving their teaching and examinations to an online platform, which means that for a lot of young academics, come rain or shine (or, it…
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Remaining positive and proactive
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I’m sure everyone feels as though life gets on top of them from time to time, and vet students – all students, in fact – are no exception. I think it’s fair to say that I, among many of my friends on the vet course, have often wished for everything to just slow down… to…
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Interview questions
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Whenever I meet veterinary students, I am often asked: “What questions should I ask in my job interview?” For the past eight years, I have sat on the interviewer side of the table and have been asked some great questions. Here are some I think – as long as it is relevant to your career…
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Shopping – it’s not that much of a mystery
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I’ve just read a breakthrough email – not a huge fanfare of exams passed or a lottery win, but something that, nevertheless, made me realise how far I’ve come over the past few years. The email was a simple one: “You are still on our list for XYZ role, but we haven’t used you in…