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It was the summer of 2016. My wife had gotten a faculty job 3 hours away from our home. After a couple of months of just seeing each other on the weekends, we decided we didn’t want to live apart, so we started looking for other jobs. At this time, I told my department chair
During M&M rounds, we will examine some fictitious cases and evaluate the facts and consider some solutions to these problems. Grace is a 23-year-old Caucasian female who presented for having three “Withdrawal” grades throughout her undergraduate career. She applied to vet school last year and did not get in, and is concerned that these grades
During M&M rounds, we will examine some fictitious cases and evaluate the facts and consider some solutions to these problems. Melissa is a 19-year-old Caucasian female presenting for receiving an “F” grade in Physics I. She intends to go to veterinary school and is concerned that this mark on her transcript will prevent her from
I think it’s actually quite hard to find out if a job/faculty position will be a poor fit for you until you work there for a while. I have seen numerous people (including myself) take positions they thought would be good for them, only to discover those positions weren’t good. Finding red flags before taking
The faculty interview typically involves meeting the faculty members of the department, the department head, and various other administrators. These may include the hospital director, the associate deans (typically research and academic affairs), the dean, and various directors (research centers, specific services, etc.). Beyond the general questions to ask during your interview, I think there
A year or two ago I was having a conversation with someone who had been an educator for decades. I tossed out a passing reference to Bloom’s Taxonomy and they said, “What’s that?” I was astonished. I consider this to be an extremely foundational principle for any educator to understand and use. Bloom’s Taxonomy is
This is a guest post from a reader who reached out to me for advice on pursuing an internship and residency. When I followed up a year later, he had changed courses. I asked if he could share his experience, and this is what he wrote. Enjoy! Like most of you, I had a very
Nope. I can say that with 100% certainty for faculty positions. You don’t submit your transcript for a faculty position in veterinary medicine. By that point, grades you made in vet school are utterly irrelevant. For residencies, it’s generally still true, but people still worry about it, so let’s dive in. I’ve taught veterinary medicine
I originally thought of this as the top 5 reasons to do a residency, but there’s really only one reason to do a residency: to become a specialist. So I thought I would focus on the end goal instead. 1) You want different intellectual challenges. I think it is easy for people to assume that
Except for a one-year stint in private practice for my internship, all of my full-time work has been in academia. I did work part-time for an emergency practice in Atlanta for years, but that was as an independent contractor, not a W2 employee. I’ve always heard “Oh the benefits in academia are great!” I never