Tag: career

M&M Rounds: Didn’t Match for an Internship

During M&M rounds, we will examine some fictitious cases and evaluate the facts and consider some solutions to these problems. Ivey Sprigs is a 27-year-old Caucasian female presenting for not matching into an internship through the VIRMP.  Her eventual professional goal is to do a cardiology residency, so an internship is virtually essential as a

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M&M Rounds: Expensive School

During M&M rounds, we will examine some fictitious cases and evaluate the facts and consider some solutions to these problems. Jasper is a 26-year-old Caucasian female presenting for just getting accepted into an expensive veterinary school.  She has been struggling to get into vet school since she graduated from undergrad, and so finally decided to

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Veterinary Education: The Very Basics

I was a first-year vet student before I even heard of internships.   I was maybe a sophomore or junior before I learned about specialties.  I recently saw a post on the APVMA Facebook group asking some very basic questions about veterinary medicine.  This is probably not necessary for anyone who’s a senior vet student

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Being the Internal Candidate

When faculty positions come open, sometimes there is someone already doing the job in a temporary capacity.  Sometimes there is a resident finishing who would be qualified to fill it.  The internal candidate is someone whom the people at the institution already know and have worked with in a capacity similar to the open position.

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Top 5 Reasons to go to Vet School

There are as many reasons to get a DVM as there are people who want one.  This list isn’t intended to be proscriptive or exhaustive.  But, if your reason isn’t somewhere on here, I would suggest you carefully consider your actual core reason for deciding on vet school. 1) You want to be a leader. 

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Should You Create a Professional Social Media Profile?

I realize that social media is in a constant state of flux, much like the internet itself.  Sites come and go (who remembers Myspace?) and user interest ebbs and flows.  Since you are a veterinary professional, I think you should create a professional profile on LinkedIn or a similar system.  Here are some reasons why.

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More Interest in Veterinary Specialties?

Although it’s been more than a year since I saw this article, I think it’s still germane and good to share: Chart of the month: Shifting demand for veterinarians.  In the article, there is a graph indicating the percentage of veterinarians in general practice, specialty practice, and emergency practice.  You can see that there is

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