Help for every stage of your veterinary career
We just went through P&T “season” in academia and I was asked to write about a half dozen external letters and I read several dozen written for our many faculty who were going up for promotion and tenure. I learned some lessons I wanted to share to make the process easier for you, when the
The White Coat Investor blog recently published an article about locum tenens work in human medicine, and it made me realize there are some notable differences from veterinary locum work. Many people may not know about locum opportunities, and it’s a benefit of academia I’ve mentioned before. For those who are interested in academia, or
With only 38 accredited veterinary schools in the US and Canada- and many of those in small rural towns- starting vet school, internship, residency, or a faculty position can be a distinct strain on a romantic partner’s ability to get a job. Within the US, I count about 10 veterinary schools in a decent-sized city
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
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
If I had a fool-proof method to identify good workers before they started a job, I would be a billionaire. This question haunts hiring managers constantly. You NEVER know if someone will be good at the job before they get into the thick of it. Having personally hired faculty who were both outstanding and subpar,
I am NOT talking about managing sex workers. In 1989, Dr. Brancati published a tongue-in-cheek article in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “The Art of Pimping”. It is a true classic which I think anyone bound to be a specialist would enjoy. Pimping is the term used when the senior clinician asks
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
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
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.