I am an experienced vet

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  • A passion for African wildlife led vet Michael Kock into a career in conservation – a career he has spent 40+ years documenting through a camera lens
  • Charlie Jackson is the publicity manager for the vet student-led charity VetMedAid, which she says offers a win-win solution for practices, clients, animals and the environment
  • During 35 years in independent practice, David Black’s interest in cattle breeding led him to become a vet specialist. He has also got involved in a variety of sustainability initiatives
  • Three senior vets explain their reasons for becoming Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) advisers and describe their experience of the online training they are undertaking
  • New graduate mentor Charlotte Moody gives her perspective on the importance of the adviser’s role in the Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP)
  • Linda Prescott-Clements explains how the Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) will offer new vets the support of VetGDP advisers
  • Sue Paterson, chair of the RCVS Education Committee, explains the origins of the VetGDP scheme and how its construction was framed by an evidence base provided by students, new graduates and veterinary practices
  • After 36 years in practice, luck presented Nigel Hicks with the opportunity to work with wildlife – something he had always wanted to do – but was he prepared for the challenge?
  • Sophie Mahendran finds teaching final-year students exciting. Combining teaching with large animal clinical research is not only a satisfying job, but also offers the opportunity to make animals’ lives better
  • Maxwell Knight was a supporter of the veterinary profession and closely associated with it. He was also Britain’s greatest spymaster and the model for ‘M’ in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels
  • The lure of challenging clinical cases, and the cut and thrust of the unexpected are among the attractions of emergency and critical care. Aoife Reid explains the routes into this demanding career path for those interested in veering away from small animal general practice
  • Sue Anderson has been translating from Afrikaans, Dutch, French and German into English for over 30 years and recently took up Scottish Gaelic – just for fun!
  • Named Veterinary Surgeons are required by establishments holding licences to carry out research using animals. But what does the role of an NVS involve? Ngaire Dennison and Anja Petrie explain
  • Anthony Beck is the only foreign vet to have built up a veterinary group in mainland China, managing a team spanning 4500 km from Beijing to Singapore. He is now the part-time pro-bono clinical director of the charity ‘No Dogs Left Behind’
  • Emma Laws suffered paralysis in one arm following minor surgery, which left her unable to do her job as a neurology specialist. During her ongoing recovery she has found that support is a two-way street
  • Maggie Doherty was proud and delighted to achieve Advanced Practitioner status in March 2021 after five years of hard work juggling her studies alongside her professional and family commitments
  • Charlotte Covell took over as managing director of Virbac UK and Ireland in January 2021. She joined the company as a territory manager, before advancing through various roles to get to where she is today
  • Holly Hills had always planned to be a vet volunteer in India. Disillusioned by practice, she took the plunge and found that going back to basics helped her gain a fresh perspective on her career
  • After two years in practice, Sharon McGeeney was burned out and emotionally fatigued, and considered leaving the profession. Instead, by working part time she has regained her love of vet work, although she initially felt guilty that she wasn’t able to continue with full-time practice life
  • Helen Navran is a co-joint venture partner of Vets4Pets Cardiff Bay. She believes practices can benefit from being led by a vet nurse and a vet who have the same aspirations but different skills