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Studying veterinary medicine in her home country of Holland was denied to Ellen van Nierop so the travel bug bit and she trained in Belgium, set up a practice in Ecuador, and became WSAVA president
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Transferrable skills and One Health
20/10/2022
Vil Hoferica explains how understanding the transferrable nature of veterinary skills led him to join the NHS national Covid-19 vaccination campaign and journey to Africa on a One Health study trip -
Working for a global animal health company, poultry vet Pippa Abbey is able to assist vets and industry to influence the health of whole flocks
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With a plan to become a farm animal vet, Isabella Aimee Hannay was surprised to find that an extramural studies placement took her career ambitions in a new direction
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The pro's of being a farm animal vet
06/05/2022
Emily Craven discusses what she loves about being a farm animal vet in the UK -
BVA’s Young Vet of the Year in 2021 was Alex Davies, who developed a mentoring programme that has enabled school students to benefit from virtual work experience placements during Covid-19
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Mae Jones, a fourth-year student at Surrey vet school, was one of the very first students to undertake extramural studies with the VMD. Here, she describes her experience of the two-week placement
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Developing an extramural studies placement for vet students with the Veterinary Medicines Directo...
07/07/2021
Helen Swift and Vicky Herbert, who have developed an extramural studies placement at the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, explain what it will involve and what they hope it will achieve -
With an already packed curriculum, there are certain subjects that vet schools cannot cover in the depth some students might like. Graduate-entry student Bryanna Mariel Andrews stepped up to help fill some of the gaps
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Work experience during the Covid-19 pandemic
10/09/2020
With many work experience placements being disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK vet schools have collaborated to create an online course to help potential vet school applicants gain insight into the vet profession
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Eleanor Livingstone offers advice to students and young vets seeking careers working with farm animals, and explains why she made the decisions she did as opportunities presented themselves
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A taste of government
12/03/2020
Working as a government vet may not feature on many vet students’ career wish lists, but James Jewkes began to think differently about this career path following an EMS placement with the Animal and Plant Health Agency -
Final-year vet student Rachel Garty has opted for a variety of rewarding and enlightening EMS placements. She encourages vets working in unusual jobs to offer students the chance to see what they do
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Vet student Holly Sutton has found that exercise helps her mental and physical health, as well as giving her resilience and the strength to overcome worries and uncertainties
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Vets Joao Almeida and Manuel Lamas set up European Wildlife Service to support conservation and zoo industries. It also offers extramural experiences for vet students
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Gabrielle Laing, Parliamentary Intern for Lord Trees, contributed a number of diary entries to Vet Record from 2018-2019. Here are some selected highlights
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What to know about different EMS placements
14/11/2018
The following is a brief outline from the AVS of things worth knowing before embarking on lambing, pig, dairy farm or equine EMS placements -
The AVS offers some dos and don'ts on how best to prepare for your EMS placements
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10 tips for getting the most out of EMS
14/11/2018
Is your first EMS placement on the horizon? Read 10 tips from the AVS on how you can really utilise this essential element of your veterinary education! -
How do I get veterinary work experience?
26/10/2018
Work experience is a great way of finding out whether being a vet is the right career for you. Here is some information about the things you need to think about when finding work experience