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| I graduated a while ago now, but I am pretty sure if I came across these girls in my waiting room I'd feel like a new graduate (also, pretty perplexed as to how they got in). |
About to graduate with a veterinary degree? Are you a new
graduate? Are you a recent graduate? A recent graduate, according to
organisations like the
Australian Veterinary Association and the Centre for
Veterinary Education, is someone who graduated within the last three years.
The reality is I felt like a recent graduate for a bit
longer than that! It’s all relative, I suppose. One of my colleagues says it
takes a good five years to find your feet in practice. It would be interesting to survey
veterinarians as to their own definitions of new/recent/not-so-new/what do you
call vets at the other end of the spectrum vets. No doubt there are people with
decades of practice under their belts who feel, in some ways, like new
graduates.
The Centre for Veterinary Education is hosting its annual
Recent Graduate Survival Seminar this week. It’s a very reasonably priced 1.5
day seminar which reviews key areas you need to be across to survive – and thrive
- in practice. This includes ophthalmology, surgery, dermatology, medicine,
anaesthesia, pathology, avian patients and veterinary ethics (I’ll be opening
the latter can of worms).
They haven’t paid us* – nor even asked us – to mention
that there are spots remaining, but here at SAT we’re big supporters of
initiatives that support junior colleagues. For more info, click here.
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