Idiopathic Issues

Vet Student, ready or not, as your veterinary career develops, your anonymity diminishes.   For extroverted veterinarians the blurred personal/professional line is less distressing.

Introverted veterinarians, however, may find the extra attention to be more than they bargained for.

Veterinary practice “chains” have been described as both the death of our profession, and the security of its future. The debate is heated making the decision to pursue, or not to pursue, corporate practice employment a challenge for new veterinary graduates.

We’ve put together a collection of important points to consider when choosing the practice that is best for you.

As we have all noted, the profession of veterinary medicine is largely becoming more and more female. Why exactly is that and what does this mean for the future of the profession? 

As vets, we take great pride in our successes, and for good reason. Helping a pet to beat the odds and outlive all expectations is what we hope to do every day. We put stories of these examples on our webpages and post updates to social media. It is a euphoric feeling to celebrate milestones, birthdays, and holidays with these clients and the pets that would not have been there if not for the treatments that we can provide.

I have seen a lot of conflicting reports about the veterinary job market over the past couple of years. One report will say that the outlook is great and tremendous growth is expected in our profession. Others will say that we are graduating too many veterinarians and the job market is becoming saturated, resulting in less pay for veterinarians.  With increasing amounts of student debt, this is a recipe for these new graduates to be buried in loans they can't pay back. Well, which is it? Good economics or bad? What can we expect in our profession for this year, and what can you do as a veterinary student to make sure you are competitive when you graduate?