Imagine: It is 9:45 p.m., and you are fifteen minutes from getting off of your barn duty shift when another emergency comes in. If they had come in fifteen minutes later, the next shift would have taken them and you could have gone home and maybe gotten to sleep before midnight. This rotation has been […]
Fight the burn…out
As any seasoned vet student knows well, the threat of burnout is always on the horizon and all too often it hits us out of nowhere! Everything is great and then something tips the scales and it feels like you can’t go on. So how can you fight the burnout? There may be no 100% […]
Sorry, I’m Not a Therapist
“Oh, a veterinarian, you must love animals! You would be a physician if you wanted to be a real doctor,” says the random person on the shuttle. If you haven’t had that experience, give it time. Side note: If you are “the random person on the shuttle” your desire to have conversation is welcomed. However, […]