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Glenfiddich_Lady
28 Jan 2010 18:11
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Since leaving school I have wanted to be a EVN but never took it any further then it being just a dream. Over the weekend I had a wake up call and decided this is what I'd really love to do and I should go for it.
I phoned a local vets yesterday and spoke to them and there taking me on three days work experience in May. I'm going to speak to my veterinary practice tomorrow and hopefully try and get a weeks work experience with them at there equine and small animal practice. I've arranged to go see a career's adviser tomorrow ( 29Th Jan ) too have a chat about college etc...
Just wondered is there anyone else on here who's trained to become a EVN and would kindly tell me what to expect on my courses/at work experience at my vets?
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Alex Franklin
03 Feb 2010 09:55
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Well done for following your dream.
I hope the career advisor was useful and you are on track.
There is a new direct enrty scheme where you can train as a equine VN without having trained as a small animal VN. If you haven't already been researching, you need to look into the RCVS (http://www.rcvs.org.uk/Templates/InternalVNAward.asp?NodeID=89967&int1stParentNodeID=96117&int2ndParentNodeID=89651) and also get information from BEVA (www.scottishequestrianassociation.org/sea/docs/BEVAGuide.doc).
As for your work experience what you get to do will depend on how big and busy the practice are. I know some people will just be expected to muck out in patients, sort feeds and generally hold horses while procedures are done by the trained nurses or vets. My advice is if after you work experience you still aren't sure, try another place as well.
Work hard, do everything asked and expected of you and more and hopefully you will come out having a true idea of what will be expected of you and what lies ahead.
Good luck!!
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Glenfiddich_Lady
04 Feb 2010 19:07
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Thank you for replying Alex,
I had a look at the link you put in and from talking to a few people I think it would be more sensible starting off becoming a small animal VN then going onto do equine as it will give me a better choice job wise later on?.
The practice I'm going to for my work experience is quiet big so hopefully will be fairly busy. Would I be best getting work experience at a small animal practice aswell as equine or doesn't it matter? ( my course entry requirements just say that I need to have done work experience at a veterinary practice ) a friend said I should try and get as much experience as possible but I'm unsure?
I've had a lot of hands on experience with horses, I've helped with a endoscope ( on my own horse ) helped two vets save a horses life on my yard. Dealt with colic when a vets been called for a livery's horse on my yard, looked after a mare on cross tied box rest following a fractured leg/doing dressing/splint changes and holding for x-rays. Oh and I've applied pressure to stop bleeding in a front leg until a emergency vet turned up to a horse attacked by a dog, poulticing feet/bandaging hoofs/legs etc.. So have had a fair bit of 'hands on' experience already I guess!
Em x
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Alex Franklin
04 Feb 2010 19:42
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Well you have a good base for your equine. Personally, even if the course doesn't require it, I would recommend if you are going to train as a small animal VN then you do some work in a small animal practice.
Unfortunatly you may only be cleaning out kennels and taking dogs out to pee, but it will be so much easier to understand how important your job is if you have seen qualified nurses at work doing their job. They are invaluable to vets!
As for seeing practice in a quieter practice it is hard to say. In busy practices you get to see a wider case load and number of cases, however it can be easy for you to be brushed aside so everyone can get on with their job. Smaller, quieter practices allow you to be involved more, but the case load and individual cases may not be as great. 6 of one and half a dozen of another!
With the job you are going to be training to do the more you do the better you get and the more you learn. Most courses involve a lot of placement work and hands on, so as long as you have the entry requirements all should be well. I don't know how competitive it is to get a place training as a VN, so I don't know if you need to go above these requirements to impress or not.
Good luck with it all!!
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