In this episode of the Becoming A Doctor Podcast, Lucy and Ciara interview Dr Rob Campbell who is a Vet and Vice President of Veterinary Medicine at Medic Mentor. Dr Rob discusses the unexpected ways that the COVID-19 has impacted his job – both as a vet and as a lecturer in primary care at the Liverpool Veterinary School.
Do you know what ‘One Health’ means? Can you explain what is meant by a zoonotic disease? Have you heard about vets helping in the NHS hospitals?
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This was a fantastic episode thank you! The discussion of One Health was eye-opening and very relevant to covid-19. I wondered if you had any suggestions for students wanting to apply to veterinary during this lockdown? (like alternatives to missing work experience or things to look into)
Thank you
Hi Verity!
The universities will be very understanding when you apply and everyone will be in the same position. Still try to contact places to get placements after lockdown- but this may be very hard. Instead, you can use your time to look into more wider reading, maybe into the One Health Initiative and the key role that vets play in public health across all the species, small animals, farm animals, exotics, and horses; there is a facebook page called VetWings which has many real life clinical cases being worked and talked though, these are sometimes advanced but are really interesting to read and introduce you to the variety of things the profession offers- a bit like clinical work experience in a veterinary practice! Contrast this by looking at the non-clinical avenues you can pursue after a veterinary degree – you may be surprised at how many there are. Look at MOOCs (online courses) on sites like Future Learn, they have lots of veterinary and animal related ones. Enter to write an article for the MedicMentor magazine, maybe about your wider reading, or your online courses.
Mentor Magazine is a quarterly magazine released by Medic Mentor and is distributed to aspiring medics, vets and dentists nationally. Amazingly, the magazine is created by aspiring students that want to publish and share an interesting idea with aspiring healthcare students. The team of editors will work with you from your initial idea right through to publication, regardless of your publishing experience. Most recently, an aspiring vet student has written a great piece on the history of companion dogs in society as an example. Please find more information here: https://medicmentor.co.uk/publish-an-article/ or contact admin@medicmentor.org if you wish to subscribe to the magazine as a reader.
Hi Ellie,
Thank you so much! This has brought up so many interesting ideas for what I can do during lockdown. I think the facebook page along with wider reading will help me greatly and I would love to enter to write an article in the future.
Thank you again!