If you are considering attending veterinary school , it's important to know the many factors that could affect your decision. Students have some options to attend vet school for free or, in some cases, have significant chunks of their student loans paid off, but, of course, there are strings are attached. If you're willing to serve in the Army as a veterinarian , you'll receive full tuition while you are in school.
Both active duty and reserve options are available with the Army. For those with student debt looking for veterinary work outside the Army, the U. The Regional Contract Program allows students in states without a veterinary program to pursue a veterinary degree at designated out-of-state institutions while paying in-state tuition rates. Spaces in these programs are limited, but veterinary schools do reserve a specific number of seats for vet students from the partner state in return for compensation.
Many major vet schools post the age ranges of their students online. The class at UC Davis, for example, had students as old as So you're never too old to consider vet school. A veterinary degree requires a broad course of study where you learn about all the species you will encounter as a practitioner.
You will, however, have the chance to focus on your area of interest when choosing your internships and residencies. You can also go on to pursue board certification as a specialist in a particular field. Vet school enrollment statistics show considerably more female students than male. I really struggled in my first term, to the extent that I very almost dropped out. The standard at Cambridge is to live in halls for the first three years.
We share so much of our teaching with the medics, so dissection was one of our only chances to all be together as a year. We named our dog Spotty, and as we used her for both first and second year, we definitely became attached to her! I think one of us even still has the small bullet we found lodged in one of her back legs. I think studying methods are a very personal thing.
Many veterinarians in the United States work in private practice, but others work in a wide range of fields. They also specialize in a particular breed of animal, like equine medicine or exotics or in a medical specialty, like ophthalmology, oncology, pathology or dermatology. Provide primary health care to livestock and companion animals on a case-by-case, fee-for-service basis. More than 70 percent of practices deal with small companion animals.
Practitioners may specialize in one medical area, such as surgery or dermatology. Others emphasize a group or species, such as food animals, exotics, birds or horses.
Whatever their interests, all DVM students learn to provide basic care to the general animal population and prevent disease and other health problems. Veterinarians may work for federal or regional agencies that watch over the health and welfare of domesticated animals or monitor populations of free-ranging wildlife. These experts diagnose diseases, inspect meat and poultry, oversee communicable disease programs West Nile virus, rabies, BSE, avian flu, etc.
Specialists also handle fish, wildlife, laboratory animals and other animals regulated by federal law. Research veterinarians investigate scientific problems and develop strategies and new technologies. They develop new diagnostic tests, vaccines and products that prevent human and animal disease and enhance food quality.
For instance, veterinary pathologists and toxicologists working in public institutions or private companies test the safety and efficacy of new treatments, monitor environmental conditions and evaluate the effects of environmental pollutants. Scanlan is no exception. She spent last summer on an externship at the Oregon National Primate Center. On top of all the hard work, veterinary students face the worrisome burden of school debt.
In the U. Thanks to scores of generous supporters, a small portion of that debt is alleviated by scholarship money. When she wrote a thank-you note to Helga Spring and they met for coffee, the two women discovered many common interests. Scanlan is active in several student organizations, including the Integrative Medicine Club, who paid for her to attend the American Holistic Veterinary Medicine Conference in Portland.
She asked Spring to go with her and they spent the whole day attending workshops on topics like acupuncture, physical therapy, chiropractics, and nutrition. Because Scanlan relies on scholarship money to help pay the bills, she knows how important it is to reach out to potential donors so future students will have the same benefit.
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