Woah there... You need to take a chill pill. All I was saying to LIS was that he needs to stop poking at you because you BLOW UP like this.
And yes, prevets will be prevets. We've all been there. Saying misguided and or offensive things without realizing it (not the fault of the inexperienced, you just don't know until you've lived it and have been affected by it). It's like with most things, there comes a point where a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Your opinions are not being invalidated because you're prevet, it's because of the content... regardless of whether or not it stems from inexperience.
I too as a young padawan was scolded back in the day many a times (and hell, even now), for my ignorance/misguided attitude. It might have stung a little at the time but they were always true. People got themselves involved only because my ideas were not only wrong, but not good for someone who was becoming a vet. But you know what, I thought about them each time and learned from them. Even if I didn't quite get why my point of view from my limited set of experiences at the time didn't match up at all to what people were saying, I stewed on them and just at least learned not say those things. But that made me very aware of those issues, and over the years I would realize why it was that I was wrong. Literally, every time something was a big enough deal that multiple vet students (we didn't have any vets then) corrected me, I realized later that they were absolutely right... AND I realized the only reason why they got involved was because a vet CANNOT think the way I thought.
This is the case here. As a member of the profession, unless proven otherwise, professional courtesy dictates that you MUST give other veterinarians benefit of doubt. You MUST not give into the previous vet bashing that the client goes on. Cause you know what, you'll learn quickly that a majority of the time a client that clinic hops and complains about the previous vet is not a client you want. They're all happy with you until they're not, and you are their next previous vet. It the client didn't initiate it, you sure as hell should not as a vet, and especially as support staff. That is why people criticized you, NOT because you were a prevet with an opinion. Don't you worry it's not just you, and it's not just because this is an Internet forum that people got involved. My staff is pretty good about it, but if they say anything remotely close to what you said, they would be spoken to about it. No one would have criticized you at all if you had said "huh I wonder what transpired at her last visit to end up with this outcome?" Rather than, "I trust the client that her last vet mismanaged this case (even though I have no evidence)"
It's not just prevets. Vet students in teaching hospitals are notorious for rDVM bashing and it is WRONG. It is very easy to play Monday-morning quarterback. Even if the care was suboptimal, you are also not privy to the conversation between client and rDVM that led to that. When things aren't going well, it's human nature for people to want to place a blame on someone, and clients naturally blame the rDVM. When vet students who are overwhelmed and overworked over seeing 3-4 cases a day, where each case comes with months to years long history of information/data that they can look back on, they have no idea how it is to be on the frontlines seeing 20+ cases a day and starting with a blank slate with only the words of the client and your physical exam and limited funds to work with.
Please follow through with this. It will do you a lot of good. If you've noticed the trend, things only escalate when you keep ramping it up with each response. Just as you don't appreciate "harsh critique" that keeps snowballing, no one appreciates someone who increasingly disrespectfully argues about a heartfelt advice that they give, and that's where the snark comes in. Just leave it be if you're going to just get angry after each passing reply.
Please note this is the last response I will EVER make to any of your posts. You don't have to worry about this mean vet invalidating your opinions anymore.
