Confused about my experience?

[Soon2bedogtor]

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So I have quite a few hours of experience...
I have 1000+ hours working in a Small Animal ICU at a vet school, but I worked with LVT's and the vet residents would come assist if needed. Not sure if I can use that as vet experience or not?
Also, I have 1000+ hours as a kennel assistant, BUT a vet was always around, and called me back almost every day to assist with procedures, so I was kennel assistant/vet assistant? IM STRESSING HARDCORE!

 

[jmo1012]

you should save that stress for when VMCAS is actually open...

 

[Gwenevre]

So I have quite a few hours of experience...
I have 1000+ hours working in a Small Animal ICU at a vet school, but I worked with LVT's and the vet residents would come assist if needed. Not sure if I can use that as vet experience or not?
Also, I have 1000+ hours as a kennel assistant, BUT a vet was always around, and called me back almost every day to assist with procedures, so I was kennel assistant/vet assistant? IM STRESSING HARDCORE!

I would say yes and yes, those both sound like vet experience.

 

[twelvetigers]

So I have quite a few hours of experience...
I have 1000+ hours working in a Small Animal ICU at a vet school, but I worked with LVT's and the vet residents would come assist if needed. Not sure if I can use that as vet experience or not?
Also, I have 1000+ hours as a kennel assistant, BUT a vet was always around, and called me back almost every day to assist with procedures, so I was kennel assistant/vet assistant? IM STRESSING HARDCORE!

Taking care of animals under the instruction of clinicians, residents, and interns = vet experience
Giving medication to animals and performing procedures (catheters, blood draws, doppler, etc.) also under the direction of the doctors = vet experience

Stressing out about it NOW = not worth it

 

[Gwenevre]

Taking care of animals under the instruction of clinicians, residents, and interns = vet experience
Giving medication to animals and performing procedures (catheters, blood draws, doppler, etc.) also under the direction of the doctors = vet experience

Stressing out about it NOW = not worth it

For everything else, there's Mastercard

 

[Soon2bedogtor]

you should save that stress for when VMCAS is actually open...

But if I didn't stress now I would get bored? Haha 🙂

 

[jmo1012]

But if I didn't stress now I would get bored? Haha 🙂

Nope, stress is never healthy 🙂 i've had a tough time learning that, but stress does nothing good for you (except in the rare instance when you are being chased by a lion)

 

[Felixor90]

So I have quite a few hours of experience...
I have 1000+ hours working in a Small Animal ICU at a vet school, but I worked with LVT's and the vet residents would come assist if needed. Not sure if I can use that as vet experience or not?
Also, I have 1000+ hours as a kennel assistant, BUT a vet was always around, and called me back almost every day to assist with procedures, so I was kennel assistant/vet assistant? IM STRESSING HARDCORE!

If you spent 2-300 of those hours with a vet, just divide the experience up. Estimate how many of those hours were actually spent being supervised by a vet and put those as vet experience and put the rest under animal experience. You can get technical and say you were being supervised the entire time but I highly doubt a vet is going to be supervising the kennel assistants all day...

Also, I feel bad for you because I'm a worrier too and the application process was not very fun after a while. It's gonna be a bumpy year for you. 😛

 

[Soon2bedogtor]

If you spent 2-300 of those hours with a vet, just divide the experience up. Estimate how many of those hours were actually spent being supervised by a vet and put those as vet experience and put the rest under animal experience. You can get technical and say you were being supervised the entire time but I highly doubt a vet is going to be supervising the kennel assistants all day...

Also, I feel bad for you because I'm a worrier too and the application process was not very fun after a while. It's gonna be a bumpy year for you. 😛

it will get better! My boyfriend said if I get accepted to vet school I'm allowed to adopt a ferret. It's my little treat at the end of the road! 🙂

 

[Felixor90]

it will get better! My boyfriend said if I get accepted to vet school I'm allowed to adopt a ferret. It's my little treat at the end of the road! 🙂

Damn and all I got was a MacBook Pro. 😛

 

[Soon2bedogtor]

Damn and all I got was a MacBook Pro. 😛

I already have one of those, surprisingly not as cuddly as I hoped.

 

[Felixor90]

I already have one of those, surprisingly not as cuddly as I hoped.

Hence my disappointment. 🙁

 

[dyachei]

If you spent 2-300 of those hours with a vet, just divide the experience up. Estimate how many of those hours were actually spent being supervised by a vet and put those as vet experience and put the rest under animal experience. You can get technical and say you were being supervised the entire time but I highly doubt a vet is going to be supervising the kennel assistants all day...

Also, I feel bad for you because I'm a worrier too and the application process was not very fun after a while. It's gonna be a bumpy year for you. 😛

No, she should include all those hours as vet experience. She was working in an ICU for the entire time. She shouldn't need to divide it up because a vet wasn't present 100% of the time. The majority of tech jobs don't have a vet present 100% of the time.

For the kennel assisting job, she was still under the supervision of a vet and gaining vet experience. Most schools would tell you to count it as vet experience. Mostly because she still learns about the vet industry

 

[Lupin21]

Damn and all I got was a MacBook Pro. 😛

I got one quite a while back, and it has served me well since then. I accept that it takes the left upper side of the bed and I take the rest.