Experience Question

[LALE13]

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I just signed up to this forum a few days ago, so I'll introduce myself first. I've wanted to be a vet since I was in elementary school, playing "doctor" with my stuffed animals etc. I'm a freshman biology major now and I have a few hundred hours of animal experience. I am currently organizing all of my experience/hours in one document for easy access.

My question was regarding a vet camp I attended. Would it count as vet experience? During the camp I worked with the vet staff. The vet's showed us how to do blood work, injections, casting, along with letting us observe procedures, necropsies, and radiography, etc.

 

[twelvetigers]

That certainly sounds like veterinary experience to me...

Welcome to the forum!

 

[BaliDoll]

What was this camp called? It sounds pretty awesome, and I'd say it sounds like vet experience to me, too 🙂

 

[Willowhand]

I did the Tufts Adventures in Veterinary Medicine program, and I listed that as experience when I applied. But if you have any doubts about how to classify it, quick calls to the schools you're applying to will answer your question.

 

[Caper2X]

Welcome to the forum, LALE!

That sounds like great vet experience, IMO. I don't see why putting it on your application could be an issue (just so long as you have the appropriate contact #s for the vets that were teaching the camp, etc).

Although I've never attended a vet camp or applied for vet school, so my answer isn't really based on much 😛

 

[LALE13]

Thank you all for your input. I just wanted to see what others thought about it since it was a camp.

@BaliDoll -- it was a summer camp at The Wilds Conservation Center. They have different programs focusing on different careers and one of them was veterinary medicine.

 

[breenie]

Everyone has pretty much answered your question, but I just wanted to say that the camp sounds awesome and I'm super jealous! 🙂