specialty program

[ashilb]

Hey everyone.....
Quick Question... After getting your D.V.M how long is the specialty program?

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[jmo1012]

Hey everyone.....
Quick Question... After getting your D.V.M how long is the specialty program?

depends on the specialty, but most require a 1 year internship and a 2-3 year residency post graduation/pre taking board exams

 

[ashilb]

depends on the specialty, but most require a 1 year internship and a 2-3 year residency post graduation/pre taking board exams

Whats a good specialty to get into?

 

[Bisbee]

I think it would be according to each person's own interests. Many wait to decide about specialties until they are already in vet school or even soon before they graduate.

 

[deleted387118]

Whats a good specialty to get into?

One of our clinicians stated this at our last Internship/Residency meeting, "You don't specialize because you think its cool to be a surgeon or because you like the way all of the extra letters after your name look; you specialize because its something you HAVE to do. Something you can't imagine not doing."

I think he hit it on the mark. After spending years to get the prereq's and years in the DVM program most people just want to get out in the real world and make some money for a change. (And yes interns/residents get paid, but not much.) If its a field you love AND want to spend the rest of your life working in a career that uses those credentials, then you specialize.

 

[ashilb]

I think it would be according to each person's own interests. Many wait to decide about specialties until they are already in vet school or even soon before they graduate.

Thanks Bisbee

 

[jmo1012]

One of our clinicians stated this at our last Internship/Residency meeting, "You don't specialize because you think its cool to be a surgeon or because you like the way all of the extra letters after your name look; you specialize because its something you HAVE to do. Something you can't imagine not doing."

I think he hit it on the mark. After spending years to get the prereq's and years in the DVM program most people just want to get out in the real world and make some money for a change. (And yes interns/residents get paid, but not much.) If its a field you love AND want to spend the rest of your life working in a career that uses those credentials, then you specialize.

thats a FABULOUS way of putting it!