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| January 24, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
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In case you are a bit confused about the process…..the 4 year graduate degree I’m earning is the “DVM” part of being a vet. In order to actual practice medicine (diagnose, perscribe, get a DEA license etc.) you have to then pass “boards”. The National board is the biggie….then once you figure out where you might practice you take the individual state boards, which are typically easier, shorter, and cheaper. Think of this as the first of 3 steps, and probably one of the more stressful and critical steps. (graduating once you are in vet school is more of a long term foregone conclusion even though there are periods of stress)
Congratulations 🙂
I’m glad you clarified. Congrats!
First step down! Congrats! 🙂
Congrats!
YAY, Mel!!! Even when you feel pretty good about taking an exam, it’s always really, really nice to
get than confirmation in the mail!
(Note- correct use of confirmation vs conFORmation…. horse people, you know….)
So awesome! Not that there was any doubt in my mind 🙂
Everyone’s confidence in me is a little frightening 🙂
I already said it on Facebook but I’ll say it again: CONGRATS! The process of actually being able to work though – oy vey. Here in Oz, and in the UK, you graduate, you pay your membership to the National college (making you subject to their code of conduct etc etc), and you go to work. Don’t the people licensing trust the universities to actually teach you properly??
I dunno. Especially because the pass rate is so high for accredited schools. Everyone I’ve talked to (and I agree) says that the test questions are the minetia that you will never see in practice and isn’t that “practical”. I will say that I have had cases walk into the hospital that I *knew* what was going on or at least had a better list of differentials because of studying for boards? And because my school forces you to choose large or small animal medicine in your third year, it filled in a lot of holes I had in small animal medicine (I know a lot more about addison’s disease for example, and how it appears clinically, instead of just the biology of the disease which was the focus of years 1 and 2). It’s also a GREAT incentive to keep my membership/licensing updated. I never EVER want to let this exam expire. OMG.
WHOOOOO! Congratulations!