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In this section you will find articles with personal journeys, opinions and advice on a wide range of subjects related to living in the United Kingdom and also the work of a veterinary surgeon. If you don’t see something you’re interested in, feel free to contact me and let me know!
Top three challenges of clinical practice for an overseas vet
As you can guess, although there are many benefits of working in the UK and life can be really good, there will be particular challenges that you may face as an overseas vet, and actually not all of them exclusively related to being an overseas vet - even UK vets may...
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Understanding Your UK Veterinary Work Contract
SynergyVets is a dedicated veterinary recruitment agency, with almost 30 years of collective experience supporting the profession with locum and permanent personnel. They have a great blog which includes advice for veterinary candidates and students. They have kindly...
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Common “exotic” pets you have to deal with in the UK
People in the UK love animals. They are members of their family, even those you would not necessarily expect. Maybe you’re thinking that if you work in clinical practice, you’ll come across mostly dogs and cats - and you are right… But there are other animals that you...
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What you don’t know about UK veterinary new grads
You probably have not met many vets that studied in the UK. Yet, if you want to work in the UK, they are going to account for a huge proportion of the people around you. Although they’ve also been to vet school, just like you, their experience and “baggage” may be...
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Transferwise vs. Revolut – which one to choose?
You’re about to travel to the UK and you are trying to save as much money as possible, so you’re looking into solutions to avoid all those expensive conversion fees. Maybe you’ve heard of some tools, maybe you’re just investigating the possibilities for the first...
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Tips to help you prepare for the RCVS Statutory Examination
Alright, so it turns out you definitely want to work as a vet in the UK, but your veterinary degree is not recognised and now you need to sit an examination… However, how can you prepare for this? What’s involved? This article will help answering your questions. ...
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Useful online resources to help you with UK clinical practice
You want to work in the UK but you’ve never been to the UK to see how they work, or you’ve spent time at university hospitals… and you know that “real life” isn’t quite like a hospital. So you may be wondering how different is clinical practice in the UK compared to...
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Top tips for successful job applications
Finding a job in the UK is not easy, but finding a job that you can perform adequately is a bit more tricky. And once you find that job, you then need to be able to “sell” yourself to the employer. So this article is going to focus on a few tips to help you create a...
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My Real Life Journey – Sara Gouveia: starting clinical and diversifying
"My Real Life Journey" This week we meet with Sara Gouveia, who came from Portugal to start a career in mixed practice in the UK and is also starting out her own website with her experiences in clinical practice. Looking for career satisfaction Sara is a...
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Characteristics of the veterinary profession in the UK
This article focuses on some of the things you will encounter as a veterinary professional in the UK, which you may not have been prepared for or thought about before moving over. This is because many of the topics we will cover are not easy to “learn about” when you...
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Common diseases you will deal with in older cats
This week we are focusing more on the clinical side of being a vet and since I’m a crazy cat lady, I thought I would write about some of the most common problems you will pick up when you are examining cats in the UK. I’m curious to hear if this is also what you find...
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Resilience – what is it and what can you do to get more of it?
“Resilience” is a word you may not have come across at all. It’s not a commonly used word, and possibly not in the particular context we will discuss on this article. However, recently “resilience” has become a buzzword in many areas, including veterinary practice. So...
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