How do I start a Career in Veterinary Surgery?

October 07, 2019

I am very curious about a Career in Veterinary Surgery. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Veterinary Surgery actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Veterinary Surgery. It had been a while since I was researching about a Career in Veterinary Surgery, when I came across: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20180501-0001/Science/Medicine - Veterinary/Career-in-Veterinary-Surgery/english

Mithila's perspective!

Mithila has worked in Veterinary Surgery for 6 years & 11 months. Mithila has worked in Veterinary Surgery as Veterinary Doctor in V Care Pet Clinic. In Mithila's own words, this is how Mithila got into Veterinary Surgery: "After doing my schooling from Maharashtra, I did BVSc and AH from Bombay Veterinary College. I worked with RAHAAT, Dehradun for two years and in 2016, opened my own clinic along with Dr. Atul Uniyal by the name V Care Pet Clinic." I searched Mithila on Google and found this profile: https://www.lifepage.in/page/mithila

Career Video on Veterinary Surgery

In a video, Mithila has talked about various aspects of a Career in Veterinary Surgery. Mithila started by explaining Veterinary Surgery as: "Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories - orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system, GI/urogenital/respiratory tracts), and neurosurgery." The video gave me so much food for thought.

It is easy to Google information about what Qualifications are needed to enter Veterinary Surgery, this video went a step ahead to talk about the body of knowledge one needs to develop to excel at Veterinary Surgery. Mithila touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:

Biology
Anatomy and Physiology
Pathology
Surgery and Radiology
Pharmacology
Medicine

90% success in real life depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these.
Mithila then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Veterinary Surgery:

Work Under Pressure
Handling Animals
Communication
Empathy
Knowledge Updation
Analytical Skills

There are great positives of this Career.
Mithila believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Veterinary Surgery:

Job Satisfaction
Giving Back to the Society
Respect and Recognition
Growth and Opportunity

Challenges are the other side of Positives and this Career is no exception.
And, Mithila believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Veterinary Surgery:

Dealing with animals
Erratic Working Hours
Client Handling
Zoonotic Diseases

In the final section of the video Mithila talks about How a day goes in a Career in Veterinary Surgery. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Veterinary Surgery, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20180501-0001

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