Vet work experience diary question

I'm currently writing a diary of my work experience at a vet surgery. At the moment it's just notes I made at the time to which I will add detail by researching the procedures and some of the drugs used.

Is it worth submitting it to the universities?

Also does anyone have one I could read a sample of? Just to see the layout and the sort of things you put in there.

Thanks!

Reply 1

Towser

The universities won't be interested in reading through it, they state this in alot of their prospectuses. However it will be useful to take notes of the key things, and if you wish to research then fair play, it can only help. As for procedures and drugs, you shouldn't need to know much more than you can physically learn from the work experience itself anyway, so research may not be necessary. For example after seeing plenty of cat spays on SA vet placements, and asking questions throughout, I had a rough idea of the procedure, drugs, basic terms etcetera, and that's really all unis are looking for. You don't need to go overboard. Extra knowledge always helps but a broad, inquisitive nature on everything that goes on, on all your placements, is better than ultra specialist knowledge on one surgical procedure, and it's the former that will shine through at interview.

Reply 2

~*starlight*conquest*~

Note down everything you can, and then when you have the time try to learn more about what you saw by researching it on the internet or by asking the vet. When you get an interview from vet schools, re-read your diary and make sure you know and understand everything you saw, so that when you are asked about your work exp at your interview you can show off how much attention you paid during your work exp, and show that you actually learned stuff while you were there.

Reply 3

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jennysaxton

I'm writing my own diary, which used to just a work experience diary but spilled into the realms of actual diary-ness. That kind of messed up my whole scheme a bit, so I've carried on with it, but I'm highlighting the work experience-relevant sections, and then typing those up to compile with references. They'll probably end up more as pre-interview revision, but oh well.

Anyway, my general point is don't worry about writing a super detailed account, because it's not just knowledge that's going to get us in! You can say that you researched things, which shows you're interested in procedures, but as Towser says, you don't need extensive knowledge.

Reply 4

emilyyy

Don't bother thinking about submitting it. The universities, for the mostpart, won't be interested. By all means carry on with it though; great tool when it comes to interview preparation. You can also take it along to inteview with you, if you want, and the interviewers may or may not flick through it. Depends on how interested the individual is.

As others have said, however, don't get so bogged down in making extensive notes that you miss seeing or doing things.
Just write enough that you can remember the most common procedures, and some brief notes that you can later expand on (using internet research etc) if you find a case particularly interesting :yep:

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