Medicine or Veterinary Science: Which is 'harder'?

Yes


I have my own personal reasons which I will share at interview but will not on the web.

I don't understand why you have commented on this thread because you don't seem to contributed anything worthwhile.

Are you autistic?

I don't understand why you have commented on this thread because you don't seem to have contributed anything worthwhile.

Vet Med is harder, animals cant tell you whats wrong and the anatomy of a sheep is different to that of a parrot, humans tend to be quite similar.

The way you talk to a patient suffering from cancer is different to the way you talk to a patient whoes come in with a cold. Medicine is a hell of a lot more subtle than Vet Med.

Besides, if you lose a sheep, like, who cares?

The way you talk to a patient suffering from cancer is different to the way you talk to a patient whoes come in with a cold. Medicine is a hell of a lot more subtle than Vet Med.

Besides, if you lose a sheep, like, who cares?

The way you talk to a patient suffering from cancer is different to the way you talk to a patient whoes come in with a cold. Medicine is a hell of a lot more subtle than Vet Med.

Besides, if you lose a sheep, like, who cares?

Losing a hundred sheep = losing money = you can't feed your kids/warm your house


Teh sheepz are valuable kthxbai

Plus sometimes patients dont always give the full story- and its about interpreting what they're saying...etc

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The way you talk to a patient suffering from cancer is different to the way you talk to a patient whoes come in with a cold. Medicine is a hell of a lot more subtle than Vet Med.

, which I would find harder than simply memorising anatomy, physiology etc

Is that all there is to Vet medicine? Damn, I'd best forget all about the roles of a vet involved in rural affairs, rules and regulations, and EU legislation, just to name a few.

Um... yeah I know... but that wasnt the point I was trying to make. The ANATOMY (look it up if you dont know what it means )

of a human is the same if they have cancer/cold/"insert illness here" so you only have one anatomy to learn, wheras for a Vet Med student there are many many different types. Some componants if you like might be common, ie the circulartory system is quite similar across many different patients, but things like muscle groups, species specific illnesses etc will be completly different from one patient to the next. Also, at least with a human you get some information. With animals symptoms are often just "hes gone off his food" or "he has a bump under the skin" which could be many different illness'. The vet then has to diagnose it from what information he has availible.

The way you talk to a patient suffering from cancer is different to the way you talk to a patient whoes come in with a cold. Medicine is a hell of a lot more subtle than Vet Med.

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The point I was trying to get across is that the moral side of medicine is harder. There are loads of bioethics that come up, simply because you are dealing with humans, not animals. Yes there is a "sociology" side to vet med, but it doesn't pose issues that would have me lying awake at night.

what about when someone tells you to put down a perfectly heathy dog or something, just because they dont want it any more