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In this thoughtful, honest, and deeply relatable episode of Ready Vet Go, Dr. Dani Rabwin sits down with early-career veterinarian Quinn Bauer, DVM, to talk about the real transition from vet school to practice, what mentorship actually looks like on the ground, and how culture, autonomy, and community shape whether a new grad thrives—or burns out. 🩺✨
Quinn shares her unique path into veterinary medicine, starting with a rare high school pre-vet program, early hands-on exposure, and a vet school experience that blended gold-standard education with a growing curiosity for wildlife, exotics, and conservation. Together, they unpack the pressure of NAVLE, the loneliness of vet school, using social media to build real connection, and how choosing the right first job can make all the difference. 🤝🐾
📌 What You’ll Learn:
How early hands-on exposure can clarify whether vet med is truly for you 🐾
Why culture matters more than perks when choosing your first job 🏥
Using recruiters strategically without losing autonomy 🗂️
What mentorship looks like when it supports and gives freedom 🤝
Transitioning from gold-standard vet school medicine to real-world GP 🔧
Learning spectrum of care without guilt or shame 💛
Advocating for better medicine (like dental radiographs) as a new grad 🦷
How being a pet owner builds empathy and trust with clients 🐶
Using social media to reduce isolation and build community 📱
🎬 Timestamps:
01:40 – Connecting through TikTok and building new-grad community 📱
04:30 – High school pre-vet program: knowing early if vet med is right for you 🐾
09:10 – Vet school at Midwestern: hands-on learning from day one 🏫
13:40 – Discovering wildlife, exotics, and conservation medicine 🦒
18:30 – South Africa and Phoenix Zoo experiences 🌍
24:10 – NAVLE reality: endurance, mindset, and self-care 🧠
30:20 – Job searching as a new grad: waiting, fear, and culture fit 🏥
35:30 – Using a recruiter intentionally (and why it helped) 📋
40:10 – What mentorship really means: support without control 🤝 4
5:40 – Bringing new medicine into an “old-school” clinic 🦷
51:20 – Spectrum of care: navigating real-world limitations with clients 💛
56:30 – Being a pet owner and practicing with empathy 🐕
01:01:40 – Social media as connection, not comparison 📱
01:06:30 – Wrap-up: confidence, culture, and finding your footing
👇 QUESTION FOR YOU: What mattered most to you when choosing your first job—or what do you wish you had prioritized?
Season 1 • Episode 23
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In this engaging and laugh-out-loud (but deeply meaningful) episode of ReadyVetGo, Dr. Dani Rabwin sits down with her friend and beloved Ready Vet Go mentor Jeff Klemens, DVM to talk mentorship, relief practice, real-world “cowboy medicine,” and what it actually takes to build a sustainable career in veterinary medicine. 🩺✨
Jeff shares how a sixth-grade classroom visit with a lovebird sparked his path into vet med, what it was like not getting into vet school the first time, and how early mentorship shaped him long before he even had words for it. They also dive into learning medicine without perfect tools, building a full-time relief career from scratch (before apps existed), and why honesty with clients is non-negotiable when mistakes happen. 🤝🎲🍺
📌 What You’ll Learn:
🎬 Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: Meet Dr. Jeff Clemen 01:10 – Sixth grade spark: the lovebird that changed everything 🐦
03:40 – Kennel kid to clinic assistant: mentorship before he knew it 🤝
06:40 – Not getting into vet school the first time 📨
09:40 – What he did differently before reapplying
12:30 – Vet school realities: species overload + “city mouse” perspective 🐾
16:10 – Dentistry ambitions + doing extractions without the right tools 🦷
21:30 – “Cowboy medicine”: learning to treat without perfect conditions 🔧
25:30 – Give bowel a chance: the golf ball dachshund story 🌀
30:10 – Becoming a Ready Vet Go mentor + helping rural new grads
34:10 – Life outside vet med: board games, craft beer, and Gen Con 🎲🍺
40:20 – Why full-time relief: burnout, nights, and sustainability 🗓️
45:10 – Building Reliable Relief Services before apps existed ✉️
52:10 – Mistake story: sticky platelets, ITP diagnosis, and pneumonia 😬🐱
56:40 – The hard part: owning the mistake and talking to the client 🗣️
59:10 – Wrap-up + why mentors love Ready Vet Go 💛
👇 QUESTION FOR YOU: What’s one mistake that taught you more than any success?
Season 1 • Episode 22
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In this engaging and eye-opening episode of ReadyVetGo, Dr. Dani Rabwin sits down with Dr. Adam Gassel, DVM, DACVS—a board-certified veterinary surgeon—to talk mentorship, surgical training, and what it really takes to build confidence in practice (especially when mistakes happen). 🩺💪
Adam shares how he went from pre-med at UCI to taking a “gap year” as a vet tech in Sherman Oaks, falling in love with veterinary medicine, and eventually training through Purdue, internship, and a surgery residency at the University of Tennessee. Along the way, he breaks down how mentorship actually works in the real world—how taking initiative attracts great mentors, why internship structure matters, and how to create training environments where interns learn to be doctors (not just coverage). 🤝🏥
This conversation is packed with real-world perspective on specialty culture, building strong internship programs, empowering new grads to do more surgery safely, and the communication skills that protect client trust when something goes wrong. 🗣️✨
📌 What You’ll Learn:
🎬 Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: Meet Dr. Adam Gassel (board-certified veterinary surgeon)
01:10 – UCI pre-med → vet tech “gap year” → falling in love with vet med
03:10 – Pierce College + first clinic job in Sherman Oaks
04:45 – Purdue vet school → back to Southern California
06:00 – Rotating internship + specialty internship (Animal Specialty Group)
07:20 – Choosing surgery: how mentorship guided the decision
09:00 – Taking initiative: reading cases, writing up reports, earning opportunities ✅
10:30 – Spouse support + kids during residency (real life during training) 👨👩👧👦
12:10 – First job as a surgeon: still needing mentorship after residency 🤝
13:40 – Culture without ego: learning both ways in specialty practice
15:10 – Internship programs: what was broken and how he rebuilt it 🏥
17:10 – Letting interns be doctors (not just coverage) + why it pays off
19:10 – New grads + surgery fear: how reps build confidence 💪
21:00 – Corporate ownership + transparency in vet med 🧩
22:30 – Mistake story: misplaced screw + the “walk of shame” 😬
24:40 – Preventing board complaints: ownership, documentation, and communication 🗣️
👇 QUESTION FOR YOU: What’s one procedure you wish you got more reps on before you were alone in practice? 💛
Season 1 Ep 21
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Can vets and vet techs boost outcomes through true co-mentorship? How do you enter an established team with confidence—not ego?
Host Dr. Dani Rabwin is joined by the Vet Tech Nerd Party crew—Mallory (RVT), Julia (RVT), and Jen (RVT)—for a lively collaboration on two-way mentorship, clinic culture, communication, and staying in love with vet med (with a side of gallows humor and beef-jerky straws).
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Who this is for
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & collab — Vet Tech Nerd Party × Ready Vet Go (Mallory, Julia, Jen)
03:10 Vet–tech partnership: why two-way mentorship beats hierarchy
07:20 Scripts & trust: narrate-the-exam, show the images, let them listen
11:05 Entering existing teams: confidence, not ego (respect RVT expertise)
15:40 Burnout is real: debriefs, wins boxes, and love languages at work
21:10 Mistakes we lived through: dose decimals, negative explores, honest resets
28:30 Teaching moments: first jug sticks + safe learning spaces 33:55 Species pivots: ECC → marine mammals → equine (mobile realities & safety)
41:20 Culture over credentials: joy, humor, and excited educators
49:05 What’s next: Ready Vet Go + the case for Ready Tech Go
Resources mentioned
Ready Vet Go — because mentorship matters, and vets shouldn’t have to go it alone.
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Contact: [email protected]
#vettech #mentorship #VetMed #ReadyVetGo
In this engaging and heartfelt episode of ReadyVetGo, Dr. Dani Rabwin sits down with Dr. Ally Williams, DVM to talk mentorship, early-career confidence, and what it really looks like to start veterinary practice while becoming a new mom. 👩⚕️👶🩺
Ally shares her non-linear path into veterinary medicine—from growing up with livestock, living in a girls’ home, and nearly choosing a different career, to Ross Vet Prep, transferring schools, and navigating vet school with a newborn. Along the way, she opens up about how mentorship, collaboration, and honest communication shaped her confidence as a brand-new veterinarian. 🤝✨
This conversation is packed with real-world perspective on choosing the right first job, building trust with clients when complications happen, leaning into discomfort (in practice and on social media), and why being valued as a person—not just a producer—is essential for a sustainable veterinary career. 💛
📌 What You’ll Learn:
🎬 Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: Meet Dr. Ally Williams
01:20 – Early inspiration: dogs, livestock, and a life-changing mentor
04:10 – Living in a girls’ home + finding support through vet med
06:40 – Switching majors, academic struggles, and taking time off
09:15 – Ross Vet Prep: what it is and why it mattered
12:40 – Vet school + pregnancy + becoming a new mom 👶
16:10 – Faculty support and bringing a baby to class
19:00 – Career goals shifting after graduation
21:30 – Finding the right first job: culture over production
24:45 – Dental complication as a new grad (and calling for help) 🦷 2
9:20 – Client communication, honesty, and building trust 🗣️
33:30 – Social media, discomfort, and inspiring others 📱
38:10 – Surgery confidence, small wins, and daily habits that matter
41:45 – Final reflections + encouragement for new grads
👇 QUESTION FOR YOU: What’s one small habit or support that’s helped you feel more confident in practice? 💛
Season 1 · Episode 20
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#ReadyVetGo #VeterinaryMedicine #NewGradVet #VetMentorship #VetMom #WorkLifeBalance #ClientCommunication #EarlyCareerVet #WomenInVetMed
How do you turn years on the clinic floor into confidence in the OR—and in the exam room? Can problem-based learning and shelter spay/neuter rotations build better communicators?
Host Dr. Dani Rabwin is joined by Amber Elalem (WesternU CVM, 3rd-year vet student) for a candid conversation on PBL, supportive surgical teaching, communication under pressure, debt mindset, social media responsibility, and the mentorship new grads actually need.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Who this is for
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro — kennel tech → PM → WesternU 3rd-year 02:45 Why WesternU & how PBL works (and sticks)
06:58 Shelter spay/neuter rotation + fear-reducing teaching 10:35 Confidence in surgery: “cheerleader with check-ins,” not hovering
13:22 Rotations ahead + communication gains
16:40 Social media: documenting the journey with responsibility
20:18 Debt mindset (~$350k): medicine first, negotiating, specialty/urgent-care paths
24:05 Shared decisions: best for pet + client (not just “gold standard”)
27:30 Language that helps: reflective listening, narrate-the-exam, euthanasia empathy
31:12 Online risks & boundaries: disclaimers, privacy, safety
34:40 Mentorship that works: confidence, bumpers, timely feedback
38:05 Be a proactive mentee: goals, feedback cadence, case mix
41:10 What’s next: behavior interest vs ER/urgent care—and keeping the joy
Resources mentioned
Ready Vet Go — because mentorship matters, and vets shouldn’t have to go it alone.
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Contact: [email protected]
#vetstudent #PBL #spayneuter #mentorship #communication #ReadyVetGo
In this engaging and eye-opening episode of ReadyVetGo, Dr. Dani Rabwin sits down with Dr. Chelsea Fishenfeld—an ambulatory equine veterinarian in California—to talk mentorship, emergency medicine in the field, and what it really takes to survive (and thrive) in modern equine practice.
Chelsea shares what drew her to horses at age four, why she chose an intensive mentorship/internship after graduating from WesternU (Class of 2022), and how equine medicine is facing a sustainability crossroads—especially when vets are expected to do dentistry all day and colics all night.
This conversation is packed with real-world perspective on internships, teamwork across large groups, building confidence in high-stakes scenarios, and the communication skills that can make or break client trust.
📌 What You’ll Learn:
🎬 Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: Meet Dr. Chelsea Fishenfeld (equine ambulatory in CA)
01:10 – “Horse vet since age 4”: barns, riding, tech life, and the long road to DVM
03:05 – WesternU 2022 grad: why she chose an intensive mentorship/internship
05:05 – Inside the equine hospital model: specialists at your fingertips
07:10 – Equine emergency reality: why the current system isn’t sustainable
10:05 – The fix: shifts, haul-in emergencies, and collaborative coverage
12:05 – Finding mentors: choosing people, not “assigned” relationships
14:10 – Teaching and leadership: students, pre-vets, and full-circle moments
17:10 – Should you go equine? The honest talk: lifestyle, safety, grit, and burnout
20:10 – Client education in real time: narrating colics, tubes, and “showing the value”
23:10 – Mistakes/complications: when teeth fracture—and how communication saves trust
26:10 – Where communication is learned: mentors, life experience, and repetition
28:30 – Mentorship in action: letting students do the thing (and why it matters)
31:20 – “Freeze mode” is real: building reps, confidence, and capability
👇 QUESTION FOR YOU: What’s one skill you wish you got more reps on before you were alone in practice?
Season 1 Ep 19
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#ReadyVetGo #VeterinaryMedicine #EquineVet #EquineMedicine #VetMentorship #VetInternship #NewGradVet #ClientCommunication #AmbulatoryVet #LargeAnimalVet
Is practice culture your biggest career risk—or your superpower? Are “lazy new grads” a myth masking broken systems?
Host Dr. Dani Rabwin is joined by Dr. G (Gershon Alaluf) for a candid, high-energy conversation on building psychologically safe teams, real mentorship, and simple habits that make clinics fun, resilient, and effective for early-career veterinarians.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Who this is for
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro — why culture determines your landing as a new grad
03:12 “Culture is the practice”: behaviors, not binders
07:38 Money matters: production, P&L, and transparent goals
12:04 Psychological safety: speaking up without getting burned
16:41 Fear vs. worry: debriefs that prevent 2 a.m. spirals
21:05 Mentorship that sticks: modeling mistakes & paid trainer roles
26:22 Corporate vs. private: incentives, fit, signing-bonus cautions
31:48 The “lazy new grad” myth: expectations, reps, confidence
36:30 Phone-a-specialist: consult culture and referral relationships
41:07 Leadership styles: servant & transformational in the clinic
45:20 Action playbook: day-one moves to lift culture (anyone can do)
Resources mentioned
Ready Vet Go — because mentorship matters, and vets shouldn’t have to go it alone.
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Contact: [email protected]
#practiceculture #mentorship #psychologicalsafety #vetmed #ReadyVetGo
In this energizing and real episode of ReadyVetGo, Dr. Dani Rabwin sits down with Dr. Jake Rastas—a new grad veterinarian, rotating intern at the University of Georgia, and ultra marathon runner—for a conversation about mentorship, confidence, and mental resilience in early-career veterinary medicine.
From Division I football to vet school to internship life, Jake shares how mentors shaped his path, how to stay competitive without becoming toxic, and why you don’t need confidence before doing something hard—confidence often comes after you do it. If you’re a vet student, new grad, or intern trying to build your skills while managing pressure, this one will hit home.
📌 What You’ll Learn:
🎬 Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: Dani + Jake (new grad, UGA rotating intern, ultra runner)
01:30 – Jake’s path: D1 football → vet school → internship
04:10 – Mentors who changed everything (and why “pay it forward” matters)
07:05 – Competitive drive without becoming toxic
10:20 – “This is what hard feels like”: ultra running as mental training
13:40 – Confidence isn’t the prerequisite—action is
16:05 – Internship time management + training while exhausted
19:10 – First-time procedures: resources, prep, and staying safe
22:30 – Handling pressure, feedback, and the learning curve
25:40 – What Jake wants new grads to hear right now
👇 QUESTION FOR YOU: What’s one hard thing you’re leaning into right now in vet school, internship, or practice?
Season 1 Ep18
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#ReadyVetGo #VeterinaryMedicine #VetMentorship #NewGradVet #VetInternship #VetStudent #UltraMarathonRunner #Confidence #MentalResilience
Are we training vets to lead—or to chase grades? How do we build grit without burning out?
Host Dr. Dani Rabwin sits down with Dr. Peter Weinstein for an energizing deep dive into leadership, resilience, and bringing the fun back to vet med—without skipping the hard stuff. Perfect for new grads, students, and anyone building healthy, high-trust hospital cultures.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Who this is for
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro — leadership, grit & bringing the fun back
03:14 Follower → leader: ownership, MBA, mindset shifts
08:52 Fear vs. growth: safe steps to try procedures and learn in public
13:40 Modeling mistakes: the mentorship exercise that unlocks grit
18:05 Pass/Fail & PBL: teamwork over perfectionism
23:47 Communication as a clinical skill: trust, clarity, outcomes
28:21 Multi-doctor advantage: daily consults, faster learning, less stress
33:09 Culture design: servant leadership + bottom-up ideas
38:12 Make it fun: low-lift rituals that raise morale
42:30 Action list for new grads: day-one leadership moves
Resources mentioned
Ready Vet Go — because mentorship matters, and vets shouldn’t have to go it alone.
Follow: @readyvetgo_
Contact: [email protected]
#leadership #grit #communication #vetmed #ReadyVetGo
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Ready Vet Go is the podcast for new and early-career veterinarians who want to thrive in practice. Hosted by Dr. Dani Rabwin, each episode features candid conversations and…