In this week's episode we get you Scrubbed In for what was our second to last week of small animal rotations as I, (Mo) worked in the exotics department, while Dani was in Anesthesia.  

In this episode you'll hear how Dani and I have differing opinions and levels of excitement when it comes to exotic medicine. This opens up the conversation of how rotations have allowed us to identify and understand the limits of our current knowledge and how it helps us as we move forward with rotations. 

With this coming week being our last week of our small animal rotations we spend some time reflecting on just how fast these past few months have gone and what we are looking forward to in the coming months.

Also in this episode we look back at what's happened in the VETstagram community of social media, focusing on a post written by Eric Garcia @ericgarciafl . In his recent post, Eric comments on the level of complaining and negative venting he has seen on social media and the impact it has on content consumers. His solution is akin to an idea put forward by Gary Vanerchuk @garyvee which is to "make positivity louder." This means to be creating positive, inspiring, encouraging, and challenging content at such a rate that it drowns out the negative posts that are on social media.

So we asked the question, how do we "make positivity louder" not only in the VETstagram community, but in vet school and in the profession? To hear our answer, you'll just have to listen to this week's episode.

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Lastly, I want to invite you to stay tuned for next week's episode of That Vet Life, where I chat with Dr. Alexandru Pop @alexandrupoppy and Dr. Sarah Brisson @thenewgradvet , two new grads in the VETstagram community who are Making Positivity Louder with their real and raw perspective on the transition from student to real veterinarian.

Time to Scrub In! 

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In this week's episode, Dani and I are continuing with our theme of core rotations by talking about our experiences from this past week in General Practice. While Dani was in the Vet School, I found myself at an external practice that is associated with the vet school. So while we were both working in General Practice, our experiences were rather different.  From consults to surgery and everything in between, we share the lessons we learned during this past week in General Practice. In other news, this past week was exciting for another reason.... We both scheduled our NAVLE's which means the clock has started to tick with how much time remains before the big day!! Like most final year students this means the next few months are going to be filled with lots and lots of anxiety and VetPrep! Listen along as we breakdown what the NAVLE is, why we have to take it and how we are planning to study for this seven and a half our long beast of an exam. For as serious and exhausting as this past week was, it wasn't without it's own hilarity that gave Dani flashbacks to our first year of vet school! But you'll have to listen along to learn why. 

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We had a lot of fun recording this episode and we hope you enjoy listening. As always, we love hearing from y'all. SO if you want to share your thoughts, you can leave a comment or send in a DM/voice message through Instagram @ThatVet_Life or @adventurous.vet .

And we're back!

Actually, we never went anywhere, but we are back recording together. Today we are getting you Scrubbed In as Dani and I venture further into our final year rotations at the Royal (dick) School of Veterinary Studies. This week, listen along as we talk about finishing our second block of Core Rotations!! It's all flying by much faster than we ever thought possible. But in this episode we reflect on just how far we have come in the past few months by talking about our increasing autonomy and what it means to become the veterinarian. Pretty soon we will take out board exam and finals and quite literally be THE veterinarians we have spent the last 20-some years working to become, and it's a rad thought.

Also in today's episode you'll hear:

-about some of our favorite moments in our Companion Animal Medicine block

-our thoughts on our upcoming rotations

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-what part of VetPrep I (Mo) am slightly addicted to.

What do you think autonomy means in vet school? Whether you are a pre-vet, soon-to-graduate, or a new grad we want to hear from you?

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This week, Dani and I are getting you Scrubbed In to our last 2 weeks of our Companion Animal Surgical Rotation!

As each week is a whistle stop tour of each service in the hospital, we don't always get to see the full scope of what happens. This means we often end up forming opinions about each service based on a very small selection of experiences. In this episode we discuss what we enjoyed and what we enjoyed less about the services we were on. 

Because Dani and I are obviously pros at navigating our final year rotations (jk not really) we felt that we could pass on our knowledge about how to prep for each week of rotation. You'll hear that the two of us have rather different means of preparing for our rotations, especially when it comes to meal prep. Or as in one of our cases, a lack of meal prep.

Now that we are back from our summer holidays things will be in full swing here at That Vet Life and you can expect a return to our regular upload schedule. That's every Monday if you are wondering.  So keep an eye out for next weeks episode where you can expect to hear about Dani's educational adventure that she took part in for her summer holiday.

As always, we loving hearing from y'all and you can can reach us by leaving a comment on Instagram @ThatVet_Life , on Facebook, or by leaving us a voice message with the anchor.fm app!

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Today on the show I am excited to share the mic with Dr. Tannetje Crocker @dr.tannetje.crocker to chat about the hot topic of Mentorship! 

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 Dr. Crocker is an equine turned small animal vet and speaker who is a positive proponent for mentorship in the veterinary profession. As you will hear in today’s episode, the mentors in Dr. Crocker’s life have played such a key role in helping her create her journey in vet med. It was relationships like these that inspired and encouraged her to find ways of helping other vets and vet students to develop mentor-mentee relationships. 

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 With mentorship becoming a common theme in the vet community we decided to sit down and discuss some of the big questions surrounding the topic. Today we will answer questions like: 

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I had such a fun time chatting with Dr. Crocker and I am so excited for you to hear today’s episode. 

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Have more questions about Mentorship? 

Contact Dr. Crocker: